To assist Customs and Excise, can you please give details of your representative to Mrs Josie Warren 071 696 7780.
Yours
sincerely
David VENESS
Deputy Assistant Commissioner
Specialist Operations (Crime)
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Update on current initiatives
DRAFT AGENDA
David Veness DAC, MPS.
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Nicholas Ridley
NCIS
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Roy Clarke
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Customs & Excise
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Armed Crime - An Overview
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HONG KONG 1997 -
THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM
This paper proposes to give a brief view of the Chinese community in Hong Kong, Hong Kong itself, the Triad Organisations and their criminal activity, and suggest responses to the issues faced by the United Kingdom.
CONSULTATION
The preparation of this document has entailed consultation with police officers in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Interpol, Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Australian Federal Police, also the Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption, the Hong Kong Immigration, Customs and Excise, Attorney General's Office and practicing lawyers in Hong Kong. The comments and views expressed represent a consensus obtained from these agencies.
CHINESE COMMUNITY
To generalise, the Chinese community can be described as close knit and superstitious, placing great store in luck and fate. They give considerable importance to honour, considering 'loss of face' as extremely bad. As a group they have an inclination towards gambling, and corruption appears innate within their society.
HONG KONG
Hong Kong's importance stems mainly from the early 19th Century when it formed an important harbour for trade between China and the western world. During its' expansion it became necessary for the British Government to lease a substantial area of land extending into the Chinese mainland known as the New Territories. The island of Hong Kong and the tip of the mainland peninsular are owned outright by the British Government.
The lease of the New Territories taken out in Victorian times is due to expire in August 1997. In 1984 the United Kingdom government agreed that the whole of Hong Kong including the New Territories would revert to China.
Following the decision to revert the whole of Hong Kong to China, there was considerable concern amongst the population of Hong Kong. Faced with events in China there were considerable fears for the future of the capitalist lifestyle enjoyed in Hong Kong. Those who feared the worse sought to obtain passports, as insurance policies, to other countries. Most favoured were the United States, Canada, Australia, Holland and, to a lesser degree, the UK.
With the passage of time and the negotiations between China and the British government, confidence has grown in Hong Kong and there is now a great deal of trade and investment into China. The result is that people are returning to Hong Kong in order to establish their business lines with the Chinese in anticipation of continued
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