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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1986
JACOBS SEES IMMIGRATION OPERATIONS
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THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, DESIGNATE, MR PIERS JACOBS TODAY (FRIDAY) CALLED AT THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT AS PART OF HIS CURRENT SERIES OF FAMILIARISATION VISITS.
BEFORE TOURING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT, MR JACOBS HAD A DISCUSSION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR ALAN CARTER, AND OTHER SENIOR OFFICERS.
MR JACOBS WAS SHOWN THE OPERATION OF VARIOUS SECTIONS INCLUDING THE CONTROL ADMINISTRATION SECTION, THE EXTENSION SECTION, THE TRAVEL DOCUMENTS SECTION. HE WAS BRIEFED ON DETAILS OF THE DEPARTMENT'S COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND THE TRAVEL RECORD AND IMMIGRATION CONTROL ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM WHICH WILL COST ABOUT $174 MILLION FOR THE COMPUTER ISATION OF ALL IMMIGRATION CONTROL POINTS.
THE SCHEME, TO BE IMPLEMENTED BETWEEN 1987 AND 1989, WILL BENEFIT HONG KONG RESIDENTS AS IDENTITY CARD HOLDERS WILL NO LONGER BE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE CARDS.
MR JACOBS ALSO VISITED THE IMMIGRATION FACILITIES AT THE HONG KONG-CHINA AND MACAU FERRY TERMINALS BEFORE WINDING UP HIS TOUR.
MODERN TECHNOLOGY IMPROVES CATCHES
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INCREASING USE OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY BY THE LOCAL FISHING INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTED TO IMPROVED CATCHES IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1985, THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR JOHN RIDDELL- SWAN SAID THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING.
DR RIDDELL-SWAN WAS ADDRESSING FISHERMEN AT A SPRING DINNER PARTY TO CELEBRATE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR OF THE TIGER.
+LAST YEAR, THE WEATHER WAS FAVOURABLE FOR FISHING BUT DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR RESULTS WERE DISAPPOINTING,
+FORTUNATELY, CATCHES IMPROVED IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR MAINLY DUE TO THE HARD WORK OF OUR FISHERMEN FRIENDS AND TO THEIR INCREASING ADOPTION OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY, HE SAID.
REVIEWING THE AQUACULTURE SECTOR, DR RIDDELL-SWAN SAID THE TOTAL AREA OF FISH PONDS CONTINUED TO DROP DUE TO THE UNCEASING DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TERRITORIES AND, AS A RESULT, POND FISH PRODUCTION DECREASED.
/+HOWEVER,+