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NCNA AND EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR WHAT HAD BEEN DONE. HE

INDICATED THAT CHINA WOULD CONTINUE TO TAKE MEASURES AND ''HOPED

FOR CONTINUED CO-OPERATION FROM HONG KONG''. HEAD OF CHANCERY

RETORTED THAT HONG KONG WOULD CONTINUE TO CO-OPERATE AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, BUT HE HOPED MEASURES WOULD BE EFFECTIVE TO REDUCE NUMBERS OF ILLEGALS BELOW CURRENT ARREST FIGURES.

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