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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1979
IN-SERVICE TRAINING FOR IMMIGRATION OFFICERS
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THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMMIGRATION OFFICERS TO ENGAGE IN IN- SERVICE TRAINING TO IMPROVE THEIR PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE WITH THE ULTIMATE AIM OF PROVIDING A BETTER SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC ARE VARIED AND WIDE-RANGING.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THE IN-SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAMME IS DESIGNED MAINLY TO REFRESH SERVING OFFICERS' MEMORIES ON BOTH THE OPERATIONAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF THEIR WORK AND TO KEEP THEM UPDATED WITH THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN IMMIGRATION PROCEDURES.
ON THE OPERATIONAL ASPECT THE SPOKESMAN SAID: INVESTIGATION COURSES ARE RUN REGULARLY ON TECHNIQUES OF CONDUCTING SEARCHES, SURVEILLANCE AND GENERAL INVESTIGATION.
+THESE COURSES ALSO COVER PROCEDURES IN MAKING AN ARREST AND TAKING OUT PROSECUTION AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, OVER-STAYERS AND HOLDERS OF FORGED TRAVEL DOCUMENTS.
+SOME OF OUR OFFICERS ATTEND COURSES RUN BY THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT OF THE POLICE FORCE.
ON LEGAL ASPECT OF THEIR WORK, COURSES ARE PROVIDED, SOMETIMES WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, TO GIVE IMMIGRATION OFFICERS TRAINING IN POWERS OF DETENTION AND ARREST, STATEMENT TAKING, COURT PROCEDURES, PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE IN COURT AND JUDGES' RULES.
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO POINTED OUT THAT SENIOR IMMIGRATION OFFICERS ARE SENT ABROAD FOR ATTACHMENT TO IMMIGRATION CONTROL POINTS IN BRITAIN, THE UNITED STATES, WEST GERMANY, ITALY, BELGIUM AND HOLLAND TO GAIN PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE OF THE IR WORK PROCEDURES AND ON THEIR RETURN TO PASS THEIR KNOWLEDGE TO OTHER OFFICERS.
TO ENHANCE COMMUNICATION WITH TRAVELLERS FROM OVERSEAS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, OFFICERS WERE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE FOREIGN LANGUAGE COURSES EITHER RUN BY THE GOVERNMENT OR PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS
INCLUDING THE VARIOUS CONSULATES.
+APART FROM CHINESE AND ENGLISH IN WHICH OUR OFFICERS ARE FLUENT, CHANCES ARE OPEN TO THEM TO LEARN GERMAN, FRENCH, JAPANESE AND THAI.+
IMMIGRATION OFFICERS CAN ALSO ATTEND COURSES AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC ON THE OPERATION OF SHIP-TO-SHORE RADIO-TELEPHONES.
MANAGEMENT COURSES ORGANISED LOCALLY AND ABROAD ARE AVAILABLE TO SENIOR IMMIGRATION OFFICERS, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.