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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1990

OFFER A REWARD TO ANY EMPLOYEE WHO REPORTS THE PRESENCE AN II: THIS COULD BE PUBLICISED ON POSTERS;

REPORT ANY SUSPECTED II'S IMMEDIATELY TO THE POLICE;

OF

CONTACT YOUR LOCAL POLICE DIVISIONAL COMMANDER AND ASK FOR A ADVISE ON VISIT FROM THE CRIME PREVENTION OFFICER WHO CAN SITE SECURITY;

FULLY BRIEF ALL SUPERVISORY STAFF ON THE PROCEDURES AND HAVE A RECORD OF THIS IN A COMPANY WRITTEN CODE OF PRACTICE.

HELPFUL, MR STRACHAN SAID WHILE HE HOPED THESE GUIDELINES WERE

THE DECISION THAT

ON WHETHER THE MEASURES TAKEN CONSTITUTED AN ADEQUATE DEFENCE WAS A MATTER FOR THE COURTS.

HE REITERATED

OF II'S

IT WAS POINTED OUT BY MR STRACHAN THAT THE MAJORITY CAME TO HONG KONG FOR ECONOMIC REASONS AND THAT THE RECENT LEGISLATIVE IN FORCE AMENDMENTS WERE NECESSARY BECAUSE THE PENALTIES PREVIOUSLY WERE NO LONGER HAVING THE DESIRED DETERRENT EFFECT.

то TAKE KONG WAS LINKS

MR STRACHAN SAID THE GOVERNMENT RECOGNISED THE NEED ACCOUNT OF THE FACT THAT THE PRESENT LABOUR MARKET IN HONG VERY TIGHT, AND THAT THERE WERE VERY CLOSE ECONOMIC AND FAMILY BETWEEN HONG KONG AND SOUTHERN CHINA.

HONG

THROUGH SYSTEM

HE ALSO EXPLAINED THAT THERE WERE THREE LEGAL AVENUES WHICH THESE NEEDS COULD BE MET. THESE WERE THE ONE-WAY PERMIT THROUGH WHICH 75 PERSONS A DAY OR 27,000 A YEAR ARE PERMITTED TO ENTER FOR THOSE KONG FROM CHINA; PERMISSION OF ENTRY FOR EMPLOYMENT WITH PROFESSIONAL AND MANAGERIAL SKILLS WHICH ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY IN OF LABOUR SCHEME HONG KONG; AND THE RECENTLY EXPANDED IMPORTATION

SEMI- WHICH WILL ALLOW SOME 15,000 TECHNICIANS AS WELL AS SKILLED AND SKILLED WORKERS TO ENTER HONG KONG OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.

MR STRACHAN SAID THE GOVERNMENT REGULARLY REVIEWED AND ADJUSTED WITH ITS IMMIGRATION POLICIES TO ENSURE THAT THEY REMAINED CONSISTENT THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL OBJECTIVES OF HONG KONG.

THAT IMMIGRATION NOT THROUGH

"BUT THE GOVERNMENT ALSO BELIEVES STRONGLY NEEDS TO BE REGULATED PROPERLY THROUGH LEGAL MEANS, AND TURNING A BLIND EYE TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION,

ALSO OF

NUMBER OF

"THIS IS IN THE INTERESTS NOT ONLY OF HONG KONG, BUT THE IMMIGRANTS THEMSELVES, WHO DESERVE PROTECTION FROM EXPLOITATION BY

THE ENTRY, AND BY THOSE

ORGANISE WHO

•UNSCRUPULOUS EMPLOYERS,' HE SAID.

ILLEGAL

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