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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1987
MR RIDDELL-SWAN SAID THE PRESENT NAME OF THE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN USE DESPITE THE ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES THE DEPARTMENT NOW COVERS.
+IT IS A NAME WELL KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC AND DESPITE A GREAT DEAL OF THOUGHT BY A GREAT MANY PEOPLE, WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO COME UP WITH A SIMPLE COMPREHENSIVE ALTERNATIVE WHICH TRANSLATES NICELY INTO CHINESE.
+ IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES, AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE LIKELY COSTS INVOLVED, I DO NOT PROPOSE TO RECOMMEND ANY CHANGE OF NAME AT THIS TIME BUT WILL CERTAINLY KEEP THE MATTER UNDER REVIEW.*
THE EXISTING TERMS OF REFERENCE AND PRIORITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT, HE WENT ON, +ARE CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE AT PRESENT BUT ARE ALSO BEING KEPT UNDER REVIEW AND WILL BE ADJUSTED IF AND WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES WARRANT CHANGE+.
ON COUNTRY PARKS, MR RIDDELL-SWAN SAID THE DEPARTMENT WAS RECRUITING STAFF FOR A PARK RANGER SERVICE WHICH WOULD REGULARLY PATROL ALL COUNTRY PARKS AND GIVE ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO VISITORS.
+THESE RANGERS WILL HAVE POWERS OF ARREST AND WILL COMPLEMENT THE POLICE PATROLS. THEY WILL ALSO BE IN RADIO COMMUNICATION WITH THE IR HEADQUARTERS AND WILL BE ABLE TO CALL FOR POLICE ASSISTANCE WHEN NECESSARY, HE SAID.
VISITOR FACILITIES INSIDE PARKS ESPECIALLY TOILETS, WERE BEING IMPROVED, MR RIDDELL-SWAN ADDED.
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