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SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1994

THE 99 PERSONS ARRESTED BY THE POLICE HAD BEEN REFERRED TO THE BE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT. THOSE FOUND TO BE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WILL REPATRIATED.

THE OTHER THREE PERSONS WERE ARRESTED BY IMMIGRATION INVESTIGATORS.

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

"OUR

LATEST OPERATION SHOULD DRIVE HOME THE POINT NO CHANGE TO THIS POLICY. ANYONE FOOLISH ENOUGH

THAT THERE ΤΟ BELIEVE

WILL BE OTHERWISE IS ONLY CHEATING HIMSELF," HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID APART FROM CONTINUOUS CHECKS THROUGHOUT TERRITORY, THERE WAS NO LET-UP IN ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION EFFORTS THE BORDER.

"A HIGH STATE OF VIGILANCE WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE POLICE AND THE SECURITY FORCES BOTH AT THE LAND AND HE SAID.

THE

AT

MAINTAINED

BY

SEA BORDERS,'

UP

DURING THE JOINT OPERATION, WHICH BEGAN AT 5 AM ON THURSDAY (APRIL 14) AND ENDED AT 5 AM YESTERDAY, THE POLICE HAD STEPPED THEIR IDENTIFICATION SPOT CHECKS IN PUBLIC PLACES AND CARRIED CHECKS AT SUSPICIOUS LOCATIONS.

OUT

AS A RESULT, A TOTAL OF 25,441 PERSONS, 2,771 VEHICLES AND 384 VESSELS WERE STOPPED FOR IDENTIFICATION CHECKS.

ON THE LABOUR FRONT, INSPECTORS OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT VISITED

WHO IMMIGRANTS 2,447 ESTABLISHMENTS TO WEED OUT ANY ILLEGAL MAY BE WORKING, AND TO CHECK THAT EMPLOYERS FULFIL THEIR LEGAL OBLIGATION OF KEEPING PROPER RECORDS OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.

A TOTAL OF 8,512 EMPLOYEES HAD THEIR PROOF OF IDENTITY DURING THE OPERATION.

CHECKED

TWENTY-FIVE ESTABLISHMENTS

WERE FOUND NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE A

RECORD OF EMPLOYEES FOR INSPECTION.

THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED EMPLOYERS THAT THEY COULD BE FINED UP TO

TO JAILED FOR UP TO THREE YEARS IF THEY WERE FOUND $250,000 EMPLOYING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

AND

BE

CS SUPPORTS 1994 BIG BIRD RACE

**

THE CHIEF SECRETARY, MRS ANSON CHAN, VISITED THE MAI PO MARSHES THIS (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON TO GIVE HER SUPPORT FOR THE 1994 BIG BIRD RACE TAKING PLACE THERE.

FUND

THE EVENT, NOW IN ITS 11TH YEAR, IS ORGANISED BY THE WORLD WIDE FOR NATURE HONG KONG (WWFHK) TO RAISE FUND FOR ENHANCING NATURE CONSERVATION AND EDUCATION PROGRAMMES IN MAI PO.

/ACCOMPANIED BY