FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1990
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HK POLICE OFFICER DELIVERS KEYNOTE ADDRESS IN JAPAN
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A KEYNOTE ADDRESS ON INTERNATIONAL DRUGS INVESTIGATION WAS GIVEN AT THE JAPANESE NATIONAL POLICE AGENCY IN TOKYO BY POLICE CHIEF STAFF OFFICER, NARCOTICS BUREAU, MR DAVE HODSON, AS PART OF AN ADVANCED COURSE FOR SENIOR POLICE ADMINISTRATORS.
MR HODSON WAS ONE OF TWO OVERSEAS OFFICERS INVITED то LECTURE OFFICERS ATTENDING THE FIVE-MONTH COURSE FROM JAPAN, BRUNEI, INDONESIA, KOREA, MALAYSIA, THE PHILIPPINES, SINGAPORE AND THAILAND.
THE PURPOSE OF THE COURSE WAS TO INFORM THE POLICE ADMINISTRATORS ON A RANGE OF TOPICS TO INCREASE THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF JAPANESE POLICING METHODS AND TO DISCUSS AND STUDY THE SYSTEM AND ITS PROBLEMS.
MR HODSON'S WEEK LONG VISIT TO JAPAN ALSO ALLOWED HIM TO MAKE A STUDY TOUR OF THE NATIONAL POLICE AGENCY, THE TOKYO METROPOLITAN POLICE AND THE OSAKA PREFECTURAL POLICE.
"TWO TOPICS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST DURING MY VISIT WERE LOOKING AT DEVELOPMENTS THERE IN THE INCREASE IN THE USE OF COCAINE AND THE SMUGGLING OF STIMULANTS AND CANNABIS FROM HONG KONG TO JAPAN, MR HODSON SAID.
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"THE HONG KONG SITUATION IS NOT OF GREAT SIGNIFICANCE BUT LAST YEAR SAW AN INCREASE IN THE APPEARANCE IN TOKYO OF COCAINE FROM SOUTH AMERICA AND THAT IS A DEVELOPMENT BEING WATCHED CAREFULLY.
"I WAS ALSO GLAD TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY OF MEETING JAPANESE POLICE OFFICERS I'D MEET PREVIOUSLY AND TO DISCUSS THE INVESTIGATION OF INTERNATIONAL DRUGS CASES.
"I WAS DELIGHTED TO BE INVITED TO JAPAN.
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FACTORY VISITS TO PROMOTE VOTER REGISTRATION IN SOUTHERN
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MRS MAUREEN CHAN, TODAY (FRIDAY) CALLED ON WORKERS TO REGISTER AS ELECTORS SO THAT THEY CAN VOTE IN NEXT YEAR'S ELECTIONS.
MRS CHAN MADE THE APPEAL DURING A TOUR OF LOCAL FACTORIES WITH A TEAM OF DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF TO PROMOTE VOTER REGISTRATION.
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SPEAKING TO WORKERS AT A RAZOR FACTORY, MRS CHAN SAID: "AS AN ELECTOR. YOU CAN USE YOUR BALLOT TO ELECT AN IDEAL REPRESENTATIVE REFLECT YOUR VIEWS,"
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