SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1983
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IMPORTANT ROLE FOR CUSTOMS AND EXCISE STAFF
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THE COMMISSIONER OF THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION. MR PETER WILLIAMS, TODAY (SATURDAY) TOLD THE NEW RECRUITS OF THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT THAT EACH OF THEM HAS TO PLAY HIS PART IN MAINTAINING THE HIGH REPUTATION OF HIS SERVICE.
TAKING SALUTE AT THE PASSING-OUT PARADE OF 30 INSPECTORS AND 47 CUSTOMS OFFICERS AT THE SERVICE'S TRAINING SCHOOL AT TAI LAM CHUNG, MR WILLIAMS REMINDED THE OFFICERS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE AN IMPORTANT PART TO PLAY IN TRADE FACILITATION AS HONG KONG IS THE THIRD LARGEST FINANCIAL CENTRE AND PORT IN THE WORLD.
+AND YOU, VERY SOON, WILL BE ACTIVELY AND DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTING TO THIS MOST IMPORTANT FUNCTION, ENFORCING THE LAWS RELATING TO DUTIABLE COMMODITIES, IMPORT AND EXPORT CONTROLS AND COPYRIGHT PROTECTION.
+SOME OF YOU WILL ALSO BE POSTED TO ANTI-NARCOTICS OPERATIONS TO PLAY A VITAL PART IN THE FIGHT AGAINST A PERNICIOUS SCOURGE WHICH CONTINUES TO DEMAND DETERMINED EFFORT, RESOURCEFULNESS AND
INTEGRITY FROM ALL THOSE ENTRUSTED WITH ITS SUPPRESSION.
+YOU ARE, IN SHORT, MEMBERS OF A VITAL HONG KONG LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY - A DISCIPLINED FORCE WITH A VERY HIGH REPUTATION AS ILLUSTRATED NOT ONLY BY YOUR RECORD OF SEIZURES AND PROSECUTIONS, BUT ALSO BY THE HIGH REGARD IN WHICH THE DEPARTMENT IS HELD INTERNATIONALLY, SAID MR WILLIAMS.
FIFTH PHASE OF NEW ID CARD SCHEME TO START MONDAY
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MEN BORN IN 1959 AND 1958 ARE REMINDED THAT THEY SHOULD APPLY FOR THEIR NEW IDENTITY CARDS DURING THE FIFTH PHASE OF THE NEW ID CARD SCHEME.
THIS PHASE WILL START ON MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 12) AND END ON OCTOBER 29.
DURING THE SEVEN WEEKS, THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO DEAL WITH ANY LATE APPLICATIONS FROM PREVIOUS AGE GROUPS.
+ IN OTHER WORDS, THOSE BORN BETWEEN 1960 AND 1964 WHO HAVE MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY OF APPLYING FOR NEW CARDS DURING THE IR RESPECTIVE PHASES MAY DO SO DURING THE COMING PHASE,+ A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
+THIS WILL BE THEIR LAST CHANCE BECAUSE THEIR OLD CARDS WILL BE DECLARED INVALID AT THE END OF THE FIFTH PHASE, AND ANYONE FOUND TO BE HOLDING THE OLD CARD AFTER THE EXPIRY DATE WILL BE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION, HE ADDED.
THOSE WHO ARE AWAY FROM HONG KONG DURING THE SPECIFIED PERIOD ARE, HOWEVER, NOT AFFECTED: THEY SHOULD APPLY WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THEIR RETURN.
/ALL APPLICANTS