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SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1979
MR. DAVID JORDAN TAKES SALUTE AT PASSING OUT PARADE
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THE COMMISSIONER OF THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE, MR. DAVID JORDAN, TOOK THE SALUTE TODAY (SATURDAY) AT A PASSING OUT PARADE AT THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE AT STANLEY.
ON PARADE WERE 33 OFFICERS, INCLUDING FIVE FEMALE OFFICERS, AND 58 ASSISTANT OFFICERS COMPRISING 57 MEN AND ONE WOMAN.
THE NEW RECRUITS HAVE SPENT SIX MONTHS UNDERGOING TRAINING AT THE INSTITUTE AND PRISONS DEPARTMENT INSTITUTIONS AND A FURTHER SIX MONTHS OF TUITION AND FAMILIARISATION WILL BE UNDERTAKEN BEFORE THE OFFICERS COMPLETE THEIR INDUCTION,
TWO ASSISTANT OFFICERS WERE AWARDED GOLDEN WHISTLES FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING RECORDS DURING TRAINING ASSISTANT OFFICER WU CHI-WAI AND ASSISTANT OFFICER CHU MING-SUM,
MR. JORDAN TOLD THE 91 RECRUITS THAT THEY HAD CHOSEN AN INTERESTING AND CHALLENGING CAREER IN WHICH THE DUTIES WERE MORE VARIED AND REWARDING THAN IN THE PAST.
THE COMMISSIONER SAID THAT DISCIPLINE AND FAIRNESS WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES THE NEW ENTRANTS SHOULD REMEMBER.
MR. JORDAN SAID, YOURS IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE AND IT HAS A VERY HIGH REPUTATION BOTH IN HONG KONG AND ABROAD.+
+THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT REPUTATION IS NOT JUST IN THE HANDS OF YOUR COMMISSIONER AND HIS SENIOR OFFICERS. IT'S UP TO ALL OF YOU AND I'M SURE YOU WON'T LET HONG KONG OR YOURSELVES DOWN.+
HONG KONG MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS, OCTOBER 1978
SPECIAL REVIEW ARTICLE
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THE OCTOBER 1978 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS NOW ON SALE CONTAINS A SPECIAL ARTICLE ENTITLED INTERNAL MOVEMENT.
IT IS ONE IN A SERIES OF REVIEW ARTICLES ON SPECIAL TOPICS OF PUBLIC INTEREST PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE INTERNAL MOVEMENT OF HOUSEHOLDS AS RECORDED IN THE 1976 BY-CENSUS.
IT ANALYSES THE CHARACTERISTICS OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT HAVE MOVED AND THOSE OF THE POPULATION IN MIGRANT AND NON-MIGRANT HOUSEHOLDS.
THE MOBILITY RATES BY MAIN URBAN AREAS AND NEW TOWNS AND MARKET TOWNS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ARE ALSO STUDIED.
IS OBTAINABLE AT $6 PER COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE.
THE OCTOBER 1978 ISSUE OF THE MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS
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