THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1975
FIRST PASSING-OUT PARADE
AT NEW PREVENTIVE SERVICE TRAINING SCHOOL
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THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE NEW TRAINING SCHOOL AT TAI LAM CHUNG, IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, WILL SEE ITS FIRST PASSING-OUT PARADE ON SATURDAY WHEN 67 OFFICERS, WHO HAVE JUST COMPLETED TRAINING COURSES, WILL TAKE PART.
THE SCHOOL, WHICH HAS RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION FOR MORE THAN 100 AND FACILITIES SUCH AS CLASSROOMS, SHOOTING RANGE, GYMNASIUM AND A FOOTBALL PITCH, WAS OPENED IN JUNE LAST YEAR BY SIR DENYS ROBERTS, THE THEN ACTING GOVERNOR.
THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR. E.!. LEE, WILL TAKE THE SALUTE AT THE PARADE.
THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE, ESTABLISHED IN SEPTEMBER 1909, HAS TWO MAIN FUNCTIONS THE COLLECTION OF GOVERNMENT REVENUE FROM DUTIABLE COMMODITIES AND COMBATTING THE ILLEGAL TRAFFICKING IN NARCOTICS.
DURING THE PAST YEAR, THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR SEIZURES OF ABOUT 200 KILOS OF DANGEROUS DRUG VALUED OVER $3 MILLION.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE WELCOME TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE EVENT WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT 11 A.M. ON SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 13).
A 40-SEATER BUS, AM 5606, WILL LEAVE THE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER, TSIM SHA TSUI, AT 9.30 A.M. FOR THE SCHOOL. THE SAME BUS WILL TAKE YOUR REPRÉSENTATIVE DACK TO KOWLOON AFTER A COCKTAIL PARTY AT THE SCHOOL TO WHICH YOUR REPRESENTATIVE IS ALSO INVITED.
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