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FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1977

IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT STARTS RECRUITMENT DRIVE

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MANY JOBS OFFER EXCITEMENT, BUT VERY FEW AFFORD THE CHANCE TO MEET PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD DAY IN AND DAY OUT LIKE THAT OF AN IMMIGRATION OFFICER.

THIS WAS STATED TODAY BY THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR. MARTIN ROWLANDS, ON THE EVE OF A RECRUITMENT DRIVE.

+A CAREER IN THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT, MR. ROWLANDS SAID, +PROVIDES INCREASING SCOPE FOR AMBITIOUS YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO WISH TO ENJOY A VARIED CAREER WITH A STRONG

INTERNATIONAL FLAVOUR.+

THE JOB CALLS FOR MAKING FREQUENT CONTACT WITH THE UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT, BRITISH EMBASSIES, FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENTS, INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES, AIRLINES AND SHIPPING COMPANIES.

APART FROM THESE, THE WORK INVOLVES IMMIGRATION CONTROL, THE ISSUE OF TRAVEL DOCUMENTS AND VISAS, INVESTIGATIONS, ADMINISTRATION AND NOW, COMPUTER SYSTEMS.

+ IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR IMMIGRATION OFFICERS TO TRAVEL OVERSEAS TO JOIN PASSENGER LINERS COMING TO HONG KONG,+ MR. ROWLANDS SAID. +THERE ARE ALSO OPPORTUNITIES FOR OVERSEAS TRAINING.+

HE CALLED ON YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE LOOKING FOR AN EXCITING AND REWARDING CAREER TO JOIN THE IMMIGRATION SERVICE.

VACANCIES FOR A NUMBER OF ASSISTANT IMMIGRATION OFFICER POSTS WILL BE ADVERTISED IN A LEADING ENGLISH NEWSPAPER TOMORROW (SATURDAY). THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION IS MARCH 21.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

COPIES OF A PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING AN ASSISTANT IMMIGRATION OFFICER AT WORK AT THE MACAU FERRY TERMINAL ARE DISTRIBUTED SEPARATELY IN G.I.S. PRESS BOXES THIS EVENING.

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