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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1990

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CHINESE EXPERTS ASK GOOD QUESTIONS

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THE CHINESE

PROJECTS

EXPERT TEAM ON THE NEW AIRPORT AND ASK VERY GOOD QUESTIONS AND YOU GOT TO HAVE TALKS SORT, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR PIERS JACOBS, SAID THIS

OF

RELATED THIS

(SUNDAY)

AFTERNOON.

TO SPEAKING

REPORTERS AFTER THE OPENING OF THE BRADBURY BUILDING OF THE CAUSEWAY BAY KAI-FONG WELFARE ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATION, SIR PIERS SAID: "THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT WE ARE TALKING, ARE EXCHANGING INFORMATION AND WE ARE EXCHANGING VIEWS.

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"THIS IS HOW BUSINESS SHOULD BE CONDUCTED," HE ADDED.

WHEN ASKED IF THERE

WOULD BE

WE

A JOINT STATEMENT AFTER THE MEETING, SIR PIERS REPLIED: "WHETHER THERE WILL BE A STATEMENT OR NOT, WE WILL DECIDE AT THE END.

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PUBLIC REMINDED NOT TO BRING IN AIR RIFLE PELLETS

REMINDED THE

THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT TODAY (SUNDAY) PUBLIC NOT TO BRING IN AIR RIFLE PELLETS WHEN RETURNING FROM CHINA.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID POSSESSION OF AIR RIFLE PELLETS WAS AN OFFENCE UNDER THE FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION ORDINANCE.

"ANY PERSON CONVICTED FOR POSSESSION OF AMMUNITION WITHOUT A IMPRISONMENT FOR LICENCE IS LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $100,000 AND 14 YEARS, HE SAID.

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14 AND 33

OF A

SINCE JANUARY THIS YEAR, SIX PASSENGERS AGED BETWEEN ARRIVING FROM CHINA VIA LOWU HAD BEEN PROSECUTED FOR POSSESSION TOTAL 5,159 AIR RIFLE PELLETS.

THEY WERE SUBSEQUENTLY CONVICTED AND FINED ABOUT $500 EACH. OFFENDER HAS BEEN ENTERED ADDITION, A CRIMINAL RECORD FOR EACH ORDERED BY THE COURT.

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AS

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