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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8. 1980
NEW RANK BEING CREATED IN IMMIGRATION DEPT
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THE IMMIGRATION (AMENDMENT (NO. 4) BILL 1989, WHICH SEEKS то AMEND THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE TO INCORPORATE THE NEW RANK OF CHIEF IMMIGRATION ASSISTANT WHICH WILL BE CREATED IN THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT, WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON GEOFFREY BARNES, SAID THIS RESTRUCTURING WOULD NOT ONLY ENABLE THE MORE SENIOR OFFICERS TO CONCENTRATE ON THE MORE IMPORTANT AND COMPLEX TASKS BUT WOULD LEAD TO THE EVENTUAL ABOLITION OF THE ASSISTANT IMMIGRATION OFFICER RANK. THEREBY STREAMLINING THE OFFICER GRADE AND ACHIEVING SOME SAVINGS.
MR BARNES SAID THERE WERE TWO DISCIPLINED
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IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT IMMIGRATION ASSISTANT GRADE,
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THE
GRADES IN THE
IMMIGRATION OFFICER GRADE AND THE
WHILE THE
THE IMMIGRATION OFFICER GRADE COMPRISED SIX RANKS STARTING THE RANK OF ASSISTANT IMMIGRATION OFFICER, IMMIGRATION ASSISTANT GRADE COMPRISED THE RANKS OF SENIOR ASSISTANT AND IMMIGRATION ASSISTANT.
IMMIGRATION
MR BARNES SAID IN ORDER TO COPE WITH THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR SERVICES, AND HAVING REGARD TO THE GROWING COMPLEXITY OF IMMIGRATION WORK, THE LESS COMPLEX DUTIES OF IMMIGRATION OFFICERS WOULD NOW DEVOLVE UPON THE NEW RANK OF CHIEF IMMIGRATION ASSISTANT WHICH WOULD BE CREATED ABOVE THE EXISTING SENIOR IMMIGRATION ASSISTANT RANK.
"THIS WILL MEAN THAT MOST OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF ASSISTANT IMMIGRATION OFFICERS WILL BE TRANSFERRED ΤΟ CHIEF IMMIGRATION ASSISTANTS. WHILE THE REMAINING DUTIES OF ASSISTANT IMMIGRATION OFFICERS WILL BE ABSORBED BY IMMIGRATION OFFICERS, HE SAID.
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SINCE THE POWERS OF THE OFFICERS IN THE DIFFERENT THE DEPARTMENT WERE SET OUT IN THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE. SAID THE PROPOSED RESTRUCTURING OF IMMIGRATION GRADES MADE TO THE ORDINANCE NECESSARY.
"CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS WILL ALSO BE MADE TO THE SERVICE ORDINANCE AND IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS." HE SAID.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
LEVELS OF MR BARNDS AMENDMENTS
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