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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1992

NOTWITHSTANDING THIS INITIATIVE, MR HARBINSON STRESSED THAT THE "ONMENT'S LONG-STANDING POLICY OF MINIMUM INTERVENTION REMAINED

F

E.

IN

COMMERCIAL

THE

"IT IS FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR

TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITY FOR TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF INFRASTRUCTURE NOW BEING DEVELOPED, HE SAID.

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JOINT EFFORT TO CURB SMUGGLING

*

KONG AND CHINA

COUNCIL

TODAY

THERE WAS INCREASED CO-OPERATION BETWEEN HONG IN THE FIGHT AGAINST SMUGGLING ACTIVITIES, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY,

THE INFORMED

LEGISLATIVE MR ALISTAIR (WEDNESDAY).

ASPREY,

SMUGGLING,

RITA FAN, MR INCLUDING WERE TWO OF THE PRINCIPAL BETWEEN THE

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MRS ASPREY SAID SMUGGLING AND MEASURES TO CONTROL ACTION AGAINST HIGH-POWERED SPEEDBOATS, CONCERNS RAISED AT THE 10 FORMAL MEETINGS HELD LAST YEAR POLICK AND THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES.

RAISED

DIRECTOR OF THE AND HONG KONG " MR ASPREY SAID.

WHEN THE "THESE CONCERNS WERE ALSO

BUREAU VISITED GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL PUBLIC SECURITY WHEN THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE MADE A RETURN VISIT,

ALSO BEEN RAISED

THE ISSUES HAD CHANNELS, MOST RECENTLY AT THE ANNUAL BORDER WHICH TOOK PLACE ON JANUARY 27.

"THE GOVERNMENT

HAVE

PASSED

DETAILS OF THE LOCATIONS FROM WHICH OPERATING.

LIAISON BORDER THROUGH

LIAISON REVIEW MEETING

ΤΟ

THE

AUTHORITIES

CHINESE WE BELIEVE THE SPEEDBOATS ARE

USE OF PROVIDED TO THE CHINESE SIDE.

AND DETAILS OF HONG KONG'S LEGISLATION AGAINST THE CONSTRUCTION

PURPOSES HAD ALSO BEEN SMUGGLING FOR DESIGNED SPEEDBOATS

MR

ASPREY SAID THE CHINESE

AUTHORITIES

HAD CONSISTENTLY

AFFIRMED THEIR RESOLVE TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST SMUGGLING ACTIVITY, HAD DONE SO.

AND

"THE GOVERNMENT

UNDERSTAND

THAT

SEIZED IN CRACKDOWNS AGAINST SMUGGLING IN MAY LAST YEAR.

WERE 200 ABOUT

SPEEDBOATS TO JULY AND NOVEMBER

ON THE MAINLAND ARE SPEEDBOATS USED

WAS CONTINUING

TO

"WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT SOME DISTRICTS DRAWING UP REGULATIONS TO FORBID THE CONSTRUCTION of FOR SMUGGLING," HE SAID.

THE SECRETARY STRESSED THAT THE GOVERNMENT PRESS THE CHINESE TO TAKE FURTHER ACTION AGAINST SMUGGLING.

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