SECRET
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JR 1200
IMMEDIATE
CYPER CAT A
FM HONG KONG 060910Z
المعلمة
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TO IMMEDIATE F C 0 TELNO 695 OF 6 JUNE 1978
INFO PEKING, CANBERRA, SINGAPORE.
INFO SAVING WELLINGTON.
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PLEASE PASS TO CABINET OFFICE FOR SECRETARY JTC FOLLOWING IS THE L I C ASSESSMENT FOR MAY 1978.
ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE.
Action Tekan
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DURING THE PERIOD UNDER REVIEW THE JUNIOR POLICE OFFICERS
ASSOCIATION (JPOA) HAS CONCENTRATED MAINLY ON ITS OWN INTERNAL AFFAIRS, AND LITTLE INTEREST HAS BEEN SHOWN BY THE ASSOCIATION IN CURRENT CORRUPTION CASES. PERSONALITY CONFLICTS AND DIVISIONS OF OPINION AMONG LEADERS OF THE JPOA ABOUT HOW THE AFFAIRS OF THE ASSOCIATION SHOULD BE CONDUCTED CONTINUE TO PREVENT THE ASSOCIATION FROM SETTLING DOWN TO DEAL WITH MATTERS OF GENUINE CONCERN TO THE RANK AND FILE.
CHINESE COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES
2. THE CPG-OWNED CHINA RESOURCES COMPANY APPLIED FOR A GRANT OF
LAND BY PRIVATE TREATY, RATHER THAN BY PUBLIC AUCTION, IN A CENTRAL COMMERCIAL AREA IN HONG KONG FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A LARGE AND PRESTIGIOUS COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX. THE GRANT HAS BEEN APPROVED IN PRINCIPLE BUT THE EXACT SITE AND SOME OF THE DETAILS ARE SUBJECT TO FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS.
IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA.
3. THE INCREASING NUMBER OF LEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARRIVING IN HONG KONG
FROM CHINA CONTINUES TO CAUSE CONCERN, IN JANUARY THE DAILY AVERAGE WAS 94, IN MARCH 116, IN APRIL 150 AND IN MAY 142. THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE AWARE OF OUR CONCERN (HK TELNO 568 DATED 4 MAY REFERS). THE INCREASES ARE ALMOST CERTAINLY DUE TO A RELAXATION IN CHINESE EMIGRATION POLICY PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO OVERSEAS CHINESE RETURNEES AND THOSE HAVING RELATIONS OVERSEAS OR IN HONG KONG AND MACAU, COUPLED WITH A SIMPLIFICATION AND SPEEDING UP OF THE PROCEDURE FOR DEALING
WITH APPLICATIONS FOR EXIT PERMITS BY THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES.
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