THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1983
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MR JEAFFRESON COMMENDED THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT FOR ITS HIGH REPUTATION AND POINTED OUT THAT ITS SERVICE IS VITAL TO THE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG.
ADDRESSING THE 79 NEW OFFICERS, HE COMMENTED ON TWO ASPECTS OF THE IR FUTURE CAREERS:
THE FIRST WAS THE PRESSURES THEY WOULD BE UNDER FROM MANY KINDS OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING VISITORS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND LOCAL RESIDENTS.
+REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE INVARIABLY THE FIRST AND LAST HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHOM OUR MANY VISITORS COME INTO CONTACT WITH. THE IR IMPRESSION OF HONG KONG WILL BE COLOURED BY THE IMPRESSION YOU GIVE, HE SAID.
HE CALLED ON THE OFFICERS TO BE HELPFUL AND COURTEOUS AND TO STAY CALM AND PATIENT AT ALL TIMES EVEN WHEN SOME OF THE PEOPLE THEY DEAL WITH MIGHT BE UNREASONABLE AND CRITICAL.
THE SECOND WAS THE DIFFICULT TASK OF KEEPING CRIMINALS AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AWAY TO MAKE HONG KONG A MORE SECURE AND BETTER PLACE.
IN THIS CONTEXT, HE SAID, IMMIGRATION OFFICERS WOULD BE PLAYING A VITAL ROLE.
SHA TIN BOARD TO STRESS CONSULTATION
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THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD WILL PUT GREATER EMPHASIS ON CONSULTATION AND ADVICE ON GOVERNMENT PLANS AND ACTIVITIES, AND INTENSIFY HOUSEHOLD AND INSTITUTIONAL LIAISON IN ITS FUTURE WORK, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR DONALD TSANG, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
+ONCE-OFF ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE DE-EMPHASISED, HOUSEHOLD AND INSTITUTIONAL LIAISON SHOULD BE LAUNCHED AT A MUCH WIDER AND PENETRATING LEVEL YIELDING MORE ACCURATE AND TRULY REPRESENTATIVE COMMUNITY INFORMATION, AND GOVERNMENT POLICIES, PLANS, SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR THE DISTRICT SHOULD BE MORE CLOSELY MONITORED, HE SAID.
IN A LUNCHEON SPEECH TO THE ROTARY CLUB OF HONG KONG NORTH, HE SAID THIS WOULD MEAN NOT ONLY MUCH MORE WORK, WHICH THE DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF WOULD READILY DO, BUT ALSO BRINGING TO THE OPEN PREVIOUSLY DORMANT CONTROVERSIES, DISAGREEMENTS AND INADEQUACIES.
+THIS IS POTENTIALLY CONTENTIOUS. ON BALANCE, I THINK THE ADVANTAGES OUTWEIGH THE DISADVANTAGES.
/HE SAID