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Supplementary to Question No

In Lego Meeting on 25.11.87

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MR. CHEUNG (in Cantonese):

Sir,

now on the average, how much

time do police officers need to get the information on the

people intercepted? Also, how many computers are there in use?

SECRETARY FOR SECURTIY : sir, the time a policeman needs to

consult the computer base is a matter of one or two minutes.

There is one computer for the police

the police and another computer for

the Immigration Department.

MR. PETER C. WONG

Security said that each day 5,700 people were intercepted by

the police. May I ask, Sir, under what circumstances were they

intercepted?

: Sir, in his reply, the Secretary for

SECRETARY FOR SECURITY : They were intercepted, Sir, because

the police had suspicions that they were people who were wanted

by the police for offences.