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FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1990

JOINT STATEMENT BY HK GOVT AND GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL GOVT

FOLLOWING IS A JOINT STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND THE GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT:

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ON THE MORNINGS OF 25 JULY AND 26 JULY, SENIOR OFFICIALS GUANGDONG AND HONG KONG RESPECTIVELY LED BY MR CHEN WEN-LI, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, PUBLIC SECURITY DEPARTMENT, GUANGDONG PROVINCE AND MR CA J SHEPPARD, DEPUTY CONNISSIONER, OPERATIONS, RHKP HELD A FRIENDLY DISCUSSION AT SHENZHEN AND AT TAI PO, HONG KONG ON THE ISSUES OF ANTI- ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, ANTI-SMUGGLING AND RELATED MATTERS.

BOTH SIDES HAVE EXCHANGED INFORMATION WITH RESPECT ΤΟ ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA TO HONG KONG, SMUGGLING ACTIVITIES AT SEA AND OTHER ISSUES. THE MEETING AGREED FURTHER TO STRENGTHEN COOPERATION AND CONSIDERED MEASURES AND TACTICS IN ORDER то COMBAT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, SPEED BOAT SMUGGLING ACTIVITIES AND IN PARTICULAR THE ILLEGAL TRANSPORTATION OF FIREARMS AND OTHER RELATED PROBLEMS BETWEEN THE TWO TERRITORIES.

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DURING THE MEETING, FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUSPECTS AND THE NEED TO CONCLUDE THE CASE AS WELL AS CARS TO OWNERS, THE HONG KONG DELEGATION REQUESTED THE GUANGDONG AUTHORITIES TO RELEASE THE THREE VEHICLES WHICH WERE THE 3RD MAY" SMUGGLING INCIDENT. HAVING VERIFIED THE DETAILED PARTICULARS OF THE VEHICLES, AND HAVING CONSIDERED THE REQUIREMENT OF THE HONG KONG SIDE FOR EXHIBITS AND FOR CONCLUDING THE CASE, AND THE MORAL PRINCIPLE OF RETURNING STOLEN PROPERTY TO THE ORIGINAL OWNER, AS WELL AS THE FRIENDLY COOPERATION AND GOOD RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES, THE GUANGDONG DELEGATION AGREED TO RETURN THE THREE VEHICLES TO THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE. THE HONG KONG DELEGATION EXPRESSED THANKS FOR THIS.

BOTH SIDES EXPRESSED APPRECIATION BETWEEN THE GUANGDONG AND HONG KONG POLICE.

FOR THE GOOD COOPERATION

HK EXPRESSED CONCERN AT NO REAL PROGRESS IN GATT TALKS

HONG KONG HAS EXPRESSED CONCERN AT THE LACK OF REAL PROGRESS IN THE CURRENT GATT URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATIONS ON TEXTILES,

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SPEAKING AT THE MEETING OF THE TRADE NEGOTIATIONS HELD IN GENEVA EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE, MR T.H. CHAU, POINTED OUT THAT THERE COULD BE NO PROGRESS MAJOR PARTICIPANTS WERE PREPARED TO ADDRESS FUNDAMENTALS IN SUCH IMPORTANT ISSUES AS TEXTILES.

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