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COST, MR JOLLY TO ADMIT THE

"THESE CAN BE TREATED AS PART OF OPERATIONAL SAID, ADDING THAT SHOP OWNERS COULD ALSO HIRE SOMEBODY OFFENCE.

MOST CUSTOMERS FOR THE TAPES WERE SINGLE YOUNG ADULTS WHO WERE CURIOUS ABOUT SEX, HE SAID.

HOWEVER, THE AMOUNT OF SEIZED TAPES MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY INCREASE MANY TIMES NEXT YEAR AS MR JOLLY THOUGHT THE MARKET HAD BECOME SATURATED.

"COMPETITION AMONG SHOPS IS HIGH AND THERE WILL BE MORE POLICE ACTION TOO," HE SAID.

"THERE ARE 23 SHOPS SELLING PORNOGRAPHIC TAPES AND MOST OF THEM ARE LOCATED IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF SOY STREET.

"THEY ARE FLY-BY-NIGHT OPERATIONS AND ALL 23 SHOPS HAVE

PROSECUTED."

BEEN

AS THE 23 SHOPS CONSTITUTED LESS THAN FIVE PER CENT OF SOME 400 VICE-RELATED PREMISES IN MONG KOK, OFFICERS IN MONG KOK DISTRICT THE PROBLEM AS NOT HIGH PRIORITY, MR JOLLY SAID.

SAW

HE ALSO BELIEVED THAT THERE WAS

NO SYNDICATE INVOLVEMENT THE CRIME AND NO LOCAL PRODUCTION OF PORNOGRAPHIC TAPES.

IN

MOST TAPES WERE PIRATED WITH ORIGINALS COMING FROM JAPAN, WAN AND EUROPE, HE ADDED.

TAI-

STATEMENT ON WELFARE ASSISTANTS ISSUE

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SOCIAL

IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES ON

WELFARE DEPARTMENT

THE

MANAGEMENT OF

WHETHER (SWD) HAD REFUSED REPRESENTATIVES

A REQUEST OF WELFARE

FROM ASSISTANTS' BRANCH CHINESE CIVIL SERVANTS ASSOCIATION THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING TO

OF THE HONG KONG MEETING IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR INDUSTRIAL ACTION, AN

HOLD A SAID THE MANAGEMENT HAD RECEIVED NO SUCH REQUEST THIS MORNING.

SWD SPOKESMAN

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THE SPOKESMAN REITERATED THAT THE MANAGEMENT WOULD CONTINUE HOLD DIALOGUES WITH THE STAFF SIDE IN ORDER TO ISSUE FOR THE INTEREST OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

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