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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1979
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE OFFICERS PRAISED
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AN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS, MR. OSWALD CHEUNG TODAY (SATURDAY) CONGRATULATED THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE FOR ITS SIGNAL SUCCESS IN PREVENTING AND SUPPRESSING THE ILLICIT TRAFFIC IN DANGEROUS DRUGS.
+IN THIS FIELD THE SERVICE HAS GAINED A HIGH REPUTATION BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, HE SAID.
MR. CHEUNG MADE THIS STATEMENT AT A PASSING-OUT PARADE HELD IN THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE TRAINING SCHOOL THIS MORNING.
ON PARADE WERE 27 INSPECTORS AND 36 CUSTOMS OFFICERS WHO HAD COMPLETED A SIX-MONTH AND A 10-WEEK INDUCTION TRAINING COURSE RESPECTIVELY.
+THE SERVICE HAS ALSO ACHIEVED MARKED SUCCESS IN OTHER FIELDS, NOTABLY IN THE SUPPRESSION OF COPYRIGHT OFFENCES, WHICH LED TO THE SERVICE BEING PRESENTED IN MAY 1978 WITH TWO GOLDEN DISCES' BY THE RECORDING INDUSTRY IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR WORK, + MR. CHEUNG SAID.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE DUTIES OF THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE DEMANDED PATIENCE, HARD WORK AND DEDICATION AS WELL AS PERSISTENCE AND IMAGINATION.
+THEY WILL, AT TIMES, BE HAZARDOUS AND PHYSICALLY EXHAUSTING. THEY WILL BRING YOU INTO DAILY CONTACT WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE SOME OF WHOM WILL AT TIMES TRY TO PERSUADE YOU FROM THE STRICT PATH OF DUTY, MR. CHEUNG SAID.
+DON'T LET THEM. YOU HAVE BEEN REMINDED IN YOUR TRAINING HERE TO CARRY OUT YOUR DUTIES WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOUR. STICK TO THAT. REMEMBER THAT THE GOOD NAME OF THE SERVICE IS AT ALL TIMES IN THE HANDS OF EVERY MEMBER OF IT.+
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