FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1981
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+CONTROL OF HAWKERS NECESSARY+
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THERE IS GREATER PUBLIC AWARENESS THAT HAWKERS NEED TO BE CONTROLLED IF ADEQUATE HYGIENE AND HEALTH ARE TO BE MAINTAINED.
THIS WAS WHAT THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (NORTH REGION) OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR BOWEN LEUNG SAID AT THE GRADUATION CEREMONY OF MEMBERS OF GENERAL DUTIES TEAM OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT THE CITY HALL THEATRE TODAY (FRIDAY).
HE TOLD THE 256 GRADUATES THAT THEIR WORK WAS TO HELP PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY LIVE.
+THIS CEREMONY WITNESSES THE FACT THAT YOU ARE NOW FULLY TRAINED TO PERFORM THE SERVICE EXPECTED TO YOU,+ MR LEUNG TOLD THE GDT MEMBERS WHO HAD JUST COMPLETED THEIR FIVE WEEK-LONG BASIC TRAINING COURSE.
HE TOLD THEM THAT THEY MUST BEAR IN MIND THE FACT THAT THEY ARE ALWAYS IN THE PUBLIC EYE+.
+HOWEVER VALUABLE AND IMPORTANT THE WORK THAT YOU DO, YOU WILL NOT GAIN RESPECT FOR IT UNLESS YOUR CONDUCT IS WORTHY OF THAT RESPECT,+ HE SAID.
+ IF YOU WORK WELL, AND ARE SEEN TO BE WORKING WELL, YOU WILL EARN THE RESPECT OF THE PUBLIC,+ MR LEUNG SAID.
+IF YOU ARE FIRM, FAIR AND ALTHOUGH THEY MAY NOT LIKE YOU,
POLITE IN DEALING WITH HAWKERS, THEY MAY BEGIN TO RESPECT YOU.
+SUCH RESPECT WILL NOT BE UNMERITED. FOR THE SERVICE WHICH YOU GIVE TO THE COMMUNITY IS A MOST IMPORTANT ONE, AND ONE WHOSE IMPORTANCE WILL GROW EVEN MORE DURING THE COMING CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN, AND IN THE YEARS AHEAD AS HONG KONG DEVELOPS FURTHER,+ HE ADDED.
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