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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1988

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NEED FOR ADEQUATE FUNDING, ORGANISATION AND LEGISLATION COMMENSURATE WITH THE PROBLEM WAS BEING RECOGNISED MORE AND MORE, WITH REALISTIC STEPS BEING TAKEN.

ON THE LOCAL ANTI-NARCOTICS FRONT, THE POLICE CHIEF SAID THAT IF HONG KONG'S PRESENT ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL STABILITY PREVAILED AND WITH AN OVERALL STRATEGY ON LAW ENFORCEMENT, TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION, PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AS WELL AS CO-OPERATION, LITTLE INCREASE IN ILLICIT DRUG ABUSE WAS ENVISAGED.

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HE DISCLOSED THAT DRAFT LEGISLATION AIMED TO SEQUESTER ASSETS OBTAINED FROM DRUG TRAFFICKING OF CONVICTED TRAFFICKERS WAS IN THE PIPELINE.

NOTING THAT THE LEGISLATION WOULD BE ENACTED BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, MR ANNING SAID, "IT WILL PROVIDE FOR

THE INVESTIGATION OF FINANCIAL AND PROPERTY ASSETS DERIVED FROM ILLICIT DRUG DEALING, FOR THE RESTRAINING OF SUCH ASSETS PENDING A CONVICTION AND FOR THE CONFISCATION TO THE CROWN OF THOSE ASSETS ON CONVICTION."

"IN TANDEM WITH LOCAL ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROPOSED HONG KONG LEGISLATION ARE PROVISIONS ALLOWING FOR MUTUAL ASSISTANCE BETWEEN ONE PARTICIPATING COUNTRY AND ANOTHER, HE ADDED.

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GIVEN HONG KONG'S UNIQUE STATUS AS A CONFLUENCE OF TRADING TOURIST ROUTES, AND AS AN ENTREPOT WITHOUT EXCHANGE CONTROLS, MR ANNING CONCLUDED THIS LEGISLATION SHOULD HELP DISSUADE TRAFFICKERS FROM LAUNDERING THEIR PROCEEDS THROUGH HONG KONG.

NEW REGIONAL SECRETARY ISITS SHAM SHUI PO

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THE NEW REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN HONG-TSUNG, VISITED SHAM SHUT PO DISTRICT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THE SECOND DAY AFTER HE TOOK UP HIS APPOINTMENT.

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TODAY'S VISIT. WAS THE FIRST

A SERIES OF FAMILIARISATION VISITS TO URBAN DISTRICTS BY MR LAN. HE WILL VISIT WAN CHAI DISTRICT NEXT WEEK.

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PRIOR TO TOURING THE DISTRICT, MR LAN WAS BRIEFED BY THE SHUI PO DISTRICT OFFICER, MR GREGORY LEUNG, ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DISTRICT, AND MET THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SILAM SHUT PO' DISTRICT BOARD, ME TẠI TUNG-NGOI.

ACCOMPANIED BY MR TAL, THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR MIONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR PAUL LEUNG, AND MR LEUNG, MR LAN FIRST TOURED THE CHEUNG SHA WAN COMMUNITY CENTRE IN PAT CHEUNG STREAT.

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