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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1990

II'S TO BE RETURNED QUICKLY

THE GOVERNMENT WILL RETURN TO CHINA QUICKLY II MOTHERS AND CHILDREN WHO ARE CURRENTLY SURRENDERING TO THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT.

THIS WAS REVEALED TODAY (SATURDAY) BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY.

"TO IMPLEMENT THIS, THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT HAS REDEPLOYED STAFF TO PROCESS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE THE CASES OF THE I I MOTHERS AND CHILDREN WHO HAVE COME FORWARD IN THE PAST WEEK. THIS WILL ENABLE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED AS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO BE SENT BACK IN A FEW DAYS," HE EXPLAINED.

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MR ASPREY REITERATED THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD NO INTENTION CHANGING ITS POLICY AND THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO POSSIBILITY OF AN AMNESTY.

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IMMIGRANTS WHO FALL FOR THE RUMOURS SPREAD BY SNAKEHEADS ARE DELUDING THEMSELVES AND ARE WASTING THEIR TIME, HE POINTED OUT.

MR ASPREY SAID THOSE WHO WISHED ΤΟ COME TO HONG KONG FOR FAMILY REUNION MUST APPLY UNDER THE ONE-WAY PERMIT SYSTEM.

HE ADDED THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES REQUESTING THEM TO STEP UP PREVENTIVE MEASURES AND TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE IN GUANGDONG PROVINCE ABOUT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S STRICT POLICY ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, AND THAT THERE WAS NO QUESTION OF AN AMNESTY, NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.

COMMISSIONER LAYS WREATH AT CEREMONY OF REMEMBRANCE

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A CEREMONY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DURING WORLD WARS I AND II, AND WHILE ON DUTY IN TIMES OF PEACE, WAS HELD AT THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING.

AFTER OBSERVING A TWO-MINUTE SILENCE, THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR LI KWAN-HA, LAID A WREATH OF POPPIES BENEATH THE MEMORIAL BOOKS AT THE ENTRANCE TO CAINE HOUSE, POLICE HEADQUARTERS.

OTHER WREATHS WERE LAID BY THE COMMANDANT OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE, MR CHAN TAI-WING, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS POLICE FORMATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS.

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AMONG OTHER SENIOR OFFICERS WHO ATTENDED THE CEREMONY WERE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, OPERATIONS, MR JOHN SHEPPARD; DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MANAGEMENT, MR GEORGE HINDHAUGH; THE POLICE ADMINISTRATION OFFICER, MR MICHAEL PAGLIARI; AND THE DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL BRANCH, MR JOHN THORPE.

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