TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1986
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FUJIAN TEAM SEES IMMIGRATION WORK
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A FOUR-MEMBER DELEGATION FROM THE FUJIAN PROVINCIAL FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFFICE TODAY (TUESDAY) VISITED THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT FOR A FIRST HAND LOOK AT THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT.
THIS WAS PART OF A THREE-DAY PROGRAMME OF VISITS TO VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND PLACES OF INTEREST.
THE DELEGATION, LED BY DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE PROVINCIAL FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFFICE, MR YU GUANGLU, MET THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR LEUNG MING-YIN, WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT THE IMMIGRATION HEADQUARTERS AT MODY ROAD THIS MORNING.
FOLLOWING THIS, THEY WERE BRIEFED BY A PRINCIPAL IMMIGRATION OFFICER ON THE NEW TRAVEL RECORD AND IMMIGRATION CONTROL ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM TO BE INTRODUCED BY EARLY NEXT YEAR.
THEY THEN TOURED THE TRAFFIC INDEX SECTION AND THE COMPUTER OPERATION SECTION WHERE THEY SHOWED MUCH INTEREST IN THE SYSTEM.
IN THE AFTERNOON, THE DELEGATION VISITED THE DEPARTMENT'S AIRPORT SUB-DIVISION AND THE TAI KOK TSUI CONTROL POINT.
SUMMARY OF PUBLIC OPINION ON BRB REPORT
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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) PUBLISHED A SUMMARY OF PUBLIC VIEWS GATHERED DURING SEVERAL MONTHS OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON THE BROADCASTING REVIEW BOARD REPORT.
THE SUMMARY NOTES THAT DURING THE CONSULTATION PERIOD THE GOVERNMENT RECEIVED ALMOST 1 000 SUBMISSIONS FROM THE PUBLIC, WHILE THE BRB REPORT WAS ALSO THE SUBJECT OF OVER 100 ARTICLES IN THE PRESS AND WAS DISCUSSED BY MOST DISTRICT BOARDS.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE PUBLIC DURING THE CONSULTATION PERIOD WOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHEN THE NEW BROADCASTING POLICIES WERE DRAWN UP.
THE SUMMARY, WHICH IS PUBLISHED IN BOTH CHINESE AND ENGLISH VERSIONS, IS AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GPO GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AT $6 PER COPY.
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