TNAG-0941-FCO40-1160-Visit-by-Lord-Carrington--Secretary-of-State-for-Foreign-and-1980 — Page 156

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COMMISSIONER EXDIS

9 SEP 1580

V.R. FIGURES (UP TO 9AM 9TH SEPTEMBER): A. 37 452= B. 10 255= C. 25 617.

LEGALS CHINA: D (8TH SEPTEMBER) 120= E. 1 161 F. 39 257. ILLEGALS CHINA: G. 83 H. 3 812= 1. 60 372.

GOVT TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT, IN VIEW OF CONTINUING HIGH LEVEL OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, ORDER HAS BEEN MADE EXTENDING MANDATORY CARRY ING OF IDENTITY CARDS TO COVER WHOLE OF NEW TERRITORIES AND OUTLYING ISLANDS, EXCEPT NEW KOWLOON, TSUEN WAN, KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI ISLAND. NEW ORDER WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15. GOVT SPOKESMAN SAID NUMBER OF IS ARRESTED ROSE

SHARPLY IN RECENT MONTHS, AND SO FAR THIS YEAR TOTAL STANDS AT MORE THAN 56 000. + IT IS ESTIMATED THAT DURING FIRST EIGHT MONTHS

IIS WOULD HAVE ADDED ANOTHER 50 000 TO HK'S POPULATION. ADVERSE EFFECT ON GOVT'S SOCIAL PROGRAMME HAS BEEN VERY CONSIDERABLE, + HE SAID. NEW MEASURE WILL HELP SECURITY FORCES IN DETECTING IIS. EN ROUTE TO URBAN AREA.

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OUTGOING HOME AFFAIRS DIRECTOR JOHN WALDEN, IN FAREWELL LETTER TO CHINESE PRESS YESTERDAY, URGED PEOPLE TO MAKE THEIR VIEWS KNOWN TO GOVT TO HELP IT GAIN BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF REAL PROBLEMS AND NEEDS OF WIDER COMMUNITY. HE SAID ADVICE THROUGH LEGITIMATE CHANNELS IS MOST EFFECTIVE WAY OF HELPING GOVERNOR TO HELP COMMUNITY. WALDEN SAID THIS IS BECAUSE + IN EVERY SOCIETY THERE ARE ALWAYS SOME MEMBERS OF ESTABLISHMENT WHO DO NOT HAVE COURAGE OF CONVICTIONS

OF IMAGINATIVE AND FAR-SIGHTED LEADERS AND OTHERS WHO STRIVE TO OPPOSE REFORM.+ +A GOVERNOR NEEDS HELP IN OVERCOMING SUCH RESTRAINTS ON PROGRESS, + HE SAID.

SENIOR INSPECTOR YEUNG KWOK FAI (31), ATTACHED TO COMPLAINTS AGAINST POLICE OFFICE, WAS YESTERDAY JAILED FOR FOUR AND HALF YEARS ON CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY TO PERVERT COURSE OF JUSTICE. THREE BUSINESSMEN WHO APPEARED ON SAME CHARGE WERE JAILED FOR TWO TO THREE YEARS. ALL FOUR WERE CONVICTED OF BRIBING AND THREATENING WITNESS AGAINST GIVING EVIDENCE IN THE TRIAL OF THREE POLICEMEN

ARGED WITH FRAMING SAME WITNESS FOR POSSESSING OFFENSIVE WEAPONS.