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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1977
CUSTOMS OFFICERS COMPLETE TRAINING
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THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE, MR. BILL DORWARD, TODAY REMINDED GRADUATING OFFICERS THAT THEIR DUTY IS TO SERVE THE PUBLIC.
SPEAKING AT A PASSING-OUT PARADE OF 13 PROBATIONARY CUSTOMS AND EXCISE INSPECTORS, MR. DORWARD TOLD THEM THAT WORK ING FOR THE GOVERNMENT IN EFFECT MEANS, THAT WE WORK FOR THE SOCIETY IN WHICH WE LIVE.+
HE SAID THAT SOCIETY GIVES THEM THE IR AUTHORITY WHICH SHOULD BE EXERCISED WITH TOLERANCE, INTEGRITY AND LACK OF ARROGANCE.
AT THE PARADE WHICH WAS HELD AT THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE TRAINING SCHOOL IN TAI LAM CHUNG, MR. DORWARD SAID THE HARD WORK THAT THE INSPECTORS HAD PUT INTO THEIR TRAINING WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES OF THE SERVICE, INCLUDING ANTI-NARCOTICS WORK, SHIP SEARCHING, CONTROLLING DISTILLERIES AND PROTECTING COPYRIGHTS.
THE PARADE OF INSPECTORS WAS THE SECOND TO BE HELD SINCE THE TITLE WAS CHANGED FROM PREVENTIVE SERVICE TO CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE IN AUGUST THIS YEAR.
LONG SERVICE PART-TIME EVENING TECHNICAL STAFF THANKED
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THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL), MR. DANIEL WATERS HAS THANKED 87 PART-TIME EVENING TEACHING STAFF WHO HAVE SERVED CONTINUOUSLY FOR OVER TEN YEARS IN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND THE TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE AND HAVE ASSISTED WITH THE SUCCESSFUL OPERATION OF TECHNICAL EVENING CLASSES.
IN LETTERS TO THE STAFF CONCERNED, MR. WATERS SAID = + CAN ASSURE YOU THAT YOUR LONG CONTRIBUTION TO TECHNICAL EDUCATION OVER THE YEARS IS GREATLY APPRECIATED NOT ONLY BY THE PRINCIPALS AND STAFF OF THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS AND MYSELF BUT ALSO BY THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.+
HE POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS AN INCREASING AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT TECHNICAL EDUCATION HAD PLAYED IN THE PROVISION OF THE MUCH NEEDED NEW TECHNICAL MANPOWER.
+HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC SECURITY AND VIABILITY DEPEND LARGELY ON ITS INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE WHICH, IT IS GENERALLY AGREED, CAN ONLY SURVIVE AND FLOURISH WITH A CONTINUOUS INJECTION OF NEW BLOOD OF TECHNICAL MANPOWER,+ MR. WATERS SAID.
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