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SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1975.

THREE IMMIGRATION OFFICERS ATTENDING TRAINING

COURSE IN BRITAIN.

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THREE SENIOR IMMIGRATION OFFICERS HAVE LEFT HONG KONG TO TAKE UP A THREE-MONTH TRAINING PROGRAMME IN BRITAIN.

THEY ARE MR. CHAN KAM KI, MR. KUNG WAH LEUNG AND MR. CHAM WAI LIM. THEY WILL ATTEND A SPECIAL COURSE ORGANISED BY THE U.K. IMMIGRATION SERVICE FOR COMMONWEALTH IMMIGRATION OFFICERS AND A SERIES OF MANAGEMENT COURSES WHICH WILL INCLUDE A TWO-WEEK +CONTROL OF ADMINISTRATIVE WORK+ COURSE AT THE COLLEGE OF COMMERCE AT HULL, AND A THREE-WEEK +MIDDLE MANAGEMENT+ COURSE WITH THE CHESTER MANAGEMENT CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE AT GLASGOW.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THAT THESE THREE-MONTH OVERSEAS COURSES HAVE BEEN ORGANISED EACH YEAR FOR THREE OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT SINCE 1973.

WHEN THE SCHEME FIRST STARTED IN 1964 ONLY ONE OFFICER WAS SENT ANNUALLY AND THE PERIOD OF TRAINING WAS ONE MONTH, HE SAID.

THE SCOPE OF THE PROGRAMME WAS WIDENED BECAUSE OF RAPID EXPANSION OF THE DEPARTMENT AND A CONTINUING NEED FOR SPECIALIST TRAINING. SO FAR, A TOTAL OF 20 OFFICERS HAVE BENEFITTED FROM THE COURSES.

+THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAMME IS TO BROADEN THE OUTLOOK OF THE OFFICERS AND TO LET THEM HAVE A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF UNITED KINGDOM IMMIGRATION PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES WHICH HAVE MUCH IN COMMON WITH LOCAL IMMIGRATION LAWS AND REGULATIONS,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

+THEY ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE SOME MANAGEMENT TRAINING IN PREPARATION FOR FUTURE CAREER DEVELOPMENT,+ HE ADDED.

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