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SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 1991

ALL PARTIES WANT AN AIRPORT: ACTING CS

BRITAIN, CHINA AND HONG KONG ALL WANT TO HAVE AN BADLY SO THERE MUST BE A WAY OF FINDING TO DO IT, THE SECRETARY, MR GRAHAM BARNES, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

AIRPORT VERY

ACTING CHIEF

THE

PRIZE

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER OFFICIATING AT PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE DRAGON BOAT RACES AT SHA TIN, MR BARNES SAID: "WE ARE PAUSING TO THINK ABOUT OUR POSITIONS, BUT THE POSITION LEFT OFF BY ALL PARTIES WAS THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO HAVE AN AIRPORT.

"IT HAS BERN SAID MOST CLEARLY BY THE CHINESE AND MOST

BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENTS."

CLEARLY

NOTING THAT THE AIRPORT WAS A LONG PROJECT WHICH INVOLVED COMMUNICATIONS" PROJECTS, RECLAMATION PROJECTS AND SO ON, MR BARNES

SAID A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS ALSO SERVED A PART OF THE ORDINARY INFRASTRUCTURE OF HONG KONG AND SO THEY WERK ALL PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY.

"80, IF THERE IS A DELAY IN THE

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AIRPORT,

THINGS WILL RE GOING AHEAD IN ANY CASE HE SAID.

A GREAT DEAL of

"WE WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY PLAN TO HAVE A NEW AIRPORT SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE ANDI THAT THE OVERALL STRATEGY FOR DEVELOPMENT IS UNLIKELY TO CHANGE.

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JOINT ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION OPERATION MOUNTED

A TERRITORY – W1 DE ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION OPERATION JOINTLY MOUNTED BY THE POLICE, AND THE LABOUR AND IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENTS RECENTLY HAS RESULTED IN THE ARRESTS OF 92 PEOPLE.

THE OPERATION WAS PART OF THE

GOVERNMENT'S CONTINUOUS EFFORT

TO FLUSH OUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

OF THE ARRESTED PERSONS, 15 WERE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CAUGHT AT THE BORDER. THEY HAVE BEEN SENT TO SAN UK LING FOR REPATRIATION,

THE REMAINING

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THOSE FOUND ΤΟ

HAVE BREN REFERRED ΤΟ THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION, BE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WILL BE REPATRIATED.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN REITERATED TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT THERE WAS NO QUESTION OF ANY AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

"OUR LATEST OPERATION SHOULD DRIVE HOME THE WILL BR NO CHANGE TO THIS POLICY. ANYONE FOOLISH OTHERWISE IS ONLY CHEATING HIMSELF, HE SAID.

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POINT THAT ENOUGH

THERE ΤΟ BELIEVE

/THE SPOKESMAN

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