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MONDAY, MAY 25, 1992

FIGHT CRIME COLLABORATION SHOULD INCREASE : MINISTER

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MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS WITH SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR HONG KONG, MR ALASTAIR GOODLAD TODAY (MONDAY) SAID BOTH THE BRITISH AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENTS HAVE TALKED TO THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES ON THE FIGHT AGAINST SERIOUS CRIME.

NOTING THAT THE HONG KONG POLICE HAD ALSO BEEN CO-OPERATING WITH THE CHINESE IN SOME AREAS, MR GOODLAD HOPED THAT THESE COLLABORATIONS WOULD BE INCREASING IN THIS ASPECT.

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SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING A CRIME SCENE IN TAI KOK TSUI, HE SAID: "I AM DETERMINED AS IS THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND THE HONG KONG POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT THESE APPALLING CRIMES SHALL IN THE FUTURE BE PREVENTED AND THAT THE VILLAINS SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO BOOK.

MR GOODLAD APPLAUDED THE EFFORTS THAT HAD BEEN MADE BY THE HONG KONG POLICE AND THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO CRACK DOWN ON CRIME.

EARLIER IN THE DAY, MR GOODLAD PAID A VISIT TO THE REPLACEMENT AIRPORT SITE AT CHEK LAP KOK.

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER THE VISIT, HE SAID: "THE GOVERNMENT AND THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING HAVE GIVEN THE EVERY SUPPORT."

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ASKED ABOUT ALLEGATIONS THAT CONTRACTS HAD BEEN GIVEN TO TOO MANY BRITISH FIRMS, MR GOODLAD SAID HE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE CRITERIA BY WHICH THE CONTRACTS HAD BEEN AWARDED WERE VERY STRICT AND WERE VERY IMPARTIALLY APPLIED.

MINISTER OF STATE BRIEFED ON ACP PROJECTS

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THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS WITH SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR HONG KONG, MR ALASTAIR GOODLAD, WAS TODAY (MONDAY) GIVEN A WIDE-RANGING BRIEFING ON HONG KONG'S AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME.

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MR GOODLAD VISITED THE NEW AIRPORT PROJECTS CO-ORDINATION OFFICE IN WAN CHAI AND WAS BRIEFED BY ITS DIRECTOR, MR RAFAEL AND THE CONSULTANT PROJECT MANAGER, DR HENRY TOWNSEND.

MR GOODLAD THEN HAD A HELICOPTER TOUR OF THE VARIOUS SITES BEFORE ARRIVING AT THE NEW AIRPORT SITE AT CHEK LAP BRIEFING ON THE WORKS THERE.

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