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SATURDAY, JUNE 5. 1982

HE SAID PREVENTION WAS BETTER THAN CURE, AND THIS HAD PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE IN THE FIELD OF REHABILITATION. +THE 1977 WHITE PAPER ON REHABILITATION RECOMMENDED AS ONE OF ITS PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVES THE PREVENTION OF DISABILITIES THROUGH IMPROVED PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION, HE ADDED.

MR HO CONGRATULATED THE MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG AND THE ROTARY CLUB OF PENINSULA FOR THE IR UNREMITTING EFFORTS AND SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND WISHED THEM EVERY SUCCESS.

CLOSER TIE BETWEEN HK/KOREAN CUSTOMS

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THE CLOSE RELATION BETWEEN THE HONG KONG AND KOREAN CUSTOMS SERVICES HAS BEEN FURTHER STRENGTHENED FOLLOWING A FIVE-DAY CONFERENCE IN HONG KONG.

OFFICIATING AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE THIRD KOREAN/HONG KONG CUSTOMS COOPERATION CONFERENCE THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING, THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE, MR D.A. JORDAN NOTED WITH PARTICULAR PLEASURE THAT PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE IN ESTABLISHING CLOSER LIAISON OVER ANTI-SMUGGLING ACTIVITIES, AND THAT THE PRESENT TRAINING EXCHANGES WERE TO CONTINUE.

THE CONFERENCE, WHICH STARTED ON JUNE 1, CONCLUDED THAT:

* CUSTOMS OFFICERS HAD AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY IN

FACILITATING TRADE. THE KOREAN AND HONG KONG DELEGATES AGREED TO CONTINUE TO SEEK MUTUAL COOPERATION FOR THE OVERALL IMPROVEMENT OF THEIR CUSTOMS SYSTEMS-

* THERE WAS A NEED TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION FOR THE EFFICIENT PREVENTION AND DETECTION OF CUSTOMS OFFENCES, INCLUDING NARCOTICS SMUGGLING, WITHOUT DUE FORMALITY AND PROCEDURE, SUBJECT TO ANY OVERRIDING LEGAL AND ECONOMIC CONSTRAINTS

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BILATERAL REGIONAL CONFERENCES WERE AN AID TO CUSTOMS COOPERATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF STAFF-

* THE EXCHANGE TRAINING PROGRAMME SHOULD BE CONTINUED.

IN ADDITION TO THE FORMAL CONFERENCE SESSIONS, THE KOREAN DELEGATES VISITED THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE TRAINING SCHOOL AT TAI LAM CHUNG, A BREWERY, THE CONTAINER TERMINAL AT KWAI CHUNG, AND WATCHED THE RUMMAGING OF A SHIP IN THE HARBOUR.