XN000022-1981-01-10 — Page 4

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1981

HOWEVER, HE WARNED THE RECRUITS: IT IS POSSIBLE THAT YOU WILL, ON OCCASIONS, BE SUBJECT TO PRESSURES TO CIRCUMVENT THE PROCEDURES. TO RESIST THESE PRESSURES DEMANDS A HIGH STANDARD OF PERSONAL INTEGRITY. IT IS THEREFORE IMPORTANT THAT WE ARRANGE OUR LIVES SO THAT THESE APPROACHES CAN ALWAYS BE RESISTED.+

+TAKE PRIDE IN THE FACT THAT WE IMPOSE ON OURSELVES THESE HIGH STANDARDS AND THUS DEVELOP A LOYALTY TO THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE, HE ADDED.

MR BROADBRIDGE TOLD THE PROBATIONARY OFFICERS THAT THOUGH CUSTOMS AND EXCISE WORK IS DEMANDING OF INTELLECT, TIME AND ENERGY. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE REST OF THE HUMAN RACE+.

+ALWAYS BE SOMETHING MORE THAN AN OFFICIAL, HE SAID.

THE EIGHT BEST RECRUITS, INSPECTORS FUNG CHI-HO, AU YEUNG HO-LOK, HO SANG-LEE- CUSTOMS OFFICERS LEUNG PAK-FONG, YUEN YIN-FUNG, LO CHI-LAM, WONG LUNG-TAK, TSANG HON-MO,

TSANG HON-MO, WERE EACH PRESENTED WITH A GOLDEN WHISTLE BY MR BROADBRIDGE.

WATER FOR SHA TIN DEVELOPMENT

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THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE LAYING OF TWO SYSTEMS OF WATER MAINS IN SHA TIN NEW TOWN.

THEY FORM PART OF A SUPPLY SCHEME TO COPE WITH THE INCREASED DEMAND FOR WATER FROM DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NEW TOWN.

ONE OF THE PROJECTS IS FOR THE LAYING OF SOME SEVEN KILOMETRES OF ASBESTOS CEMENT AND MILD STEEL PIPES, RANGING FROM 150 MM TO 900 MM IN DIAMETER, NEAR TO SHEK, CHAP WAI KON AND WO CHE ESTATE.

THE OTHER INVOLVES THE LAYING OF ABOUT FOUR KILOMETRES OF ASBESTOS CEMENT AND MILD STEEL PIPES, RANGING FROM 150 MM TO 700 MM IN DIAMETER, NEAR TAI WAI, TUNG LO WAN AND PAK TIN.

WORK ON BOTH PROJECTS WILL BEGIN IN MARCH AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 15 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

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