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TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1981'

THE INTERVIEWS WILL TAKE PLACE EITHER IN LONDON OR IN OTHER MAIN UNIVERSITY TOWNS TO AVOID STUDENTS SPENDING MONEY ON LONG JOURNEYS.

THE AMOUNT OF EACH LOAN TO BE OFFERED WILL BE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMISSIONER, SUBJECT TO A MAXIMUM OF 2 000 POUNDS STERLING.

LOANS WILL BE ISSUED DIRECT TO STUDENTS BY THE LONDON OFFICE AND WILL BE REPAYABLE WITHIN FIVE YEARS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF INDIVIDUAL COURSES.

THE LONDON OFFICE WILL INFORM HONG KONG STUDENTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF THE INTRODUCTION OF THE EMERGENCY LOAN SCHEME AND HOW THEY SHOULD APPLY FOR ASSISTANCE.

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IMMIGRATION OFFICERS COMMENDED

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FOURTEEN IMMIGRATION OFFICERS WERE COMMENDED TODAY (TUESDAY) FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE LAST YEAR.

THE OFFICERS, TOGETHER WITH A SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER, FIVE CLERICAL OFFICERS AND AN OFFICE ATTENDANT, RECEIVED COMMENDATION CERTIFICATES FROM THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR R.G.B. BRIDGE, IN A CEREMONY AT THE DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS.

AMONG THOSE COMMENDED WAS AN ASSISTANT IMMIGRATION OFFICER, MR KO MAN-KIT, WHO WAS LAUDED FOR HIS AWARENESS AND APPLICATION OF TECHNIQUES IN DETECTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA.

MR KO, WHO JOINED THE DEPARTMENT IN FEBRUARY LAST YEAR, HAS ON FOUR OCCASIONS WHILST OFF DUTY, DEMONSTRATED KEENNESS IN HIS WORK.

HE INTERCEPTED A SUSPECTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ON A FERRY EARLY IN A MORNING IN JULY LAST YEAR, AND SUCCESSFULLY TOOK HIM TO THE WATERFRONT POLICE STATION FOR FURTHER ENQUIRIES.

TWO DAYS LATER AT A BUS STOP IN MEI FOO SUN CHUEN, MR KO MADE ANOTHER ARREST OF AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT FROM CHINA WHO WAS LATER HANDED OVER TO THE DEPARTMENT'S INVESTIGATION DIVISION.

THE OTHER TWO ARRESTS WERE MADE IN YUEN LONG IN AUGUST LAST YEAR AND IN SHAM SHUI PO LAST SEPTEMBER.

ALL FOUR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS APPREHENDED BY MR KO WERE SUBSEQUENTLY REPATRIATED TO CHINA.

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