WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1936
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FORD VISITS IMMIGRATION HQ
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THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR DAVID FORD, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) VISITED THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS IN TS IM SHA TSUI EAST AS PART OF HIS REGULAR VISITS TO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
MR FORD HAD A DISCUSSION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR ALAN CARTER, BEFORE LOOKING OVER VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT INCLUDING THE OVERSEAS VISA, TRAVEL DOCUMENTS AND EXTENSION SECTIONS.
HE WAS BRIEFED ON THE PROGRESS OF A WORKSHOP WHICH AIMS AT IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY AND ALSO COURTESY IN DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC, AND LEARNT THAT THE QUALITY OF SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC HAD IMPROVED.
THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT IS AMONG A NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TAKING PART IN A COURTESY DRIVE LAUNCHED BY THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH IN MAY.
MR FORD ALSO MET STAFF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT DURING HIS VISIT.
FREE EYE CHECKS FOR OLD PEOPLE
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NEARLY 8 000 PEOPLE AGED OVER 60 LIVING IN KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI WILL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE FREE EYE CHECKS DURING AN +EYE CARING CAMPAIGN FOR THE ELDERLY TO BE HELD BETWEEN JUNE 8 AND JULY 2..
THE CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE KWAI CHUNG KWA! AND TSING YI DISTRICT BOARD, TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS, CHUNG ROTARY CLUB, AND CO-ORGANISED WITH THE HONG KONG OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION.
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON, KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR HO TUNG-CHING, SAID OF A POPULATION OF NEARLY HALF A MILLION IN THE DISTRICT, ABOUT 50 000 WERE OVER THE AGE OF 60.
+ IT IS ONE OF THE. MAIN CONCERNS OF THE BOARD THAT THESE PEOPLE BE OFFERED APPROPRIATE CARE AND SERVICES, HE SAID.
/LAST YEAR -.-.