N
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1988
"BUT IT
ALSO NEEDS
ΤΟ
PUT BE
INTO
ITS
CONTEXT. IMPLICATIONS OF WHAT IS HAPPENING NEED TO BE ANALYSED CAREFULLY.
"MY IMPRESSION IS THAT MORE COULD BE DONE IN THIS AREA.
THE
-
"
ASSESS AND "I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US BUILDING UP OUR ABILITY TO
WHAT IS GOING TO EVOLVE, OMMENT THOUGHTFULLY ON HOW HONG KONG
SHOULD DEAL WITH PROBLEMS WE WILL FACE AND, MOST IMPORTANT, HOW WE THEM, HE SAID.
"THE PRESS HAS ENORMOUS POWER. THE WORDS YOU WRITE ARE READ MILLIONS OF PEOPLE EVERY DAY.
"YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE PERHAPS
BY
-
BETTER THAN ANYONE TO ENSURING IS CARRIED IN THE WIDEST SENSE OF THE TERM THAT POLITICAL DEBATE
THE PEOPLE OF HONG OUT AT A HIGH AND INFORMED LEVEL AND THAT
THE FUTURE AS HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUES OF
SIR DAVID SAID. THOSE OF THE PRESENT,
-
KONG
WELL
AS
GOVERNOR VISITS IMMIGRATION CHECKPOINTS
HONG KONG MACAU
FERRY
TERMINAL OF THE 1MMIGRATION OPERATIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS.
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (WEDNESDAY}
TERMINAL, MAN KAM
DEPARTMENT
ΤΟ
AND
VISITED THE AND LO WU TERMINAL
THEIR WAS BRIEFED ON
DIRECTOR HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE
OF
IMMIGRATION,
MR ALAN
CARTER.
SIR DAVID WAS TOLD THAT THE HONG 9.7 MILLION PASSENGERS IN 1987. 1986.
KONG-MACAU TERMINAL HANDLED INCREASE OVER THIS WAS A 21 PER CENT
IMMIGRATION CONTROL IN WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF COMPUTERISED
HONG MAY LAST YEAR, THE AVERAGE TIME TO PROCESS A PASSENGER HOLDING A
70 PER CENT OF THE KONG IDENTITY CARD WITH THREE ASTERISKS (SOME TOTAL TRAFFIC) HAS BEEN REDUCED FROM 38 SECONDS TO 22 SECONDS.
TERMINAL,
THE
TO KAM THE GOVERNOR THEN TRAVELLED TO THE MAN MAIN VEHICULAR CROSSING POINT BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA.
LAST
HANDLED INCREASE
2.8
VEHICLES, MILLION THE TERMINAL YEAR,
OVER 1986. COMPUTERISED A 33 PER REPRESENTING
CENT
NOVEMBER 1 LAST IMMIGRATION CONTROL WAS INTRODUCED AT MAN KAM TO ON
YEAR.
/SIR DAVID