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8.30 am 12.15 pm
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on this.
But we have also repeatedly said this to the Committee.
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MR HO: I presume that the Committee would have minutes?
DI: Yes.
MR HO: I would like, in order at least to substantiate
what you have just said, if you could send to us the portions that
you have been talking about.
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DI: We don't have the minutes. We're not a member.
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CHAIRMAN: You could get it from other channels. Lee
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MR LEE: Mr Director, may I refer to paragraph 77 of the
Director of Audit's report concerning staff morale. Towards the end of the page there is our version. You gave the explanation that immigration control staff were under great pressure, and if they were required to perform non-immigration duties, it would cause
resentment and lower staff morale. Perhaps you would explain to
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duty to co-operate with other departments for the benefit of the
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DI: Certainly immigration staff employed mainly for
immigration duties were very happy to co-operate with other departments wherever possible. However, you know the situation at the airport.
You know the pressure under which our staff are working there.
During difficult years of zero growth in the Civil Service we have
had to deal with increased volume of traffic without additions to
the staff, so that I think the staff would, if we are now going to ask them to do extra work without any additional staff at a time when they're already under pressure and really finding it very difficult to cope with the existing workload, it's bound to have
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