in paragraph 3 of her left
Mrs Booth false) appears to refer to at the bottom of
page one and top of page 2, an incident which took place on
3/4 May. sxe so, Mrs Booth's account of this is confused! The incident involved two Hong Kong policemen, a hired five
man crew, a tug and a lighter, in an undercover operation to
catch some suspected car thieves. An encounter with the Chinese authorities did result in all seven being held for a period. The two policemen were released almost immediately,
and the crew some four weeks later.
The incident was resolved by a border liaison meeting between the Hong Kong and Chinese authorities at which both sides exchanged views on improving cooperation and resources
to curb smuggling between Guangdong and Hong Kong. Both sides stressed that for the basis of friendly cooperation] further liasion would help to curb smuggling activities contribute to the peace and good order of the Hong Kong/Guangdong border. Mrs Booth may also be interested to
hear that Hong Kong's controls to counter smuggling have
recently been strengthened. These include restrictions on
the engine capacity of speed boats with outboard motors
which can be used in Hong Kong waters and licensing
which mean
rise conditions that they may only be used between sunset and
set
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