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NOTE TO EDITORS:

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1982

GOVERNOR RETURNS ON SATURDAY

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, IS DUE TO RETURN FROM PEKING ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, (BY FLIGHT CA 102, S.T.A. 1055 HOURS), AS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED.

A PHOTOGRAPHIC FACILITY WILL BE ARRANGED FOR THE NEWS MEDIA TO COVER THE GOVERNOR'S RETURN. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WISHING TO MAKE USE OF THIS FACILITY ARE ASKED TO ASSEMBLE IN THE PRESS ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE AIRPORT PASSENGER TERMINAL AT LEAST ONE HOUR BEFORE THE ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL.

ACTING GOVERNOR VISITS CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT

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THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, HAD A BUSY AFTERNOON IN MEETING OFFICERS OF THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT AND SEEING THEM AT WORK.

SIR PHILIP JOINED THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE, MR DOUGLAS JORDAN, AND SENIOR OFFICERS AT THE SERVICE'S MESS IN RUMSEY STREET HEADQUARTERS FOR AN INFORMAL LUNCH.

A CUSTOMS LAUNCH THEN TOOK HIM TO A SHIP OFF THE HARBOUR, WHERE HE SPENT MORE THAN AN HOUR WATCHING OFFICERS CARRYING OUT SHIP RUMMAGING DUTIES, BEFORE HEADING FOR THE TAI LAM CHUNG TRAINING SCHOOL WITH MR JORDAN IN A HELICOPTER.

ON ARRIVAL HE WAS GREETED BY THE SCHOOL COMMANDANT, SUPER INTENDENT M.H. LO, AND WAS SHOWN AROUND THE SCHOOL FACILITIES AND THE MUSEUM WHICH DISPLAYED A VARIETY OF SMUGGLING DEVICES, NARCOTICS PARAPHERNALIA AND DISTILLING APPARATUS.

MR LO EXPLAINED TO SIR PHILIP THE TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR THE NEWLY RECRUITED INSPECTORS AND CUSTOMS OFFICERS, INCLUDING SHOOTING PRACTICE ON THE PISTOL RANGE, LIFE SAVING, UNARMED COMBAT AND FOOT DRILL.

PUNCH, A DRUG DETECTOR DOG, ALSO DEMONSTRATED TO SIR PHILIP ITS SKILL IN SEARCHING FOR DRUGS HIDDEN IN PARCELS.

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