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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1992

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DURING THINK, I

MONTHS,

THIS

IF WE'RE NOT COUNCIL WILL

TOTAL

THE NEXT FEW COUNCIL WILL WANT TO KNOW HOW WE SEE THE WAY FORWARD GOING TO HAVE AN OVERALL AGREEMENT, AND I'M SURE THIS WANT US TO PROCEED IN A WAY WHICH ALWAYS HAS THE DOOR OPEN TO A AGREEMENT, TO A TOTAL PACKAGE, BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THAT'S THE BEST WAY FORWARD. BUT I DON'T, MYSELF, BELIEVE THAT IT'S ΤΟ SEEK OUT DEADLINES, TO SEEK OUT WHERE YOU CAN THROW PULL PLUGS, UNLESS IT'S ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL.

-

WE WHERE

ADVISABLE SWITCHES AND

HAVE MORE DIFFICULTY IS

THE IN THE 1994 QUESTION OF POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE ARRANGEMENT FOR DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS AND MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS, AND THE 1995

WE ON THOSE MATTERS,

CAN'T LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

SIMPLY ELECTIONS.

THROUGH MARK TIME UNTIL THE END OF 1993 OR THE END OF 1994 OR HALFWAY 1995, WE DO HAVE TO TAKE DECISIONS IN ORDER TO GET THE ARRANGEMENTS IN BUT AS SENIOR CHINESE I'D PLACE

AND

BETTER NOT QUOTE THEM

QUITE OFFICIALS HAVE ACCEPTED, THIS COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO TAKE A VIEW, EARLY IN 1993, ON THESE MATTERS. IT'S NOT FORCING THE PACE. I DON'T HAVE, AS

REPUTATION I

THE THINK

COUNCIL WILL KNOW, A CONFRONTATIONAL POLITICIAN. I USED TO BE DESCRIBED WITH HONOUR- AS AN "ARCH-WET”. I AM SOMEBODY WHO POSSIBLE, FOR AGREEMENT,

A PHRASE, TO COIN PRINCIPLED POSITION.

—

BUT

I'M MUCH

ΤΟ OBLIGED

-

AS A WORE WHENEVER ON A

A BADGE I LOOKS, AGREEMENT

THIS COUNCIL.

ACCORDANCE WITH STANDING ORDERS I NOW ADJOURN THE COUNCIL UNTIL

ON WEDNESDAY, 28TH OCTOBER 1992.

PM

IN

2.30

56 CAUGHT IN OPERATION AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

A TERRITORY-WIDE

ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION OPERATION JOINTLY MOUNTED BY THE POLICE, THE LABOUR AND IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENTS RECENTLY HAS RESULTED IN THE ARRESTS OF 56 PERSONS.

THE OPERATION WAS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S CONTINUOUS EFFORT

TO FLUSH OUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

OF THE ARRESTED PERSONS, 16 WERE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CAUGHT AT THE BORDER. THEY HAVE BEEN SENT TO SAN UK LING FOR REPATRIATION.

IMMIGRATION

THOSE FOUND TO

THE REMAINING 40 HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO THE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. BE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WILL BE REPATRIATED.

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

THAT THERE ENOUGH ΤΟ BELIEVE

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

"

/THE SPOKESMAN