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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1976
SPECIAL FACILITIES FOR RETURNING H.K. RESIDENTS
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THE GOVERNMENT IS STUDYING WAYS TO OVERCOME PRACTICAL PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED AT THE AIRPORT IN A BID TO EXPEDITE IMMIGRATION CLEARANCE FOR RETURNING HONG KONG RESIDENTS.
THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON. LEWIS DAVIES, SAID THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY IN REPLY TO THE HON. LI FOOK-WO WHO ASKED WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONSIDER ESTABLISHING SEPARATE IMMIGRATION COUNTERS AT THE AIRPORT FOR HOLDERS OF HONG KONG BRITISH PASSPORTS AND OTHER PASSPORT HOLDERS WHO ARE CLASSIFIED AS HONG KONG BELONGERS.
+AN EXPERIMENT CONDUCTED IN MAY SHOWED UP A NUMBER OF PRACTICAL PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PHYSICAL LAYOUT OF THE ARRIVALS HALL, STAFF DEPLOYMENT AND COORDINATION WITH THE AIRLINES,+ MR. DAVIES SAID. +WAYS TO OVERCOME THESE PROBLEMS ARE NOW BEING STUDIED.+
HE HOPED IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO INTRODUCE SPECIAL FACILITIES FOR RETURNING HONG KONG RESIDENTS SOME TIME NEXT YEAR.
BENEFITS FOR GOVERNMENT FEMALE OFFICERS *****
SINGLE FEMALE OFFICERS, OR MARRIED FEMALE OFFICERS WHO ARE WIDOWED, DIVORCED, OR DEMONSTRABLY SEPARATED FROM THEIR HUSBANDS, RECEIVE THE SAME BENEFITS AS THEIR MALE COUNTERPARTS, THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, THE HON. ALAN SCOTT, SAID TODAY.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. LEUNG TAT-SHING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, HE SAID THE ONLY CONDITIONS OF SERVICE WHICH MARRIED FEMALE OFFICERS DID NOT RECEIVE WERE THOSE FOR WHICH IN THIS COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY APPEARED GENERALLY TO REST WITH THE MALE SPOUSE AS HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD.
THESE ARE HOUSING BENEFITS, EDUCATION ALLOWANCES FOR CHILDREN, FAMILY MEDICAL BENEFITS AND, IN THE CASE OF OVERSEAS OFFICERS, FAMILY PASSAGE ALLOWANCES.
+ IT IS NOT AT PRESENT CONSIDERED THAT, BEARING IN MIND THE APPARENT GENERAL VIEW OF THE COMMUNITY, AND PRACTICE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO EXTEND THESE CONDITIONS TO MARRIED FEMALE OFFICERS WHO ARE NOT DIVORCED OR WIDOWED OR DEMONSTRABLY SEPARATED, HE SAID.
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