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As a result, a total of 25,457 persons, 2,587 vehicles and 447 vessels were stopped for identification checks.

During the operation, immigration investigators visited a total of 24 residential addresses and business establishments and arrested 21 suspected immigration offenders.

Among the 21 arrestees, there were 16 women and five men aged between 18 and 51, of whom four were Two Way Permit holders, two were illegal immigrants from China, seven were foreign domestic helpers, one was an imported worker and the remaining seven were Hong Kong residents.

All the Two Way Permit holders, foreign domestic helpers and imported workers were arrested at places of work. They were suspected to have taken up illegal employment or overstayed in Hong Kong. Six Hong Kong residents were suspected of being employers of the arrestees and the remaining one local resident was a suspected aider and abettor.

On the labour front, inspectors of the Labour Department visited 2,000 establishments to weed out any illegal immigrants who might be working there and to check that employers fulfilled their legal obligation of keeping proper records of their employees.

A total of 5,643 employees had their proof of identity checked and 12 establishments were found not able to provide a record of employees for inspection.

The spokesman reminded employers that they could be fined up to $250,000 and jailed for up to three years if they were found to be employing illegal immigrants.

End/Thursday, April 13, 1995

Board amends Mong Kok Outline Zoning Plan

The Town Planning Board today (Thursday) announced amendments to the draft Mong Kok Outline Zoning Plan (No. S/K3/8).

Ап area of about 0.19 hectare to the east of an existing "Government/Institution/Community" ("GIC") site at the junction of Prince Edward Road West and Sai Yee Street has been rezoned from "GIC" to "Other Specified Uses" annotated "Railway Station Development".