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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1987

OF

FOR

"SNAKEHEADS WHO ARE ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN THE ACT IN OF HUMAN BEINGS DESERVE THE MOST SEVERE PUNISHMENT, KNOWINGLY BREAKING THE LAW AND IN SO DOING OFTEN PLACING THE OTHERS AT RISK. PEOPLE WHO ARRANGE FOR II'S TO BE BROUGHT IN THEY CAN BE EXPLOITED AS "CHEAP LABOUR" ARE EQUALLY GUILTY. SHOULD BE SEVERELY PUNISHED.

SMUGGLING THEY ARE LIVES

SO THAT THEY TOO

OF

"FRIENDS OF RELATIVES WHO KNOWINGLY

AN ILLEGAL PROVIDE

CRIMINALS IMMIGRANT WITH SHELTER FALL INTO THE SAME CATEGORY AS THOSE

STAY AND OPPORTUNISTS WHO HELP ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FOR GAIN TO COME OR

То LIABLE

SERIOUS PENALTIES UPON IN THE TERRITORY. THEY TOO ARE CONVICTION," MR JEAFFRESON SAID.

MR JEAFFRESON TO AVOID THE RISK OF ATTRACTING THESE PENALTIES,

II RELATIVE SEEKING STRONGLY ADVISED THE PUBLIC THAT IF THEY HAD AN

PUTTING HELP FROM THEM, THEY SHOULD EXPLAIN TO HIM THE CONSEQUENCE OF

AND THEN TAKE HIM ΤΟ THE NEAREST HIM UP, EVEN FOR A DAY OR TWO, POLICE STATION OR TELEPHONE THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT AT 5-8933744.

IS NOT LIKELY HIMSELF AS HE WILL

THEY MAY ALSO WISH TO IMPRESS UPON HIM THAT HE TO BE ABLE TO HIDE FOR LONG OR WORK TO MAINTAIN NOT HAVE AN IDENTITY CARD).

"POLICE,

IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT

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AND LABOUR DEPARTMENT OUT JI'S AND REGULARLY MOUNT SEPARATE AND JOINT OPERATIONS TO FLUSH

AN EMPLOYEE WHO IS NOT ANYONE WHO EMPLOYS AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT OF

FINE LEGALLY EMPLOYABLE COMMITS AN OFFENCE AND IS LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM OF $50,000 AND ONE YEAR'S IMPRISONMENT, MR JEAFFRESON STRESSED.

LEGAL MEANS FOR PEOPLE HE REITERATED THAT THERE WAS A VILINA TO COME TO HONG MONG FOR SETTLEMENT. THERE WERE LEGAL MEANS FOR THEM TO COME TO HONG KONG FOR VISITS.

FROM

ALSO PERFECTLY

WHO ARRIVED FOR "LAST YEAR, IN ADDITION TO THE 27,036 PEOPLE SETTLEMENT ON THE ONE-WAY PERMITS SYSTEM, 65,569 ARRIVED FOR VISITS OF UP TO THREE MONTHS ON TWO-WAY EXIT PERMITS, AND 65,463 AS TOUR GROUPS FROM CHINA STAYING AROUND 10 DAYS.

MEMBERS OF

UNDER THE "OF THOSE WHO ARRIVED FOR PERMANENT SETTLEMENT HERE

VIRTUALLY ALL WERE ΤΟ JOIN CLOSE 75-A-DAY ONE WAY PERMIT SYSTEM,

CHILDREN WIVES TO JOIN HUSBANDS,

TO RELATIVES ALREADY IN HONG KONG : JOIN THEIR PARENTS," MR JEAFFRESON SAID.

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