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THE RAPID DEVELOPMENTS IN TRADE AND TRAFFIC FOLLOWING THE OPEN DOOR POLICY OF CHINA HAVE ADDED EVEN HEAVIER WORKLOADS.
TO COPE WITH THE CHANGES, A NEW REGIONAL ORGANISATION WAS INTRODUCED IN 1981, BASED ON ITS DIVISION BETWEEN HONG KONG ISLAND, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
EACH REGION HAD A LARGE DEGREE OF AUTONOMY UNDER ITS COMMANDER AND MATTERS WERE ARRANGED TO AVOID REFERENCE TO HEADQUARTERS, WHEREVER POSSIBLE, HE SAID.
INTER-CHANGEABILITY AND ROTATION OF STAFF BETWEEN THE CONSTITUENT UNITS OF EACH REGION WAS INTRODUCED TO MAKE FOR EARLIEST AND WIDEST EXPERIENCE. IN THIS WE HAD AN EYE TO DEVELOPING SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE FUTURE, HE SAID.
HE SAID THAT THE DEPARTMENT NOW HAD A REGIONAL FIELD ORGANISATION COMMENSURATE WITH THE NEEDS OF HONG KONG IN THE EIGHTIES.
+ONE MOST SUCCESSFUL INNOVATION IS THAT OF A TECHNICAL BUREAU A THINK-TANK OFFICE OF BOFFINS WHICH CONSTANTLY REVIEWS OUR PROCEDURES, PROPOSES CHANGES IN THE LAW TO MEET WEAKNESSES DISCOVERED IN OUR CONTROLS AND ENSURES THAT THE THREE REGIONS, WHILE LARGELY AUTONOMOUS IN DAY-TO-DAY MATTERS, CONFORM TO AN OVERALL UNIFORM APPROACH TO THE WORK, MR JORDAN SAID.
IN ADDITION, THE CUSTOMS INVESTIGATION BUREAU, FORMING PART OF THE CENTRAL HEADQUARTERS, HAD BEEN THOROUGHLY REORGANISED AND RESTAFFED, HE SAID.
THIS, TOGETHER WITH THE ENTHUSIASTIC ENERGETIC EFFORTS OF THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE STAFF BOTH IN THE BUREAU AND IN THE FIELD, HAS PRODUCED THE EXCELLENT RESULTS WE ARE ACHIEVING IN COUNTERING THE INSIDIOUS NARCOTICS TRAFFIC, MR JORDAN REMARKED.
IN LINE WITH THE REORGANISATION, THE DEPARTMENT SOUGHT TO IMPROVE THE TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT FOR INVESTIGATION AND OTHER PURPOSES.
SUCH EQUIPMENT AS ADDITIONAL X-RAY MACHINES AND WALK-THROUGH DETECTOR GATES WILL BE INTRODUCED LATER THIS YEAR, WHILE THE EXPANSION AND MODERNISATION OF THE LAUNCH FLEET IS NOW BEING CONSIDERED.
+ IN THIS NEW INDEPENDENCE AND IN CONSEQUENCE OF ALL THE REORGANISATIONAL CHANGES MADE WE SHALL NOT ONLY PROVIDE A USEFUL AND SATISFYING CAREER FOR ALL OUR OFFICERS BUT PROVIDE THE SERVICE WHICH A DYNAMIC PLACE SUCH AS HONG KONG DESERVES,+ MR JORDAN CONCLUDED.
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