THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1977
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+BUT I HOPE YOU WILL TELL YOURSELVES THAT IT IS WORTHWHILE, AND THAT YOU WILL GAIN A DEEP AND LASTING SATISFACTION FROM
A PROFESSION IN WHICH THE MOST IMPORTANT SINGLE ELEMENT IS SERVICE TO YOUR FELLOW MEN.
+I HAVE YET TO MEET A NURSE WHO IS RICH IN MONEY. I HAVE MET MANY WHO ARE RICH IN HUMANITY AND IN THE AFFECTION IN WHICH THEY ARE HELD BY THOSE TO WHOM THEY HAVE BROUGHT COMFORT IN ADVERSITY AND KINDNESS WHEN IT WAS MOST NEEDED.+
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DRUG SMUGGLING CASES DROP IN HONG KONG
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DURING THE PAST 10 MONTHS, 37 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FOR OFFENCES CONNECTED WITH DANGEROUS DRUGS COMPARED WITH 69 IN THE CORRESPOND ING PERIOD LAST YEAR.
THIS REPRESENTS MORE THAN 50 PER CENT DROP IN THE SMUGGLING OF DRUGS THROUGH THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, A SPOKESMAN OF THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE SAID TODAY.
THE AMOUNT OF DRUGS SEIZED BY CUSTOMS OFFICERS ALSO DROPPED BY SOME 16 PER CENT TO 168.1 KILOGRAMMES (370 LBS.) DURING THE SAME PERIOD.
THE DRAMATIC DECREASES IN BOTH ARRESTS AND SEIZURES WERE DUE TO THE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE MEASURES TAKEN BY CUSTOMS OFFICERS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
AMONG THE GOODS SEIZED BY CUSTOMS OFFICERS, MORPHINE AND HEROIN TOPPED THE LIST. THE OTHERS INCLUDED OPIUM, MARIJUANA, PART ONE POISON, PISTOLS AND AMMUNITIONS.
+THE METHODS EMPLOYED BY THE SMUGGLERS ARE INCREDIBLE,+ HE POINTED OUT, BUT THE WELL-TRAINED OFFICERS CAN SPOT THE IR TRICKS WITHOUT ANY DIFFICULTY.*
IN SOME CASES, HE NOTED, WOODEN DRUMS WERE INLAID WITH DRUGS, FALSE BOTTOMS IN SUITCASES AND BRIEFCASES, HOLLOWED OUT HEEL OF SHOES ON OTHERS, SHIPMENTS OF FRESH FRUIT (LOGANS), ORCHID FLOWERS AND UNICORN STATUES MADE OF PLASTER WERE USED.
STILL, HE SAID, SEVERAL SMUGGLERS WERE CLINGING TO THE OLD AND TRADITIONAL WAYS OF CARRYING DRUGS BY TYING THEM UP TO THE IR BODIES.
+ALTHOUGH WE HAVE ACHIEVED A HIGH DEGREE OF SUCCESS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO STEP UP OUR VIGILANCE AND IMPROVE OUR METHODS OF DETECTING DRUGS ENTERING HONG KONG THROUGH THE AIRPORT, + THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED.
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