MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24,
1990
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GOVERNOR VISITS VOLUNTEERS AT THE BORDER
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (MONDAY) VISITED VARIOUS VOLUNTEERS} DEPLOYED SQUADRONS OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (THE ALONG THE BORDER TO CARRY OUT THEIR ANNUAL BORDER PATROL DUTIES.
UP OF SOME CARRYING RELIEVE
THE VOLUNTEERS, A PART-TIME SECURITY FORCE MADE 1,000 HONG KONG RESIDENTS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, ARE THEIR ANNUAL DUTIES OF GUARDING THE BORDER THIS WEEK TO REGULAR ARMY. THEY HAVE UNDERTAKEN THIS ANNUAL DUTY SINCE 1980.
OUT
THE
ROOM
SIR DAVID FIRST ARRIVED AT MAN KAM TO MILITARY OPERATIONS WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED BY THE COMMANDING OFFICER LIEUTENANT COLONEL C.G. PATEY RTR ON THE OPERATIONS OF THE REGIMENT.
THE VISIT TOOK SIR DAVID ALONG THE ENTIRE BORDER FROM SHA KOK IN THE EAST TO PAK NAI IN THE WEST WHERE HE MET AND SPOKE TO KONG'S OWN PART-TIME SOLDIERS.
DAVID
THE BY
ENTHUSIASM IMPRESSED WAS SAID HE SIR PROFESSIONALISM DISPLAYED BY THE VOLUNTEERS IN THE DEMANDING TASK MANNING THE BORDER.
TAU
HONG
AND OF
FOR
PROBLEM
THE GOVERNOR COMMENDED EMPLOYERS FOR RELEASING VOLUNTEERS BORDER DUTY AT A TIME WHEN THE TERRITORY WAS STILL FACING THE OF LABOUR SHORTAGE.
THE
TO 30.
VOLUNTEERS'
BORDER
TOUR
THIS YEAR IS FROM SEPTEMBER 22
ADMISSION OF OVERSEAS PRC NATIONALS FOR EMPLOYMENT
EFFECT
FROM CHINA
THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY) THAT WITH
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, NATIONALS OF (PRC) WHO ARE PRESENTLY OVERSEAS WILL BE ALLOWED TO COME TO HONG FOR EMPLOYMENT.
KONG
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN
SAID
THE
CRITERIA FOR ADMISSION
OF
THESE NATIONALS FOR EMPLOYMENT ARE:
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THE APPLICANTS
MUST
APPLY
OVERSEAS
FOR AT
LEAST
OVERSEAS
AND HAVE ("OVERSEAS"
BEEN MEANS
FROM TWO YEARS OUTSIDE CHINA, MACAU AND HONG KONG);
THE APPLICANTS MUST SATISFY NORMAL FOR EMPLOYMENT; AND
REQUIREMENTS FOR ENTRY
/* THE APPLICANTS