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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TELEGRAM NUMBER 83 OF 3 FEBRUARY 77. INFORMATION ROUTINE PEKING.

FROM HKD

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS: MR FRANK HOOLEY MP.

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1. PR FRANK HOOLEY MP (LABOUR

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SHEFFIELD, HEELEY)

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HAS TARLED THE FOLLOWING SEVEN WRITTEN QUESTIONS FOR ANSWER BY

THE SECRETARY OF STATE:-

(1)

..... HOW MANY PERSONS CONCERNED IN THE ILLICIT EXPORT OF OPIUM OR HEROIN FROM HONG KONG WERE ARRESTED AND PROSECUTED IN EACH OF THE YEARS 1974, 1975 AND 1976.?**

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(2) .....HOW MANY ILLICIT HEROIN REFINERIES WERE DISCOVERED IN

HONG KONG IN 1974, 1975 AND 1975: AND WHAT QUANTITIES OF THIS DRUG WERE BEING PRODUCED THEREIN?

(3) **.....HOW THE LEVEL OF DRUG ADDICTION IN HONG KONG COMPARES WITH FIGURES FOR OTHER ASTAN COUNTRIES SUCH AS KOREA, JAPAN, THE PHILIPPINES, BURMA AND THAILAND?**

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WHAT CONTRIBUTION IS MADE BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO THE UNITED NATIONS FUND FOR DRUG ABUSE CONTROL?''

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WHAT IS THE EXTENT OF ILLICIT TRAFFIC AND SMUGGLING OF DRUGS INTO HONG KONG. WHAT QUANTITIES OF ILLICIT NARCOTICS WERE FOUND OR CONFISCATED IN 1974, 1975 AND 1976; AND HOW MANY PERSONG VERE PROSECUTED IN THOSE YEARS FOR DRUG OFFENCES?**

PESOR TAIKI

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