THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1992
GOVERNOR SEES DISCIPLINED SERVICES AT WORK
THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, TODAY VISITED A NUMBER OF DISCIPLINED SERVICES INSTITUTIONS TO HIMSELF WITH THEIR WORK.
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ACCOMPANIED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR IAN STRACHAN, AND THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR ERIC MCCOSH, MR PATTEN FIRST VISITED STANLEY PRISON, A MAXIMUM SECURITY INSTITUTION ESTABLISHED IN 1938.
HE TOURED THE SHOE-MAKING AND SILK-SCREENING WORKSHOPS TO SEE HOW INMATES WORK. THE NINE WORKSHOPS IN STANLEY PRISON ACCOUNTED FOR MORE THAN ONE-QUARTER OF THE TOTAL COMMERCIAL VALUE, $290 MILLION, OF THE ENTIRE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES INDUSTRIES LAST YEAR.
THE GOVERNOR THEN VISITED A NUMBER OF CELLS TO LEARN ABOUT CELLULAR ACCOMMODATION FOR PRISONERS.
FROM THERE, HE TOOK A HELICOPTER TO MAN KAM TO CONTROL POINT. AN AVERAGE OF 9,400 VEHICLES CROSS THE CONTROL POINT EACH DAY, MAKING IT THE BUSIEST OF THE THREE VEHICULAR CROSSING POINTS AT THE BORDER.
RECEIVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE, MR CLIVE OXLEY, THE GOVERNOR WAS BRIEFED ON THE OPERATIONS OF THE CHECK POINT.
HE WAS TOLD THAT THE CONTROL POINT PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN COMBATING COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND TRANSHIPMENT FRAUD INVOLVING GOODS.
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AT THE INCOMING MANIFEST PROCESSING KIOSK, HE SAW HOW OFFICERS PROCESSED VEHICLES COMING INTO HONG KONG. AT THE IMPORT CARGO EXAMINATION BUILDING, HE SAW HOW VEHICLES WERE SEARCHED AND CARGO EXAMINED.
AFTER LUNCH, THE GOVERNOR TOURED THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE (RHKAAF) HEADQUARTERS.
HE WAS BRIEFED BY WING COMMANDER GRAEME MCINTOSH ON THE ROLE AND ACTIVITIES OF RHKAAF, HE WAS SHOWN THE COMMUNICATIONS CENTRE AS WELL AS AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE FACILITIES AT THE HANGAR FOR FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT AND HELICOPTERS.
HE THEN MOVED ON TO THE NEXT STOP OF HIS VISIT IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS IN WAN CHAI.
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IN THE COMPANY OF THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR LAURENCE LEUNG MING-YIN, HE SAW THE WORK OF THE INTERVIEWING UNIT AND THE HOME OFFICE NATIONALITY TEAM (HK) UNDER THE DEPARTMENT'S
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AT THE OPERATIONAL RESEARCH SECTION, HE WAS BRIEFED PROBLEMS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND THE USE
USE OF FORGED DOCUMENTS.
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