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FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1983
SENIOR STAFF CHANGES
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THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, TAKES OVER AS SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS AS FROM TODAY (FRIDAY) UNTIL AUGUST 18 DURING THE ABSENCE ON LEAVE OF MR DENIS BRAY.
DURING THIS PERIOD, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR IAN MACPHERSON, WILL ACT AS SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION.
MR ADOLF HSU, DISTRICT COMMISSIONER FOR TSUEN WAN, WILL ACT IN MR MACPHERSON'S PLACE AS WELL AS TAKING UP THE DUTIES OF DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES FROM MR HAIDER BARMA WHO IS ALSO ON LEAVE.
MR FRED TING WILL DOUBLE UP AS TSUEN WAN DISTRICT COMMISSIONER IN ADDITION TO HIS DUTIES AS DISTRICT OFFICER KWAI CHUNG.
POLICE NOW NEED ID CARDS
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POLICE OFFICERS ARE NOW REQUIRED TO REGISTER FOR IDENTITY CARDS AND TO CARRY THEM, AS A RESULT OF REGULATIONS GAZETTED TODAY.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT PREVIOUSLY POLICE OFFICERS WERE ISSUED WARRANT CARDS WHICH ALSO SERVED TO SHOW THE IR IDENTITY, ALTHOUGH MANY OFFICERS THEMSELVES REGISTERED FOR AND CARRIED IDENTITY CARDS.
IN ANTICIPATION OF THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS (AMENDMENT) (NO 2) REGULATIONS 1983 WHICH ARE GAZETTED AND COME INTO OPERATION TODAY (FRIDAY), ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR ALL POLICE OFFICERS TO APPLY FOR NEW IDENTITY CARDS.
NOW THAT POLICE OFFICERS THEMSELVES POSSESS THE NEW FORMAT IDENTITY CARDS IN ADDITION TO THEIR WARRANT CARDS, IT WILL BE EASIER FOR THEM TO DETECT ANY IRREGULARITY IN NEW IDENTITY CARDS IN THE IR ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION OPERATIONS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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