SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1979
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CARRY OUT DUTIES FIRMLY BUT POLITELY - CUSTOMS OFFICERS TOLD
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TWELVE INSPECTORS OF THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE WHO HAVE JUST COMPLETED A 28-WEEK INTENSIVE TRAINING COURSE, WERE CALLED ON TO CARRY OUT THEIR DUTIES FIRMLY BUT WITH POLITENESS AT ALL TIMES.
ADDRESSING THE GROUP AT THE PASSING-OUT PARADE HELD AT THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE TRAINING SCHOOL IN TAI LAM CHUNG TODAY (SATURDAY), SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT, MR. J.C. PRISK SAID, IN THE PERFORMANCE OF YOUR DUTIES YOU WILL COME ACROSS PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. SOME OF THEM ARE CO-OPERATIVE BUT OTHERS ARE FAR FROM REASONABLE.
+TO DEAL WITH THEM YOU SHOULD BE POLITE IN YOUR BEHAVIOUR, FOR YOUR BEHAVIOUR WILL REFLECT ON THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE AS A WHOLE. FAVOURABLE OR ADVERSE COMMENTS ON THE SERVICE VERY MUCH DEPEND UPON HOW YOU HANDLE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.+
HE STRESSED THAT WHATEVER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, CUSTOMS INSPECTORS SHOULD CONTROL THEIR TEMPER AND BE MODERATE.
+BY THE VERY NATURE OF YOUR DUTIES YOU WILL BE SUBJECT TO ENORMOUS PRESSURES AND TEMPTATIONS, MR. PRISK ADDED.
+THESE MUST BE RESISTED, FOR AS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE, NOTHING LESS THAN AN ABSOLUTE STANDARD OF INTEGRITY IS ACCEPTABLE,+ MR. PRISK SAID.
NEW MARITIME BUOYAGE SYSTEM ****
THE MARINE DEPARTMENT WILL INTRODUCE A NEW SYSTEM OF MARITIME BUOYAGE EARLY NEXT YEAR TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE INTER-GOVERNMENTAL MARITIME CONSULTATIVE ORGANISATION (IMCO).
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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) IMCO CONSIDERED THAT THE LACK OF UNIFORMITY IN BUOYAGE AND THE WRECK-MAKING RULES ADOPTED BY VARIOUS COUNTRIES TENDED TO CONFUSE MARINERS.
+THEREFORE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LIGHTHOUSE AUTHORITIES (IALA), A NEW SET OF RULES COMBINING BOTH CARDINAL AND LATERAL MARKS INTO A SINGLE SYSTEM HAS BEEN INTRODUCED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM, PORT HAND BUOYS WILL BE PAINTED RED AND DISPLAY RED LIGHTS- STARBOARD HAND BUOYS WILL BE PAINTED GREEN AND DISPLAY GREEN LIGHTS.
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