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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1979
+THE SERVICE NOWADAYS IS CHARGED WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF RESPONSIBILITIES APART FROM ITS TRADITIONAL ROLE OF COLLECTING AND PROTECTING REVENUE FROM DUTIABLE COMMODITIES,+ HE SAID.
+THEY INCLUDE THE PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF ILLICIT TRAFFICKING IN DANGEROUS DRUGS, THE PROTECTION OF COPYRIGHT, AND MAINTAINING IMPORT AND EXPORT CONTROLS OVER PROHIBITED AND RESTRICTED ARTICLES.
+DESPITE THE PRESSURE, HOWEVER, THE SERVICE HAS ACHIEVED CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS IN THESE FIELDS, PARTICULARLY IN ANTI- NARCOTICS WORK AND THE PROTECTION OF COPYRIGHT, AND OUR EFFORTS HAVE BEEN RECOGNISED BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
+OUR TRADITIONAL ROLE IN REVENUE PROTECTION HAS BY NO MEANS DIMINISHED EITHER THE NET REVENUE COLLECTED LAST YEAR REPRESENTS MORE THAN 10 PER CENT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S RECURRENT EXPENDITURE, SAID MR. HATTON.
HE TOLD THE OFFICERS THAT THEIR TRAINING DID NOT FINISH WITH THEIR TRANSFER TO THE OPERATIONAL FIELD, AS THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO LEARN THROUGH ON-THE-JOB EXPERIENCE.
+YOU SHOULD DEAL WITH YOUR ASSIGNMENTS TACTFULLY AND TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY. MAINTAIN THE GOOD REPUTATION OF OUR SERVICE BY REJECTING ANY APPROACHES FROM THE UNDESIRABLE AND THE DISHONEST, OR EVEN THOSE WHO ARE JUST LOOKING FOR A CHANCE OPPORTUNITY, + HE SAID.
+AS A MEMBER OF THE SERVICE, YOUR ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOUR WILL REFLECT THE IMAGE OF THE SERVICE AND THEREFORE YOU SHOULD, IN THE COURSE OF YOUR DAY-TO-DAY CONTACT WITH THE PUBLIC, DEAL WITH THEM POLITELY AND PATIENTLY, FAIRLY AND HELPFULLY, + CONCLUDED MR. HATTON.
TERRITORY-WIDE YEAR-END CLEAN-UP
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A SIX-WEEK LONG YEAR-END CLEAN-UP DRIVE WILL START NEXT THURSDAY (JANUARY 3) TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCARD UNWANTED ARTICLES BEFORE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.
THE DRIVE WILL BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN ASSOCIATION WITH ALL CITY DISTRICT OFFICES AND DISTRICT OFFICES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
SPECIAL TEMPORARY REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS WILL BE SET UP IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG CORRESPONDING TO THE LOCAL OPERATIONAL DATES.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE INFORMED OF THE CLEAN-UP DATES AND LOCATIONS OF THE REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS WITHIN
THE IR AREAS THROUGH MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND KAIFONG ASSOCIATIONS.
THEY ARE URGED TO MAKE FULL USE OF THE OPPORTUNITY AND
DISCARD UNWANTED ARTICLES EARLY.
THE YEAR-END CLEAN-UP OPERATION IS PART OF
THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN.