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AND THOSE OF THE ENTIRE GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY OF HONG KONG

TO THOSE CONCERNED IN THE INTERCEPTION AND SEIZURE OF THIS MAJOR CARGO OF NARCOTICS BOUND FOR HONG KONG FROM THAILAND. WE

ARE ALL MOST HEARTENED BY THIS EXAMPLE OF SUCESSFUL INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION TO DEFEAT THE TRAFFIC IN NARCOTICS.

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