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SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1981
SIR JACK WAS PLEASED TO HEAR THAT BY OCTOBER THIS YEAR, MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND STAFF OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT ARE EXPECTED TO JOIN IN THE PROSECUTION DRIVE.
THE MARINE DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO PARTICIPATE TO THE FULL. HAVE BEEN DRAWN UP TO IMPROVE SCAVENGING SERVICE AND MAKE THE HARBOUR WATERS CLEAN.
AT THE MEETING, SIR JACK ALSO STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION IN THE NEW CAMPAIGN.
PLANS
A SYSTEM OF SCHOOL LITTER PREFECTS WILL BE INTRODUCED TO ALL SCHOOLS.
FORMER REVENUE INSPECTOR TAKES THE SALUTE
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NEARLY 26 YEARS AGO LEN DUNNING JOINED THE HONG KONG
GOVERNMENT AND, AFTER FIVE DAYS TRAINING, STARTED HIS DUTIES AS A PROBATIONARY REVENUE INSPECTOR,
TODAY (JUNE 20) MR LEN DUNNING, NOW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, TOOK THE SALUTE AT A PASSING-OUT PARADE OF 16 INSPECTORS AND 112 CUSTOMS OFFICERS AT THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE TRAINING SCHOOL, TAI LAM CHUNG.
WATCHED BY NEARLY 400 GUESTS INCLUDING THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS, MR BILL DORWARD, AND THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE, MR DOUGLAS JORDAN, HE INSPECTED THE PARADE AND THEN COMPARED THE THEN PREVENTIVE SERVICE WITH THE MODERN CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE.
+MY ENTRY IN 1955 COMPRISED FOUR PROBATIONARY INSPECTORS AND SIX PROBATIONARY REVENUE OFF ICERS CLASS 11, AND THIS GIVES ME SOME MEASURE OF DIFFERENCE WHEN I REALISE THE ENTRY OF OFFICERS INTO THE SERVICE IN YEAR 1981 AND 1982 WILL BE OVER 600 MEN AND WOMEN, + SAID MR DUNNING.
+WHAT WE DID THEN WAS WHAT IS NOW COMMONLY KNOWN AS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING. BUT ON REFLECTION CERTAINLY COULD NOT COMMEND IT. IT LED TO MUCH SLACKNESS AND POOR DISCIPLINE, AND THE LEVEL OF CORRUPT ION WAS HIGH. GRADUALLY, AND I HOPE STARTING WITH THE CLASS OF '55, THIS WAS GREATLY CHANGED FROM WITHIN THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT AND THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE.
+THE IMPROVEMENT WAS ACHIEVED THROUGH RE-ORGANISATION AND THE HARD WORK OF MANY DEDICATED SENIOR OFFICERS AND STAFF WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. THESE INCLUDED THE PRESENT CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR JACK CATER THEN AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR YOUR PRESENT DIRECTOR OF THE TICD. BILL DORWARD AND MANY OF MY OLD FRIENDS IN THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE HERE TODAY,
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