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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1989

JOINT ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION OPERATION MOUNTED

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A TERRITORY-WIDE

ANTI-ILLEGAL

JOINTLY

OPERATION IMMIGRATION MOUNTED BY THE POLICE, AND THE LABOUR AND IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENTS ARREST OF FOUR TWO-WAY PERMIT YESTERDAY (TUESDAY) RESULTED IN THE HOLDERS FROM CHINA SUSPECTED TO HAVE BEEN WORKING IN HONG KONG WITHOUT APPROVAL.

THE OPERATION WAS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S CONTINUOUS EFFORT TO FLUSH OUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS,

THE

OFFICERS RAIDED OPERATION,

SEVEN ESTABLISHMENTS

DURING THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, INCLUDING FACTORIES AND RESTAURANTS.

AND

A THE FOUR TWO-WAY PERMIT HOLDERS, COMPRISING THREE MEN WOMAN, WERE INTERCEPTED IN TWO RESTAURANTS IN MONG KOK AND TSUEN WAN.

THEY ARE NOW ASSISTING IN FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS.

RESIDENTS WERE ALSO

FOLLOWING THE OPERATION, FIVE HONG KONG ASKED TO ASSIST IN ENQUIRIES FOR AIDING AND ABETTING.

THERE A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN REITERATED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT

THE LATEST WAS NO QUESTION OF ANY AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND OPERATION SHOULD DRIVE HOME THE POINT THAT THERE WOULD BE NO CHANGE TO THIS POLICY.

THE

SPOKESMAN

THROUGHOUT

THE

NOTED THAT APART FROM CONTINUOUS TERRITORY, THERE WAS NO LET-UP IN IMMIGRATION EFFORTS AT THE BORDER.

СНЕСКА

ANTI-ILLEGAL

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

BE SEA

MAINTAINED BY

BORDERS,

דן

HE

CARRIED OUT

CHECKS

BEGAN AT 5 AM YESTERDAY

THEIR IDENTIFICATION SPOT AT SUSPICIOUS

AND

DURING

THE

OPERATION, WHICH

PLACES

ENDED THIS MORNING, THE POLICE STEPPED UP

CHECKS

AND IN PUBLIC LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.

AS A RESULT, A TOTAL OF 7,544 PERSONS STOPPED FOR IDENTIFICATION CHECKS.

AND 588 VEHICLES WERE

FOR FAILING TO PRODUCE PROPER SEVEN PERSONS WERE SUMMONSED PROOF OF IDENTITY. A FURTHER 20 PERSONS WERE WARNED IN RESPECT OF THIS OFFENCE, WHICH CARRIES A MAXIMUM FINE OF $1,000.

FRONT, LABOUR

INSPECTORS OF THE LABOUR ON THE VISITED 2,537 ESTABLISHMENTS TO WEED OUT ANY MIGHT BE WORKING THERE, AND TO CHECK THAT

DEPARTMENT

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO EMPLOYERS FULFILLED THEIR

LEGAL OBLIGATION OF KEEPING PROPER RECORDS OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.

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