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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1986
AN IMMIGRATION OFFICER WAS EXPECTED TO ASSESS WITHIN A MATTER OF SECONDS WHETHER OR NOT THE TRAVELLER IN FRONT OF HIM WAS COMING TO HONG KONG FOR THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH HE CLAIMED WHETHER HIS TRAVEL DOCUMENT WAS GENUINE OR FORGED, AND WHETHER HE WAS A LAW ABIDING TRAVELLER.
SIR EDWARD SAID THE DEPARTMENT'S SUCCESS AT IDENTIFYING WHO SHOULD PASS AND WHO SHOULD NOT, WHILE MAINTAINING A COURTEOUS AND EXPEDITIOUS SERVICE FOR TRAVELLERS WHO NOW NUMBERED 40 MILLION A YEAR, HAD BROUGHT IT WELL DESERVED CREDIT.
TURNING TO FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS, SIR EDWARD SAID THAT A NEW AND MUCH NEEDED IMMIGRATION TERMINAL WOULD COME INTO OPERATION AT LO WU NEXT JANUARY; ANOTHER NEW CONTROL POINT WOULD BE READY FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC AT LOK MA CHAU IN 1988; AND A TERMINAL FOR VESSELS PLYING BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA WAS NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN TSIM SHA TSUI.
+THESE NEW FACILITIES WILL BE COMPLEMENTED BY A NEW CONTROL SYSTEM USING COMPUTERS, TO BE INTRODUCED IN PHASES FROM NEXT MAY. IT WILL EVENTUALLY COVER ALL IMMIGRATION CONTROL POINTS,+ HE ADDED.
SIR EDWARD STRESSED THAT THE DEPARTMENT FACED A BUSY AND CHALLENGING FUTURE.
+1 AM CONFIDENT THAT YOU WILL MEET THAT CHALLENGE WITH THE SAME PROFESSIONALISM, DETERMINATION AND INITIATIVE THAT YOU HAVE SHOWN SINCE 1961, + HE ADDED.
PROPER ENVIRONMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE EMPHASISED
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A PROPER ENVIRONMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO GROW, DEVELOP AND MATURE MUST BE MAINTAINED AS THE FUTURE WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY LARGELY FALLS ON THEIR SHOULDERS, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING.
SPEAKING AT THE TEN OUTSTANDING YOUNG PERSONS SELECTION AWARD PRESENTATION CEREMONY 1986, SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT HONG KONG, WITH ITS MIXTURE OF RACES AND BUBBLING VIVACITY, OFFERED PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO DEVELOP THE IR TALENTS AND POTENTIAL.
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