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THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1988

PERMITS ARE NORMALLY ISSUED AT

FRONTIER

POLICE

HEADQUARTERS.

HOWEVER, PERMITS CAN ALSO BE OBTAINED FROM POLICE HEADQUARTERS, ARSENAL STREET, AND RESIDENTS' PERMITS CAN BE RENEWED AT THE APPROPRIATE FRONTIER SUB-DIVISIONAL POLICE STATIONS.

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MR CHAN REGARDED THE BORDER FENCE AS SERVING AN EFFECTIVE COUNTER AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.

THE CURRENT MAIN BORDER FENCE, WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN 1983, 19 18 MILES LONG AND 15 FEET HIGH.

THE ENTIRE FENCE IS EQUIPPED WITH AN ALARM PROTECTION SYSTEM WITH MONITORING STATIONS MANNED BY THE MILITARY.

SAID MR CHAN: +ASSISTANT DIVISIONAL COMMANDER, OPERATIONS, ACTS AS A MILITARY LIAISON OFFICER. HE FREQUENTLY ATTENDS ARMY OPERATION MEETINGS, SO THẤT BOTH HAVE UNDERSTANDING ON THE DEPLOYMENT OF STAFF AND TACTICS.

+REPATRIATION OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IS OUR DAILY WORK. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE DETAINED AT BAN UK LING HOLDING CENTRE ARE REPATRIATED TO CHINA AFTER THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT HAS DONE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION.

+THERE HAVE BEEN INCREASES IN REPATRIATION RATE FOR THE PAST IN 1986 AND THREE YEARS. IT HAS GROWN FROM 16,000 IN 1985 TO 19,900 27,000 LAST YEAR.+

ON NEW DEVELOPMENT MR CHAN REVEALED: +A NEW SHA TAU KOK POLICE POST HAS JUST BEEN OPENED AND THE BUILDING OF THE BORDER DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS WILL ALSO BE COMPLETED THIS MONTH.

+A LOK MA CHAU CROSS BORDER BRIDGE ΤΟ CHINA WHICH STARTED THE CONSTRUCTION IN 1986 IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED EARLY NEXT YEAR. CONSTRUCTION OF LOK MA CHAU BRANCH OF THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD IS UNDERWAY.

OUTGOING OF +BORDER AREA IS THE KEY POINT OF THE INCOMING AND PASSENGERS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA,

OUR STAFF CONTINUE PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN MAINTAINING

LAW AND ORDER OF

IMPORTANT PLACE.+

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