SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1981
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PASSING OUT PARADE OF CUSTOMS OFFICERS
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THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE NEEDS MORE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN OF THE RIGHT CALIBRE TO MEET ITS INCREASED RESPONSIBILITIES, SENIOR SUPER INTENDENT, MR K.W. CHOW SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
TAKING THE SALUTE AT THE PASSING OUT PARADE OF 21 CUSTOMS OFFICERS AT THE SERVICE'S TAI LAM CHUNG TRAINING SCHOOL, MR CHOW SAID THE TARGET OF THE TRAINING SCHOOL WAS TO TRAIN 600 OFFICERS THIS YEAR - A NUMBER SUBSTANTIALLY LARGER THAN IN THE PAST.
+TO COPE WITH THE EXTRA DEMAND, ALL THE SCHOOL RESOURCES HAVE TO BE FULLY STRETCHED AND THE EXCISE STATION AT TAI LAM HAS TO BE USED AS AN ANCILLIARY TRAINING CENTRE, HE SAID.
CONGRATULATING THE PROBATIONARY OFFICERS ON THEIR SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE TRAINING COURSE, MR CHOW STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING UP THE HIGH REPUTATION OF THE SERVICE.
+THE GOOD REPUTATION OF THIS SERVICE WAS NOT BUILT BY ONE MAN, BUT ONE MAN ALONE CAN PULL IT DOWN, HE SAID. TO KEEP THIS REPUTATION UP, YOU WILL NEED TO SET YOURSELF A HIGH STANDARD OF PERSONAL CONDUCT- HAVE A HIGH SENSE OF DUTY AND OBLIGATION TO THE SOCIETY YOU SERVE, AND NEVER SUCCUMB TO ANY TEMPTATION TO BEND THE LAW. +