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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1989

ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SUPPLY

INFORMATION

SHOULD TELEPHONE A

HOTLINE. 5-8523288, SO THAT AN INVESTIGATION CAN BE CARRIED OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

CITORS:

SAMPLES OF THE SEIZED GOODS WILL BE ON DISPLAY FOR PHOTO-TAKING BY THE MEDIA AT 4 PM TODAY (THURSDAY) AT THE OFFICE OF THE TRADE INVESTIGATION BUREAU, SEVENTH FLOOR, HARBOUR BUILDING, PIER ROAD, CENTRAL, HONG KONG.

THIS

MR LEUNG WILL BE PRESENT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ASE. HE MAY ALSO BE CONTACTED ON TEL. 5-8523270.

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CONCERNING

POLICE DELEGATION ATTENDED ASIAN DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT SYMPOSIUM

ENHANCED UNDERSTANDING ON THE NEED FOR BETTER INTERNATIONAL CO- OPERATION IN THE BATTLE AGAINST CROSS-ROUNDARY DRUG TRADE HAS BEEN REACHED IN A RECENT PEKING SYMPOSIUM TO WHICH HONG KONG POLICE HAD DISPATCHED THE SECOND LARGEST DELEGATION.

HEADED BY THE FORCE'S DEPUTY DIRECTOR, CRIME, MR WONG TSAN-KWONG, THE FOUR-MEMBER DELEGATION ATTENDED THE ASIAN DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT SYMPOSIUM HOSTED BY THE PEKING INTERPOL BETWEEN OCTOBER 5 AND 9.

OVER 80 DELEGATES FROM 32 NATIONS FROM THE ASIAN REGION INCLUDING AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, MIDDLE-EAST, SOUTH LATIN AMERICA AND AFRICA TOOK PART IN THE SYMPOISUM.

MR WONG TODAY (THURSDAY) SAID THE HONG KONG DELEGATION HAD HAD A "USEFUL, WORTHWHILE EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCE" WITH OTHER DELEGATES ON THE TRENDS OF THE ILLICIT TRADE AND DRUG ABUSES IN THE REGION AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

COUNTRIES

"WE WILL CONTINUE TO CO-OPERATE WITH OUR SURROUNDING INCLUDING CHINA TO STOP THE FLOW OF DRUG FROM SOURCE COUNTRIES WHICH EXPORT DRUGS TO THE WESTERN MARKETS, MR WONG SAID.

APART FROM MR WONG, THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL DELGATION COMPRISED MR CHRIS CANTLEY OF THE NARCOTICS BUREAU AND MISS BEATRICE WU FROM THE HONG KONG INTERPOL OFFICE AS WELL AS MR MICHAEL LI OF THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT.

DURING THE SYMPOSIUM, THE LOCAL DELEGATION HAD * MADE PRESENTATIONS ON THE LOCAL DRUG ABUSE AND SMUGGLING TRENDS AND THE OVERALL LAW ENFORCEMENT TACTICS, THE USE OF THE "CONTROLLED DELIVERY" TECHNIQUES AS WELL AS THE CUSTOMS STRATEGY OVER THE IMPORT AND EXPORT OF DRUG IN HONG KONG.

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