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2. ON THE FOUR SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTIONS, WE SUGGEST THE FOLLOWING:
1. "IT IS THE POLICY OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO STOP THE ILLICIT TRAFFICKING OF DRUGS INTO AND THROUGH HONG KONG AND TO ERADICATE DRUG ABUSE FROM THE COMMUNITY. EVERY POSSIBLE EFFORT IS BEING MADE, WITH CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS, IN THE INTER-RELATED FIELDS OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, LAW ENFORCEMENT, TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, SINCE 1973 11 HEROIN REFINERIES HAVE BEEN NEUTRALISED, 2 ACETIC ANHYDRIDE LABORATORIES DISCOVERED, 17 NARCOTICS STORES RAIDED AND 2 INFORTS SEIZED ON LANDING: 58 HIGH-LEVEL ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE, COMPRISING 22 HEROIN CHEMISTS, 23 STOREKEEPERS AND 13 COURIERS, AND DRUGS WITH A RETAIL VALUE OF ALMOST DOLLARS 135 MILLION SEIZED. IN ADDITION THREE MAJOR SYNDICATE BOSSES HAVE RECENTLY RECEIVED SENTENCES OF 25 AND 30 YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR OFFENCES RELATING TO THE IMPORT OF
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AS REGARDS THE VERY LARGE NUMBER OF DRUG ADDICTS IN HONG KONG, THE GOVERNMENT IS CONSTANTLY ALIVE TO NEW AND ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMES OF TREATMENT WHICH WILL IMPROVE THE THROUGHPUT OF ADDICTS TREATED, SPECIFIC PROPOSALS IN THIS RESPECT PUT FORWARD BY DR. R.G. NEWMAN, VISITING CONSULTANT, ARE NOW BEING EXAMINED.'' (FOR MORE DETAILED FIGURES ON TREATMENT FACILITIES, PLEASE REFER TO TELEGRAM NO. 1286 OF 30 DECEMBER TO YOU RE MR. DAN JONES MP MATERIAL FOR WRITTEN ANSWERS ON DRUG SITUATION IN HONG KONG)
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'IN ADDITION TO THE VERY EFFECTIVE REGULAR ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS SUCH AS SEIZURES AND ARREST, THE NARCOTICS BUREAU OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE HAS MOUNTED FREQUENT RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS WITH THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE OVER KNOW RENDEZVOUS AREAS SOUTH OF HONG KONG. COMBINED POLICE/NAVAL/AIR OPERATIONS HAVE TWICE (THE LATEST IN MAY) FORCED DRUG SMUGGLING TRAWLERS TO RETURN TO THE GULF OF THAILAND WITH THEIR ILLICIT CONSIGNMENTS STILL ABOARD. LIAISON BETWEEN THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE, THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE AND OTHER UNITS CONCERNED IS GOOD AND THIS PRESSURE WILL BE MAINTAINED. MAJOR IMPORT SYNDICATES WERE CRUSHED IN LATE 1974, WITH COURT SENTENCES OF TWENTY-FIVE TO THIRTY YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR THE LEADERS.
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