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MONDAY, MAY 24, 1993

APART FROM

MEMBERS, MARKET

THE AC EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS APPOINTED BY THE SFC WHILE PRESIDES AT AC MEETINGS.

FROM DRAWN

A

OF ALSO CONSISTS

TWO THE CHAIRMAN OF SFC

CROSS-SECTION

THE MARKET MEMBERS ARE SECURITIES AND FUTURES INDUSTRIES AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL ADVISE THE SFC ON MATTERS OF POLICY AND MARKET DEVELOPMENT.

OF THE PERSONS то

VIZ THE HON RONALD PING-LUEN AND CHARLES

MR TAM ALSO THANKED THE OUTGOING MEMBERS, ARCULLI AND MESSRS CHAN SUN-SUN, RAYMOND KWOK SOO CHEN-JEN.

"THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SFC ARE ADMINISTRATION," MR TAM ADDED.

MUCH APPRECIATED BY

THE

JOINT OPERATION TO TRANSFER VM'S

* * * * *

THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT (CSD) AND THE POLICE THIS (MONDAY) MORNING MOUNTED A JOINT OPERATION AT WHITEHEAD DETENTION 1 CENTRE TO TRANSFER SOME 400 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS (VM'S) FROM SECTION OF THE DETENTION CENTRE TO NEI KWU CHAU DETENTION CENTRE (NKDC) AND CHIMAWAN DETENTION CENTRE (CDC).

THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT VM'S IN SECTION 1 WOULD HAVE TO MOVE MADE SOME TWO WEEKS AGO.

WAS

THIS CAUSED A REACTION AND AN INCREASE IN TENSION WITH CLEAR

THE INDICATIONS THAT ANY ATTEMPT TO MOVE

INHABITANTS WOULD BE WITH VIOLENT RESISTANCE. INTELLIGENCE REPORTS SUGGESTED THE TAKING HOSTAGES AND VIOLENT CONFRONTATION.

MET

OF

COUNSELLING ACTIVE AND INTENSIVE SITUATION AND THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION

BY CSD STAFF DEFUSED THE

MOVED

VOLUNTARILY

OVER

THE WEEKEND.

WITH

THE KNOWN

THE OPERATION WAS MOUNTED AT 7 AM TO DEAL AGITATORS REMAINING IN SECTION 1. NO RESISTANCE WAS ENCOUNTERED. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE REMAINING 370 PERSONS WERE REMOVED PEACEFULLY AND WERE TRANSFERRED TO NKDC AND CDC.

A NUMBER OF OFFENSIVE WEAPONS, HOME-MADE RESPIRATORS WERE FOUND ABANDONED WITHIN SECTION 1.

SHIELDS AND

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