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SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 1986
THE EXISTING AND REVISED MAXIMUM RENT ALLOWANCES PAYABLE UNDER THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SCHEME ARE AS FOLLOWS:
OLD RATE
REVISED RATE
$276
$405
FOR A SINGLE PERSON
FOR A FAMILY OF :
2 3 ELIGIBLE MEMBERS
$623
$908
4
5 ELIGIBLE MEMBERS
$953
$1 238
67 ELIGIBLE MEMBERS
$1 058
$1 643
8 AND MORE ELIGIBLE MEMBERS
$1 626
OVERSEAS TRAINING FOR IMMIGRATION OFFICERS
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FOUR OFFICERS OF THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT WILL BE LEAVING LATER THIS MONTH FOR SEVEN WEEKS OF ATTACHMENT TRAINING WITH THE UNITED KINGDOM IMMIGRATION SERVICE.
THE FOUR, CHIEF IMMIGRATION OFFICERS MR MATHEW CHAN CHUN-TO AND MRS JEAN AU YEUNG LUI MIU-KWAN; ACTING CHIEF IMMIGRATION OFFICER MR MAK YUE-BONG; AND SENIOR IMMIGRATION OFFICER MR HORATIO TSE WANG-TUEN, WILL VISIT HOME OFFICE BRANCHES DEALING WITH IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY MATTERS, AS WELL AS IMMIGRATION OFFICES AND PORTS.
AFTER THEIR ATTACHMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, THEY WILL STUDY IMMIGRATION PROCEDURES IN THE NETHERLANDS AND WEST GERMANY FOR ONE WEEK.
AT A BRIEFING EARLIER IN THE WEEK, ACTING DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR JAMES MURPHIE, SAID HE ATTACHED GREAT IMPORTANCE TO OFFICERS ESTABLISHING CONTACTS WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND LEARNING ABOUT THE IMMIGRATION EXPERIENCE OF OTHER COUNTRIES.
HE SAID HE HOPED THE TRIP WOULD ALSO ENABLE THE FOUR TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE CULTURE AND SOCIAL BACKGROUNDS OF OVERSEAS VISITORS WHOM THEY MEET IN THE COURSE OF THEIR WORK.
LAST YEAR THE DEPARTMENT ISSUED ALMOST ONE MILLION TRAVEL DOCUMENTS TO HONG KONG RESIDENTS AND MORE THAN 40 MILLION PASSENGERS PASSED THROUGH IMMIGRATION CONTROL POINTS.
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