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AND "CUSTOMS OFFICERS ARE ON THE FRONTLINE KEEPING GUARD NIGHT
DEPOTS AND MAIL CENTRES TO DAY AT CONTROL POINTS, CARGO HANDLING CIRCUMVENT ANY ATTEMPTS MADE BY DRUG TRAFFICKERS.
"THEY HAVE
PROCESS ΤΟ
A
DAILY
AVERAGE
OF
180 INCOMING
OF
OCEAN-GOING VESSELS, 5,000 VEHICLES, 120 AIRCRAFTS, 150,000 TONNES CARGO AND 80,000 ARRIVING PASSENGERS.
"OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, THEY HAVE
SEIZED 1,400 KILOGRAMS
OF DRUGS WHICH ARE WORTH A TOTAL OF OVER $740 MILLION.
"OUR
IN EFFORTS
PROTECTING
THE
AND CONTROLS
PROPERTY RIGHT OWNERS CERTIFICATION OF ORIGIN ARE INSTRUMENTAL AND COMMERCE IN HONG KONG.
I
COPYRIGHT AND INDUSTRIAL ON TRADE LICENSING AND IN PROMOTING THE INDUSTRY
AND
GOLD
MR TONG ALSO EXPLAINED THE DIFFERENT STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
IN THE POST WORLD EVER-EXPANDING SCOPE OF DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT WAR II PERIOD WHICH INCLUDED, AMONGST OTHERS, OPERATIONS AGAINST AND KEROSENE SMUGGLING AND ILLICIT DISTILLERIES IN THE 50'S AND AND THE ELIMINATION OF POISONOUS ADULTERATED CHINESE LIQUOR IN 1975.
TO
80'S,
DETECT NARCOTICS ON LAND IN 1972 AND TO COMBAT PIRACY ACTIVITIES IN 1973,
"HAVING TAKEN UP NEW
RESPONSIBILITY
FACED THE PROBLEM OF AN
UPSURGE
IN
THE DEPARTMENT SMUGGLING
THE
IN THE 80'S AGAIN ACTIVITIES BETWEEN CHINA AND HONG KONG AFTER CHINA'S LAUNCHING OF OPEN DOOR POLICY.
"OVER 900 CASES RELATING BEEN DETECTED SINCE
1981
KONG TO CHINA-HONG
WORTH AND GOODS
SMUGGLING
HAVE
$85
MILLION
HAVE
BEEN
RECOVERED.'
"
LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE, PROGRESS TOWARDS HIGH-TECHNOLOGY WITH CONTINUOUS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS.
MR
AND
TONG SAID THE DEPARTMENT
DIVERSIFICATION TO
WILL
KEEP
PACE
JOINT ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION OPERATION MOUNTED
A TERRITORY-WIDE ANTI-ILLEGAL
MOUNTED BY THE POLICE, AND
IMMIGRATION
OPERATION
JOINTLY
THE LABOUR AND IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENTS YESTERDAY (TUESDAY) HAS RESULTED IN THE ARREST OF 65 PERSONS.
THE OPERATION WAS PART OF THE
CONTINUOUS GOVERNMENT'S
EFFORT
TO FLUSH OUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
IMMIGRANTS CAUGHT
OF THE ARRESTED PERSONS, THREE WERE ILLEGAL AT THE BORDER. THEY HAVE BEEN SENT TO SAN UK LING FOR REPATRIATION.
THE REMAINING .....
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