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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1994

VISITORS MUST OBSERVE CONDITIONS OF STAY

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VISITORS

SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT REMINDED THAT THEY SHOULD NOT TAKE UP EMPLOYMENT IN HONG KONG WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION.

HE GAVE THE ADVICE FOLLOWING A RECENT POLICE OPERATION IN WHICH 35 TWO-WAY PERMIT VISITORS FROM CHINA WERE ARRESTED IN THE CHEUNG SHA WAN VEGETABLE WHOLESALE MARKET.

THEY WERE SUBSEQUENTLY REFERRED TO THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT FOR FOLLOW-UP ACTION.

FURTHER ENQUIRIES BY IMMIGRATION INVESTIGATORS CONFIRMED THAT ALL OF THEM WERE TWO-WAY PERMIT HOLDERS FROM CHINA.

THEY ADMITTED ΤΟ HAVE WORKED ILLEGALLY AT THE VEGETABLE WHOLESALE MARKET AS PORTERS OR CAUSAL WORKERS WITH DAILY WAGES OF BETWEEN $50 AND $150.

ALL DEFENDANTS WERE CONVICTED OF BREACHING THEIR CONDITIONS OF STAY IN HONG KONG AT THE WESTERN MAGISTRACY TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AND WERE EACH FINED EITHER $1,000 OR $2,000.

EITHER OF

"ALL VISITORS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE UP ANY EMPLOYMENT, OR UNPAID, WITHOUT THE PERMISSION FROM THE DIRECTOR IMMIGRATION," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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THOSE WHO BREACH THEIR CONDITIONS OF STAY ARE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION AND UPON CONVICTION TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $5,000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR TWO YEARS.

PEOPLE WHO AID AND ABFT OTHERS TO COMMIT THESE OFFENCES ARE ALSO LIABLE TO PROSECUTION AND PENALTY, THE SPOKESMAN EMPHASISED.

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VIDEO ON TSING MA BRIDGE

OPPORTUNITY

PEOPLE IN HONG KONG AND OVERSEAS WILL HAVE THE SEE ONE OF THE GRANDEST ENGINEERING PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THE PRODUCTION OF A VIDEO ON THE TSING MA BRIDGE.

TO WITH

THE BRIDGE FORMS THE MAJOR PART OF THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING, WHICH IS ONE OF THE 10 PROJECTS IN THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME (ACP).

IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING AN ESSENTIAL LINK TO THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK, THE CROSSING WILL OPEN UP LANTAU ISLAND FOR DEVELOPMENT.

WITH A SPAN OF 1,377 METRES, THE BRIDGE WILL BE A SPECTACULAR NEW LANDMARK SYMBOLISING HONG KONG'S GROWTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

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