FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1982
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IMMIGRATION OFFICERS TOLD OF NEED TO BE HELPFUL
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THE NEED FOR IMMIGRATION OFFICERS TO BE HELPFUL, SYMPATHETIC AND PATIENT IN THEIR WORK WITH THE PUBLIC WAS STRESSED THIS MORNING BY THE HON CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
SPEAKING AT A PASSING-OUT PARADE OF 18 ASSISTANT IMMIGRATION OFFICERS AND 147 IMMIGRATION ASSISTANTS, MR CHEUNG TOLD_THEM ALSO THAT IT WAS ESSENTIAL FOR THEM TO ARRIVE AT FAIR DECISIONS +QUICKLY, FIRMLY BUT COURTEOUSLY.+
+THIS IS ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU ARE USUALLY THE FIRST OFFICIALS VISITORS SEE WHEN THEY COME TO HONG KONG. IF YOU GIVE A GOOD IMPRESSION, THEY WILL HAVE A GOOD IMPRESSION OF HONG KONG, HE SAID.
MR CHEUNG NOTED THAT THE RECRUITS HAD JUST COMPLETED THREE MONTHS INTENSIVE TRAINING, AND THAT 1 000 MORE STAFF WERE REQUIRED BY THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR +TO COPE WITH ITS INCREASING RESPONSIBILITIES.·
THEIR SMART TURN-OUT GAVE HIM CONFIDENCE THAT IN SPITE OF THIS VERY RAPID EXPANSION, THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE USUAL HIGH STANDARDS OF SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC AND UPHOLD THE DEPARTMENT'S GOOD REPUTATION.
OFFICERS COMPLETE COURSE
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SEVENTY-FOUR RECRUIT OFFICERS OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, COMPRISING 13 OFFICERS AND 61 ASSISTANT OFFICERS, WHO WERE TODAY (FRIDAY) AWARDED WITH CERTIFICATES ON COMPLETION OF A ONE-YEAR ORIENTATION TRAINING COURSE,
THE TRAINING COURSE, CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY, INCLUDED SIX MONTHS' FIELD TRAINING IN VARIOUS CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
AT A CEREMONY HELD IN THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE TODAY, SUPER INTENDENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR FUNG KWAN-YUET PRESENTED THE TRAINING CERTIFICATES TO THE OFFICERS.
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