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SE CRE TARY FOR SECURITY : Sir, each side must, of course,

follow its own procedures for these matters, whether they

are customs or whether they are immigration.

It might in

future years be possible to streamline this somewhat but

at the moment it is not possible. It is a a matter which

the joint working group does consider to see what can be

done to speed things up.

And as I have indicated

shall, of course, be

earlier, I shall,

referring this question

and the supplementaries that have been raised to the joint

working group.

MR. CHEONG : Sir,

Sir, I am glad that the Secretary is going to

refer this

this particular matter to the joint working group

but in respect of the first supplementary question that I

asked, may

may I respectfully suggest that he should contact

the Secretary for Transport, and work out some sort of a

study to see whether extension would alleviate traffic

congestion inside Hong Kong?

SECRETARY FOR SECURITY : I am sure that the Secretary for

Transport and

that, Sir.

I

will be able to work something out on