SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 1989
"OVER THE YEARS THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION PATTERNS HAVE VARIED FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, MOST OF WHICH COULD NOT HAVE BEEN PREDICTED AT THE TIME.
"CLOSED LIAISON HAS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE MAINTAINED WITH THE BORDER AUTHORITIES ON THE MAINLAND AND WE WOULD USE THIS CHANNEL TO CONVEY OUR CONCERN SHOULD SUDDEN INFLUXES OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS BECOME EVIDENT."
MR ANNING WAS ASKED IF THE FORCE COULD RECRUIT SUFFICIENT OFFICERS TO MEET THE RESPONSIBILITY OF RESUMED BORDER DUTIES.
"OUR CURRENT RECRUITMENT, ALBEIT LOWER THAN WE WOULD
LIKE, SUFFICIENT FOR US TO MEET THIS COMMITMENT. WE ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT RECRUITMENT SITUATION BUT WE ARE STRIVING TO IMPROVE IT.
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"EVEN WITH THESE RECRUITMENT PROBLEMS WE WILL MEET THIS COMMITMENT, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN CONSIDERABLE PRIORITY.'
DURING HIS VISIT MR ANNING WAS BRIEFED ON THE PROGRESS BEING MADE BY THE SPECIALLY FORMED ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION DETACHMENT BY ITS CHIEF STAFF OFFICER MR VINCE CHAPMAN,
A DRAFT STUDY PAPER, HAS BEEN PRODUCED ON ASPECTS OF BORDER SECURITY AS THEY EXIST AND ON THE NEEDS OF THE POLICE FOR THE RESUMPTION OF BORDER DUTIES FROM THE ARMY.
DETAILS OF NEEDS IN COMMUNICATIONS, CATERING ARE INCLUDED IN THE DRAFT STUDY.
UNIFORMS,
TRANSPORT AND
GOOD RECORD MAINTAINED ON USE OF PRESSURE EQUIPMENT
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HONG KONG MAINTAINS ONE OF THE BEST SAFETY RECORDS IN THE WORLD IN THE USE OF VARIOUS TYPES OF PRESSURE EQUIPMENT DESPITE A NUMBER FATAL ACCIDENTS IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS.
STATISTICS FROM THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT SHOW THAT THREE WORKERS WERE KILLED AND ONE INJURED IN FOUR ACCIDENTS INVOLVING THE USE CF STEAM RECEIVERS, ALSO KNOWN AS KIERS, IN 1988.
A SIMILAR ACCIDENT REPORTED EARLY THIS YEAR ALSO RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF ONE WORKER.
INVOLVED IN THE OR SUPERVISED BY DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN
"INVESTIGATIONS REVEALED THAT THE KIERS ACCIDENTS WERE EITHER NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED CERTIFIED OPERATORS DURING THEIR OPERATION, A SAID TODAY (SUNDAY),
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