SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1983
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CUSTOMS RECRUITS PARADE
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NEW CUSTOMS RECRUITS WERE TOLD TODAY THAT THEY HAD TO CARRY OUT THEIR DUTIES WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOUR, AND EXERT EVERY EFFORT TO UPHOLD AND ENHANCE THE GOOD REPUTATION OF THE SERVICE.
THEY WERE BEING ADDRESSED BY THE DEPUTY REGIONAL COMMANDER OF NEW TERRITORIES OF THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT, MR ANTHONY SANDERS AT THE PASSING-OUT PARADE AT THE TAI LAM CHUNG TRAINING SCHOOL.
*YOUR FUTURE DUTIES WILL DEMAND PATIENCE, HARD WORK AND DEDICATION AS WELL AS PERSEVERANCE, TACT AND DIPLOMACY.
+THEY WILL, AT TIMES, BE HAZARDOUS AND PHYSICALLY EXHAUSTING. THEY WILL ALSO BRING YOU INTO DAILY CONTACT WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, SOME OF WHOM WILL TRY TO PERSUADE YOU TO STRAY FROM THE STRICT PATH OF DUTY, MR SANDERS TOLD THE 61 NEW OFFICERS.
+REJECT SUCH PERSUASION AND CARRY OUT YOUR DUTIES WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOUR TO MAINTAIN YOUR SELF RESPECT AND THE ESTEEM THAT IS PRESENTLY ACCORDED US,+ SAID MR SANDERS, WHO WILL BE RETIRING IN OCTOBER AFTER 33 YEARS IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE.
HE REMINDED THEM THAT THE CONCLUSION OF THEIR INDUCTION TRAINING SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS THE END OF THE TRAINING.
+ON THE CONTRARY, YOU HAVE MUCH MORE TO LEARN IN THE FIELD WHERE YOU WILL SHORTLY JOIN YOUR MORE EXPERIENCED COLLEAGUES IN VARIOUS OPERATIONS AND COMMENCE PUTTING INTO PRACTICE WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED HERE, HE SAID.
MORE LAND FOR YUEN LONG NEW TOWN
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ABOUT 19 HECTARES OF LAND WILL BE FORMED IN YUEN LONG NEW TOWN FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, INSTITUTION AND COMMUNITY USES AND OPEN SPACES PURPOSES.
THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE SITE FORMATION WORKS, INCLUDING ROADS AND DRAINAGE.
THE PROJECT FORMS PART OF YUEN LONG NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME BEING UNDERTAKEN BY THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT BRANCH OF THE DEPARTMENT.
ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT WILL BE THE FORMATION OF THE YUEN LONG WEST TEMPORARY HOUSING SITE.
WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL START IN SEPTEMBER AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 24 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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