MONDAY, MAY 11, 1987
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GERMAN MP'S BRIEFED ON HK DRUGS SITUATION
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A DELEGATION OF THE GERMAN FEDERAL PARLIAMENT (BUDGET COMMITTEE) THIS (MONDAY) MORNING VISITED THE NARCOTICS DIVISION AND WAS GIVEN AN IN-DEPTH DEPICTION ON HONG KONG'S OVERALL DRUG SITUATION.
THE DELEGATION IS COMPRISED OF THREE MEMBERS OF THE PARLIAMENT'S BUDGET COMMITTEE, MR ADOLF ROTH, MR HELMUT WIECZOREK AND MR WERNER ZYWIETZ AND A SENIOR CIVIL SERVANT OF THE MINISTRY FOR FINANCIAL AFFAIRS, CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT, DR ALRED STENGER,
THE TEAM WAS BRIEFED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR GARETH MULLOY AND THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SECURITY MRS AGNES ALLCOCK, ON HONG KONG'S EFFORTS AND STRATEGIES IN THE WAR AGAINST DRUGS.
THE GROUP LATER VISITED THE HONG KONG CUSTOMS INVESTIGATION BUREAU DURING WHICH THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER (INVESTIGATIONS) MR TONG KANG-SING, INTRODUCED TO THEM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASPECTS OF ANTI-NARCOTICS WORK IN HONG KONG.
THE DELEGATION, ON AN ASIAN DRUGS STUDY TOUR INCLUDING HONG KONG, KUALA LUMPUR AND NEW DELHI, WILL LEAVE HONG KONG TOMORROW (TUESDAY).
YAN OI TONG PRAISED FOR SERVICES TO NEW TOWN
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THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, DR JAMES HAYES, TODAY (MONDAY) PRAISED THE YAN OI TONG, A CHARITABLE ORGANISATION, FOR ITS PERSEVERANCE IN THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY SERVICES TO RESIDENTS OF TUEN MUN.
+FOLLOWING THE DEVELOPMENTS IN TUEN MUN AND THE NORTH-WESTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE YAN OI TONG WITH ITS LONG TRADITION, WAS ABLE TO COPE WITH COMMUNITY NEEDS TO EXPAND ITS SERVICES AND BECOME A MATURE AND MULTI-SERVICE CHARITABLE ORGANISATION,
HE SAID.
SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE 8TH TERM OF OFFICE-BEARERS OF THE YAN OI TONG BOARD OF DIRECTORS, DR HAYES SAID THE YAN OI TONG HAD MAINTAINED ITS GROWTH PROGRESS ALONG WITH TUEN MUN WHICH DEVELOPED INTO A MODERNISED NEW TOWN IN THE LAST TEN YEARS.
+OVER THE YEARS, THE YAN OI TONG HAD CONTRIBUTED MUCH TO RESIDENTS BY PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF SERVICES SUCH AS MEDICAL CARE, EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, + HE ADDED.
/+THE TONG