The Police arrested 1 043 IIs for various criminal offences in 1997, which represented a decrease of 31 per cent from 1 505 in 1996, and was the lowest since 1992.

• 年内，共有1043名非法入境者因各种罪行被警方拘捕，比一九九六年的1505人下降了31%25，是一九九二年以来的最低数目。