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SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1990

"THERE IS A SEASONAL INCREASE AND DECREASE WITH THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION PROBLEM. IT DECLINES IN WINTER AND RISES AGAIN IN THE WARMER WEATHER AND IT 15 ALSO AFFECTED BY THE NUMBER OF FARMERS COMING SOUTH AFTER THE HARVEST AND PEOPLE NOT COMING SOUTH BECAUSE THEY HAVE ACTUALLY GOT HARVESTS TO GET IN, HE SAID.

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MR BROWN NOTED THAT THE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CAUGHT IN THE PAST THREE DAYS AVERAGED OUT BE BETWEEN 60 AND 70. IN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR ABOUT 4,000 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WERE CAUGHT AND REPATRIATED TO CHINA.

COMPARED WITH FIGURES IN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, MR BROWN SAID THIS WAS ONLY A SLIGHT INCREASE.

HE ADDED THAT THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN THE REPATRIATION POLICY AND ALL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CAUGHT WERE SENT BACK ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.

POLICE CHILDREN RECEIVE $4.35 MILLION

BURSARIES TOTALLING $4.35 MILLION WILL BE AWARDED THIS YEAR TO 1,677 CHILDREN OF POLICE OFFICERS, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 11 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH LAST YEAR'S AMOUNT.

SPEAKING AT THE 23RD ANNUAL BURSARY CERTIFICATE PRESENTATION OF THE POLICE CHILDREN'S EDUCATION TRUST AND THE POLICE EDUCATION AND WELFARE TRUST AT THE POLICE SPORTS AND RECREATION CLUB TODAY (SATURDAY), THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR LI KWAN-HA, NOTED THAT MANY POLICE CHILDREN HAD BEEN BENEFITED FROM THE FUND OVER THE PAST 23 YEARS.

THIS YEAR THE AWARDS INCLUDED 253 BURSARIES GIVEN ΤΟ AT LOCAL UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND THOSE STUDYING IN OVERSEAS TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS.

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CONGRATULATING THE RECIPIENTS, MR LI REMINDED THEM TO EXPLOIT THEIR POTENTIAL TO THE FULL AND MAKE FULL USE от THE OPPORTUNITIES GIVEN.

NOTING THAT A CAMPAIGN WAS LAUNCHED LAST APRIL TO RAISE ADDITIONAL FUNDS, MR LI THANKED THOSE OFFICERS AND PAST BENEFICIARIES WHO SUPPORTED THE APPEAL AND WERE CONTRIBUTING DONATIONS ON A MONTHLY BASIS. HE ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR MAKING GENEROUS DONATIONS TO THE TRUSTS.

/THE CHAIRMAN