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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1990
HK'S ESTIMATED POPULATION AT 5.8M
JUNE THIS BY TODAY (FRIDAY)
THE ESTIMATED POPULATION OF HONG KONG AT THE END OF YEAR WAS 5,800,600, ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS AN INCREASE OF 39,100 PERSONS OR 0.7 PER CENT OVER MID-
1989.
THE BALANCE OF TOTAL ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES PERIOD FROM MID-1989 TO MID-1990 WAS MINUS 2,900.
IN THR 12-MONTH
PERIOD.
TO
THERE WERE 70,800 BIRTHS AND 28,800 DEATHS IN THE SAME NATURAL INCREASE, I.E., THE SURPLUS OF BIRTHS OVER DEATHS AMOUNTED 42,000.
YOUNG PEOPLE URGED TO JOIN CORRECTIONAL WORK
THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER (PERSONNEL), MR ALAN HANDLEY, TODAY (FRIDAY) CALLED TO START A CAREER IN THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES FIELD.
OF
CORRECTIONAL
SERVICES
ON YOUNG PEOPLE
"THE PROSPECTS ARE GOOD FOR
THOSE WHO
ARE WILLING TO
WORK
哥
MR
WAS HANDLEY
SPEAKING
AT THE
CORRECTIONAL
SERVICES
HARD AND LEARN, HE SAID.
DEPARTMENT'S (CSD) PASSING-OUT PARADE AT STANLEY.
DEAL OF
HE EMPHASISED THAT CORRECTIONAL WORK REQUIRED A GREAT DEDICATION AND MUST BECOME THE MAIN PART OF LIFE OF A CSD OFFICER.
WORK WAS NOT ALWAYS OFFICERS SHOULD AND ORDER OF
CORRECTIONAL CONCEDING THAT WHILE UNDERSTOOD OR APPRECIATED BY THE PUBLIC, HE SAID CSD BE PROUD OF THEIR WORK, WHICH WAS ESSENTIAL TO THE LAW HONG KONG AND FOR THE WELL-BEING OF OUR SOCIETY.
MR HANDLEY WILL SOON RETIRE FROM THE DEPARTMENT, 33 YEARS OF SERVICE.
AFTER NEARLY
HB HAS CSD,
SPENT CONSIDERABLE DURING HIS LONG CAREER WITH
ALSO BEEN TIME WORKING IN THE DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT FIELD. HE HAS
AND PERSONNEL SECTIONS IN CHARGE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S INSPECTORATE SINCE HIS APPOINTMENT AS ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER IN 1985.
25 OFFICERS AND 74 26-WEEK BASIC TRAINING
TODAY'S PARADE MARKED THE PASSING OUT OF ASSISTANT OFFICERS WHO HAVE JUST COMPLETED A AT THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE.
SILVER
MR
HANDLEY
ALSO PRESENTED
RECRUITS.
TO WHISTLES
THREE BRST