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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1978
INFORMATION BRANCH TO BE SET UP
IN SECRETARIAT
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A NEW POLICY BRANCH RESPONSIBLE FOR GOVERNMENT'S INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS WORK IS TO BE ESTABLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT EARLY NEXT YEAR.
THE NEW BRANCH WILL TAKE OVER THE INFORMATION RESPONSIBILITIES AT PRESENT HELD BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS AND INFORMATION, MR. F.K. LI, THE NEW SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION WILL HAVE OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES AND RAD 10 TELEVISION HONG KONG, AS WELL AS PUBLIC RELATIONS OVERSEAS.
HEADING THE NEW BRANCH WILL BE MR. DAVID FORD, FORMER DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, WHO HAS BEEN ON SECONDMENT TO H.M. GOVERNMENT'S NORTHERN IRELAND OFFICE FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. MR. FORD IS EXPECTED TO TAKE UP HIS NEW POST ON JANUARY 8.
HEUNG YEE KUK VISITS IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT
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MORE THAN 20 HEUNG YEE KUK MEMBERS TODAY (THURSDAY) VISITED THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT WHERE THEY WERE SHOWN THE COMPUTER-CONTROLLED SYSTEM FOR RECORDING STATISTICS AND DETAILS OF TRAVELLERS.
THE PARTY, LED BY THE IR CHAIRMAN MR. WONG YUEN-CHEUNG AND ACCOMPANIED BY IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS, FIRST VISITED THE TRAFFIC INDEX SECTION WHERE THEY WERE GIVEN A DEMONSTRATION OF THE COMPUTER-CONTROLLED SYSTEM.
THEY THEN PROCEEDED TO THE BRITISH PASSPORT SECTION WHERE PROCEDURES FOR PROCESSING APPLICANTS FOR BRITISH PASSPORTS WERE EXPLAINED.
THEY ALSO VISITED THE TRAINING SECTION TO MEET NEWLY RECRUITED ASSISTANT IMMIGRATION OFFICERS.
THE PARTY WAS MET ON ARRIVAL BY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IMMIGRATION OFFICER, MR. MALCOLM CHADDERTON AND LATER WELCOMED BY THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR. R.G.B. BRIDGE.
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