> MANAGUAg Sandinista rebels tide wStre ae beonsies va Poaylete Hong Kong officials hopeful By MARY CHEUNG HONG KONG (UPI) - Hong Kong security forces who have turned -back tens of thousands of illegal Chinese immigrants were flab- bergasted one day last week when they failed to spot a single one trying to slip into the British colony. Hong Kong authorities hope that, for the first time since the start of the Cultural Revolution in 1966, China has halted the flood of immigrants. “A month ago we were getting 2,000 immigrants a colony's remote islands. and bays. Gov. Murray MacLehose travelled to Peking in March to plead with Chinese authorities to halt the deluge that threatened to disrupt the otherwise prosperous colony. A few weeks ago security forces began moving into place on the Chinese side of the border. {'* Hong Kong security of- ficials say the Chinese have deployed its People’s Militiz in civilian clothes, Public Secretary police and finally 16,000 troops of the 42nd day,” one official said, division of the Peop le’s ooo gaa ay BCE: Be rd pene iperatics Aris -teee COMUDG.ACLOSS.” Ce 1 Hong Kong“has_ been virtually powerless to prevent Chinese from sneaking across the border | at night or swimming to the West Vancouver's ad- visory planning commission has suggested to council that three apartment areas in the Ambleside district be rezoned to commercial or historic. The recommendations were made after a study of the Eikos Design Reports on Apartment Zoning was submitted to council. Chinese authorities also sponsored a mass rally in Canton to condemn the act of “running away” and smashed at least one of the sydicates responsible for The commission recommends the 16th Street and Duchess Avenue and 19th Street and Marine Drive areas to be rezoned commercial and the 17th and Esquimalt areca be designated historic site. Council also plans to schedule a public hearing on an idea recommended by the commission to mako smuggling Chinese into Hong Kong. * oe One reason for the sudden Chinese about-face appears to be the realization. that Hong Kong, focal point of China’s attempts to acquire Western technology and expertise, was being. overwhelmed. “Since Hong Kong contributes to China’s modernization program, the Chinese government would not want to upset the economic stability of the colony,” said one China- watcher. “That is ultimate concern.” wméNnvunting”~ only “internation criticism -against Vietnam’s forced emigration - policies, the subject of the current U.N. sponsored conference in Geneva, Switzerland. development permits mandatory in the apartment zone. The devclopment permit process of public meeting and council review of proposed projects would apply to all yndevcloped pockets as well as to properties not developed to the highest dénsity and scheduled for possible re- development. their ' The plight of Vietnamese refugees has received farm more publicity in- ternationally, but the problem of Chinese im- migrants is most serious for Hong Kong. _ ° About 64,000 Vietnamese: ‘refugees have arrived in the colony so far this year. But illegal Chinese immigrants in Hong Kong were being seized at a rate of 1,105 at the high point and, for every one that was ‘caught, as many as three or four slipped through to blend in with the Hong Kong Chinese. Figured conservatively, that meant more than half a million Chinese would be secking food, shelter and Pa. Ps red care pian may___medical.care in a.colony of MRC ee ey! sto inaniaarcae > “million:.. Peopte:cy ve ‘4 * ‘year's end. 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