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The Queen's Gurkha Signals, based at the Prince of Wales Barracks, not only enjoys a cosmopolitan mix of British, Gurkha and Chinese soldiers but is also made up of both Army and Royal Navy personnel.
It consists of a Regimental Headquarters, HQ Squadron (formerly HQ British Forces Administration Unit), Hong Kong Gurkha Signal Squadron and an Administration Unit at Sek Kong, New Territories.
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Immigration officers to visit UK
Four immigration officers will leave for the United Kingdom in mid-March for
a six-week attachment programme with the UK Immigration Service.
The four officers are acting Senior Immigration Officers Mrs Kwok Lam Yee- kwan, Mr Ngan Chor-keung and Mr So Kam-tong; and acting Immigration Officer Ms Leung Chui-wa. They will visit branches of the Home Office handling immigration and nationality matters as well as immigration offices and ports.
At a briefing before their departure, the Director of Immigration, Mr Laurence Leung Ming-yin, said the Immigration Department placed great importance on giving its staff professional training.
Due to the growing complexity of immigration work, members of the Service were required to be vigilant and alert towards changes that had taken place, he said.
He hoped that the attachment would provide a good opportunity for the officers to broaden their horizon and to have a better understanding of the work of their counterparts in the UK, he added.
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