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MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1994
IMMIGRATION OFFICERS ON OVERSEAS TRAINING
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EIGHT IMMIGRATION OFFICERS WILL LEAVE FOR EUROPE AND THE USA FOR TRAINING IN AUGUST.
THE ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT, MR WONG TAT-PO, WILL LEAVE FOR THE USA ON THE A 12-WEEK STUDY OF MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT AT HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL.
ACTING ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IMMIGRATION OFFICER MR CHOW LAP-KWOK AND CHIEF IMMIGRATION OFFICER MR WAI CHUEN WILL SPEND FOUR MONTHS IN THE STUDY OF PROGRAMME AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, USA.
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SENIOR IMMIGRATION OFFICER MR LAI CHUN-TING WILL ALSO SPEND MONTHS IN THE STUDY OF ADMINISTRATIVE DEVELOPMENT AT THE SAME
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CHIEF IMMIGRATION OFFICERS MRS MAK CHOW SUI-HA, MESSRS IP TONG AND CHEUNG LEE-KAN, AND ACTING CHIEF IMMIGRATION OFFICER MR LING-TIN, WILL LEAVE FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE NETHERLANDS GERMANY ON AN EIGHT-WEEK STUDY OF THE IMMIGRATION PROCEDURES IN COUNTRIES.
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AT A BRIEFING BEFORE THE OFFICERS' DEPARTURE, THE DIRECTOR IMMIGRATION, MR LAURENCE LEUNG, SAID HE ATTACHED GREAT IMPORTANCE OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT RECEIVING OVERSEAS TRAINING AS WELL AS ESTABLISHING CONTACTS WITH AND LEARNING FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF FOREIGN IMMIGRATION SERVICES.
THE STUDY TRIPS WOULD ASSIST OFFICERS IN SELF DEVELOPMENT AND ENABLE THEM TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIFFERENT CULTURAL AND SOCIAL BACKGROUND OF OVERSEAS VISITORS WHOM THEY WOULD MEET IN THE COURSE OF THEIR DUTIES,
MR LEUNG EMPHASISED THAT THE DEPARTMENT FULLY RECOGNISED THE LONG TERM BENEFITS THAT COULD BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THESE OVERSEAS STUDY TRIPS AND COURSES AND THAT EVERY EFFORT WAS MADE TO PROVIDE OFFICERS WITH SUCH OPPORTUNITIES.
HE URGED THE OFFICERS TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO WIDEN THEIR HORIZON AND TO ACHIEVE SELF-ENRICHMENT.
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WATER STORAGE FIGURE
STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 91.9 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 538.580 MILLION CUBIC METRES.
THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 441.325 CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 75.3 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.
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