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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1988

TO THE IMMIGRATION THOSE FOUND ΤΟ

THE REMAINING 62 HAVE BEEN REFERRED DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. BE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WILL BE REPATRIATED.

DURING THE OPERATION, TWO TWO-WAY PERMIT HOLDERS WERE FOUND

ΤΟ SUSPECTED HAVE BEEN WORKING IN HONG KONG. TWO PERSONS AND ABETTERS WERE INTERCEPTED. THEY ARE NOW ASSISTING THE DEPARTMENT IN THE INVESTIGATIONS.

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AIDERS IMMIGRATION

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN REITERATED TODAY (WEDNESDAY} THAT WAS NO QUESTION OF ANY AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

FOOLISH

"OUR LATEST OPERATION SHOULD DRIVE HOME THE WILL BE NO CHANGE TO THIS POLICY. ANYONE OTHERWISE IS ONLY CHEATING HIMSELF," HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT APART THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, THERE WAS IMMIGRATION EFFORTS AT THE BORDER.

THERE

THAT THERE BELIEVE

POINT ENOUGH TO

CHECKS

ANTI-ILLEGAL

FROM CONTINUOUS NO LET-UP IN

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MAINTAINED BY

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BORDERS,

"A HIGH STATE OF VIGILANCE WILL CONTINUE TO THE POLICE AND THE SECURITY FORCES BOTH AT THE LAND AND SEA HE SAID.

YESTERDAY AND STEPPED UP THEIR IDENTIFICATION CARRIED OUT CHECKS AT SUSPICIOUS

DURING THE JOINT OPERATION, WHICH BEGAN AT 5 AM ENDED THIS MORNING, THE POLICE HAD SPOT CHECKS IN PUBLIC PLACES AND LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.

AS A RESULT, A TOTAL OF 25,036 PERSONS, 4,891 VEHICLES AND VESSELS WERE STOPPED FOR IDENTIFICATION CHECKS.

A TOTAL OF FIVE PERSONS WERE PROSECUTED FOR FAILING TO

SUMMONED AND A FURTHER PROPER PROOF OF IDENTITY, 26 WERE

A MAXIMUM WARNED IN RESPECT OF THIS OFFENCE, WHICH CARRIES $1,000.

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PRODUCE 72 WERE FINE OF

LABOUR DEPARTMENT

LABOUR FRONT, INSPECTORS OF THE ON THE

IMMIGRANTS WHO VISITED 3,322 ESTABLISHMENTS TO WEED OUT ANY ILLEGAL

AND TO CHECK MAY BE WORKING,

LEGAL EMPLOYERS FULFIL THEIR OBLIGATION OF KEEPING PROPER RECORDS OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.

THAT

EITHER KEEPING NO OR POSSESSING NO RECORD

ANOTHER 11 ESTABLISHMENTS WERE FOUND TO BE RECORD OR INCOMPLETE RECORDS OF EMPLOYEES, AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION.

TO $50,000 AND JAILED FOR UP TO A EMPLOYING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED EMPLOYERS THAT THEY COULD YEAR IF THEY WERE

BE FINED UP FOUND то

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