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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1974
ACTING GOVERNOR TO OPEN NEW PREVENTIVE
SERVICE TRAINING SCHOOL
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HONG KONG'S 1,200-STRONG PREVENTIVE SERVICE HAS ACHIEVED A MAJOR AMJETION TO HAVE ITS OWN PURPOSE-BUILT TRAINING SCHOOL.
IT WE DE OFFICIALLY OPENED TOMORROWCTHURSDAY) BY THE ACTING GOVERNOR, MR DENYS ROBERTS.
THE SCHOOL IS SITUATED AT TAI LAM CHUNG IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. IT COST $7,000,000 TO BUILD AND EQUIP.
TRAINING FACILITIES FOR THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN LIMITED TO CLASSROOM ACCOMMODATION AT KWUN TONG.
THE NEW SCHOOL WILL BE USED TO TRAIN RECRUITS AND WILL ALSO PROVIDE REFRESHER COURSES FOR SERVING PERSONNEL. IT HAS RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION FOR MORE THAN 100.
FACILITIES INCLUDE CLASSROOMS, A PARADE GROUND, A MULTI-PURPOSE GYMNASIUM, A SOCCER PITCH, BASKET-BALL COURT AND SHOOTING RANGE. THERE IS ALSO A MUSEUM CONTAINING EXHIBITS WHICH CAN BE USED FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES.
THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN SEPTEMBER, 1909, HAS TWO MAIN FUNCTIONS THE COLLECTION OF GOVERNMENT REVENUE FROM DUTIABLE COMMODITIES (TOTALLING OVER $441 MILLION LAST YEARD AND COMBATTING THE ILLEGAL TRAFFIC IN NARCOTICS.
DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR SEIZURES OF DANGEROUS DRUGS VALUED AT JUST OVER $50 MILLION AT STREET LEVEL.
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THERE WILL BE A CEREMONIAL PARADE TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE NEW TRAINING SCHOOL. THE ACTING GOVERNOR WILL INSPECT AN HONOUR GUARD AND TAKE THE SALUTE AT A MARCHPAST. HE WILL ALSO ADDRESS THE PARAJE AND UNVEIL A COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE.
AFTER THE PARADE, MR. ROBERTS WILL BE TAKEN ON A TOUR TO SEE SOME OF THE NEW TRAINING FACILITIES.
NOTE TO EDITORS: .
A PHOTOGRAPH OF A MODEL SHOWING THE LAY-OUT OF THE NEJ TRAINING SCHOOL WILL DE BOXED THIS EVENING.
YOU ARE ALSO REMINDED THAT TWO PREVENTIVE SERVICE LAUNCHES HAVE BEEN LAID ON TO TAKE NEWS REPRESENTATIVES (WHO HAVE MADE RESERVATIONS) TO THE SCHOOL TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY. THE PICK-UP POINT IS QUEEN'S PIER AT 9.30 A.M. SHARP TOMORROW CTHURSDAY). NEWS REPRESENTATIVES MAKING USE OF THIS FACILITY ARE REQUESTED TO ARRIVE AT QUEEN'S PIER AT LEAST FIVE MINUTES BEFORE THE
SCHEDULED DEPARTURE TIME.
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