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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1987

"OFFICERS OF ICAC MAY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS

THAT A PARTICULAR CASE IS BUITABLE FOR A CAUTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROVED GUIDELINES - BUT THE FINAL DECISION WHETHER TO PROSECUTE OR CAUTION RESTS WITH ME OR SENIOR OFFICERS OF MY CHAMBERS ON MY BEHALF," MR THOMAS SAID.

PARTICULAR CASE WAS

THE ICAC WAS RESPONSIBLE

ONCE A DECISION HAD BEEN MADE THAT A SUITABLE TO BE DEALT WITH UNDER THE SCHEME, FOR ADMINISTERING THE CAUTION.

MR THOMAS WENT ON: "THE HOPE IS, OF COURSE, THAT THE FORMAL NATURE AND RECORDING OF ICAC CAUTIONS WILL DISSUADE OFFENDERS FROM COMMITTING FURTHEr offenceS. IT IS TOO EARLY TO ASSESS WHETHER THIS OBJECTIVE WILL BE MET.

A HUMANE, WHERE THE

"HOWEVER THE RATIONALE OF THE SCHEME IS TO PROVIDE CONSIDERATE AND EQUITABLE METHOD OF DEALING WITH OFFENDERS PUBLIC INTEREST DOKS NOT REQUIRE THAT THEY FACE THE TRAUMA OF A COURT APPEARANCE AND THE RECORDING OF A CRIMINAL CONVICTION."

GOVERNOR VISITS VOLUNTEERS AT BORDER

MORE THAN 500

VOLUNTEERS) "PART-TIME"

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (MONDAY) VISITED THE ANNUAL BORDER CAMP OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (THE AND WAS IMPRESSED BY WHAT HE SAW SOLDIERS CARRYING OUT THEIR DUTIES IN PREVENTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CROSSING THE BORDER.

CHAU, WHERE COL.

THE GOVERNOR FIRST FLEW BY HELICOPTER TO PAK HOK HE WAS MET BY THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE REGIMENT, LT.

JEREMY HUTCHINS, AND BRIEFED ON THE REGIMENT'S DEPLOYMENT FOR THE BORDER CAMP, AND THE REGIMENT'S DUTIES AND OPERATIONS.

SIR DAVID WAS SHOWN A NIGHT-VISION DEVICE USED IN THE DETECTION OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

SIR DAVID THEN VISITED THE OBSERVATION POSTS AT PAK FU SHAN AND PAK KONG AU.

BEFORE DEPARTING, THE GOVERNOR VISITED THE

D SQUADRON AT SHA TAU KOK WHERE DEPLOYED IN BORDER PATROL DUTIES.

HIGH-SPEED INFLATABLE

SANDY SPUR,

REGIMENT'S

CRAFT

WERE

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