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TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1980

LATE TENDERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

SUCCESSFUL TENDERS WILL BE ISSUED TAXI LICENCES AT THE RATE OF 100 PER MONTH STARTING FROM THE MIDDLE OF MARCH WITH THE HIGHEST TENDERS RECEIVING PRIORITY.

ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS RETIRES ****

STAFF OF THE TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) SAID FAREWELL TO THEIR ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, MR ROY HATTON, WHO IS RETIRING AFTER NEARLY 30 YEARS' SERVICE IN THE GOVERNMENT,

ON THEIR BEHALF, THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND CONTROLS MR DOUGLAS JORDAN, AT A CEREMONY HELD AT THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE'S MESS, PŘESENTED MR HATTON WITH A TYPEWRITER AND TOKENS OF A SET OF GARDEN TOOLS.

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AT THE PRESENTATION, MR JORDAN THANKED MR HATTON FOR THE GUIDANCE AND DISCIPLINED DIRECTION HE HAD GIVEN TO HIS OFFICERS, AND ATTRIBUTED MUCH OF THE SUCCESS OF THE SERVICE TO MR HATTON'S EFFORTS AND PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT.

+UNDER YOUR DIRECTION THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE

HAS ACHIEVED REMARKABLE OPERATIONAL SUCCESSES IN ANTI-NARCOTICS WORK, IN COPYRIGHT PROTECTION, IN REVENUE PROTECTION AND IN OTHER FIELDS, SAID MR JORDAN. IN CONSEQUENCE IT IS HELD IN HIGH REGARD NOT ONLY IN HONG KONG BUT INTERNATIONALLY,

+SOME OF ITS ACHIEVEMENTS HAVE BEEN RECOGNISED IN TANGIBLE TERMS, SUCH AS THE RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STAFF WELFARE FUND BY AN APPRECIATIVE RECORDING INDUSTRY.

MR HATTON FIRST JOINED THE GOVERNMENT IN 1950 AS A POLICE SUB-INSPECTOR. HE WAS APPOINTED A REVENUE INSPECTOR IN 1952 AND ROSE THROUGH THE REVENUE INSPECTORATE GRADE TO THE RANK OF CHIEF REVENUE INSPECTOR IN 1964.

HE WAS APPOINTED A SENIOR INDUSTRY OFFICER IN 1965 TO TAKE COMMAND OF THE NEWLY-FORMED TRADE INVESTIGATION BRANCH OF THE TICD.

IN 1972, MR HATTON RE-JOINED THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE AS A SENJOR SUPERINTENDENT, HE WAS PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER IN SEPTEMBER 1974, AND SINCE THEN HAS HEADED THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE.

IN RECOGNITION OF HIS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE, MR HATTON WAS AWARDED THE QUEEN'S SILVER JUBILEE MEDAL IN JUNE 1977, AND WAS HONOURED BY THE AWARD OF THE IMPERIAL SERVICE ORDER IN THE 1980 NEW YEAR HONOURS LIST.

MR HATTON WILL SETTLE IN WALES AFTER HIS RETIREMENT.

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