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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1992

VIEWS SOUGHT ON SCHEME AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

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THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR IAN STRACHAN, MET REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE HONG KONG CONFEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS TODAY (THURSDAY) TO LISTEN TO THEIR VIEWS ON A PROPOSAL FOR A REWARD FOR INFORMATION SCHEME TO HELP THE POLICE AND THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT IDENTIFY EMPLOYERS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

THE PROPOSAL IS NOW BEING CONSIDERED BY THE SECURITY BRANCH AND THE POLICE AS A MEANS TO TACKLE THE INCREASING NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA WHO COME HERE TO WORK.

SO FAR THIS YEAR, ABOUT 21,000 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARRESTED, COMPARED WITH 15, 300 ARRESTED DURING THE SAME YEAR.

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TODAY'S MEETING IS THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF MEETINGS SECURITY BRANCH WILL BE HOLDING WITH TRADE UNION REPRESENTATIVES LISTEN TO THEIR VIEWS ON THE PROPOSED REWARD SCHEME.

ANOTHER MEASURE BEING ACTIVELY PURSUED TO CRACK DOWN ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION (IE) IS A PLAN BY THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SET UP A SPECIAL ANTI-II TASK FORCE OF ABOUT 100 OFFICERS.

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MR STRACHAN REITERATED THAT THERE WOULD BE NO AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND NO LET UP IN EFFORTS AGAINST THEM.

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OPERATION ON DANGEROUS PROJECTIONS FORGES AHEAD

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PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR OF THE BUILDINGS LANDS DEPARTMENT, MR ANTHONY SAMSON, THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON FOR HIMSELF THE PROGRESS OF AN OPERATION AIMING AT REMOVING DANGEROUS PROJECTIONS FROM BUILDINGS ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS.

MR SAMSON, WHO IS HEAD OF THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE (BOO), INSPECTED THE PROGRESS OF WORKS ON FOUR BUILDINGS IN MONG KOK WHICH ARE AMONG THE 52 TARGETED BUILDINGS IN THE FIRST PHASE OF THE OPERATION.

SPEAKING ABOUT THE OPERATION

CATHERINE WHEEL" WHICH BEGAN LATE LAST YEAR, MR SAMSON SAID FIVE OF THE BUILDINGS COVERED IN THE FIRST PHASE HAD BEEN COMPLETELY RESTORED BY THE REMOVAL OF DANGEROUS PROJECTIONS SUCH AS CANOPIES, CAGES AND FLOWER RACKS EXTENDING FROM THE PREMISES.

IN ADDITION, THE REMOVAL OF SIMILAR PROJECTIONS ON 12 OTHER BUILDINGS HAD REACHED AN ADVANCED STAGE AND IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.

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