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SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1992
APART FROM THE TAI TUNG PUI SOCIAL SERVICES BUILDING IN MUN, THE PARTY VISITED A PRIVATE HOME FOR THE ELDERLY IN KAM TIN.
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THE TAI TUNG PUI MULTI-SERVICE COMPLEX IS RUN BY TUNG GROUP OF HOSPITALS. THE 11-STOREY BUILDING PROVIDES REHABILITATION SERVICE AS WELL AS SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY, CHILDREN AND YOUTH.
SWAC MEMBERS WERE TOLD THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST MULTI-SERVICE COMPLEX FOR SOCIAL WELFARE BUILT IN HONG KONG. SEVERAL SIMILAR PROJECTS ARE ALSO IN THE PIPELINE.
THE COMPLEX RUNS A DAY-CARE CENTRE AND A HOME FOR THE ELDERLY.
CARE-AND-ATTENTION
MRS GOODSTADT TOLD THE MEMBERS THAT THE UNIQUE FEATURE OF THE CARE-AND-ATTENTION HOME WAS A BLIND SECTION TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO THE AGED BLIND.
OTHER SERVICES AVAILABLE IN THE BUILDING INCLUDE A CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRE, A DAY ACTIVITY CENTRE CUM HOSTEL FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED ADULTS.
WATCH OUT FOR NEW SMUGGLING TRENDS: CUSTOMS OFFICERS WERE TOLD
THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR J.J. SWAINE, TODAY (SATURDAY) SAID CUSTOMS OFFICERS SHOULD ALWAYS ON ALERT FOR CHANGE ON NEW TRENDS IN SMUGGLING BY LAND,
THE BY SEA AND AIR.
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SPEAKING AT A PASSING-OUT PARADE OF 34 CUSTOMS INSPECTORS AND OFFICERS AT THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE TRAINING SCHOOL IN TAI LAM MR SWAINE SAID THE LIFE OF A MODERN CUSTOMS OFFICER
CHUNG, WAS NOT, AS IT ONCE WAS, CONCERNED PURELY WITH THE GOOD OF HIS PARENT ADMINISTRATION.
"AN OFFICER NOW HAS TO BE READY NOT ONLY TO ENFORCE THE OF HIS OR HER OWN TERRITORY BUT, SOMETIMES AT SHORT NOTICE, TO
LAWS ASSIST IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF UN SANCTIONS, TO EXCHANGE KNOWLEDGE WITH OPPOSITE NUMBERS FROM OVERSEAS AND, ON OCCASIONS, ΤΟ TAKE PART IN OPERATIONS DESIGNED PRIMARILY TO HELP OTHER ADMINISTRATIONS," HE SAID.
MR SWAINE TOLD THE OFFICERS THAT THEIR GRADUATION WAS NOT THE END OF THE LEARNING PROCESS.
"NOT ONLY WILL YOU HAVE TO LEARN FROM YOUR SENIOR AND EXPERIENCED COLLEAGUES THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION IN THE FIELD
MORE OF THE TECHNIQUES YOU HAVE STUDIED HERE, BUT THE TECHNIQUES THEMSELVES WILL HAVE TO BE CONSTANTLY REVIEWED IN THE LIGHT OF IMPROVED MANAGEMENT, CHANGING TRADE PRACTICES AND NEW INTERNATIONAL SITUATIONS,'
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HE SAID.
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