FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1988
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LONG SERVICE MEDALS FOR 15 FIREMEN
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FIFTEEN FIREMEN FROM THE HEADQUARTERS COMMAND WERE PRESENTED FIRE BRIGADE LONG SERVICE MEDALS BY THE ACTING CHIEF FIRE OFFICER, PETER CHEUNG, TODAY (FRIDAY).
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SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY AT THE FIRE SERVICES HEADQUARTERS TSIM SHA TSUI, MR CHEUNG SAID THE AWARDS REPRESENTED MANY YEARS OF CONSISTENT DEDICATION AND HARD WORK BY THE RECIPIENTS.
HE SAID THE FIRE SERVICES HAD ATTAINED ITS PRESENT THROUGH THE UNSELFISH DEVOTION OF ITS STAFF.
REPUTATION
"BACH OF YOU, THROUGH YOUR LOYALTY AND DEDICATION TO DUTY, HAD CONTRIBUTED IN MANY WAYS YOUR SHARE IN BUILDING UP THIS BRIGADE.
"THE LONG SERVICE AWARDS ARE DUE RECOGNITION OF YOUR MANY YEARS OF LOYAL SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, MR CHEUNG SAID.
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THIS YEAR, A TOTAL OF 46 FIRE AND AMBULANCE PERSONNEL WHO HAVE SERVED THE DEPARTMENT BETWEEN 18 AND 30 YEARS HAVE BEEN AWARDED FIRB BRIGADE LONG SERVICE MEDALS.
PAST AND PRESENT OF CUSTOMS SERVICE
THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT WILL EMBARK UPON ANOTHER MAJOR STRUCTURAL REFORM TO MAXIMISE THE DEPLOYMENT OF ITS RESOURCES, COUPLED WITH A THOROUGH REVIEW OF REVENUE CONTROL AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPUTERISED SYSTEM, THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE, MR K.S. TONG, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
EXPLAINING THE CHANGING ROLE AND DEVELOPMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OVER THE YEARS AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE LIONS CLUB OF HONG KONG (HOST), MR TONG POINTED OUT THAT HONG KONG WOULD MAINTAIN A SEPARATE CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION AFTER 1997 WHEN IT BECAME A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF CHINA.
HE SAID THE DEPARTMENT HAD FIRMLY ESTABLISHED ITS INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION IN THE FIELD OF MUTUAL CUSTOMS CO-OPERATION SINCE ITS ACCESSION TO THE CUSTOMS CO-OPERATION COUNCIL AS A FULL MEMBER AND PARTICIPATION IN THE CCC REGIONAL LIAISON OFFICE FOR THE CO-ORDINATION OF NARCOTICS INTELLIGENCE AMONG CUSTOMS SERVICES OF THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION LAST YEAR.
/"THE DEPARTMENT'S