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MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1983

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IMMIGRATION OFFICERS COMMENDED

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TWENTY-TWO OFFICERS OF THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT WERE COMMENDED TODAY (MONDAY) FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE LAST YEAR.

THE OFFICERS, INCLUDING NINE GENERAL GRADE STAFF, RECEIVED COMMENDATION CERTIFICATES FROM THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR RON BRIDGE, AT A CEREMONY IN THE DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS.

ONE OF THE RECIPIENTS, MR LIU WAI-HUNG, WAS COMMENDED FOR HIS ALERTNESS AND INITIATIVE IN DETECTING, AND LATER HELPING WITH THE ARREST, OF SIX ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS.

IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR, WHILE ON HIS WAY HOME, MR LIU SAW FOUR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA WANDERING IN SHEUNG SHUT, TO FILL IN THE TIME WHILE HE SOUGHT WAYS TO GET HELP, HE ENGAGED THEM IN CONVERSATION, OFFERED THEM CIGARETTES, AND LATER LED THEM TO AN EMPTY HUT,

MR LIU THEN RANG HIS OFFICE FOR HELP. ALL FOUR OF THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED, AND TWO OF THEM WERE FOUND TO BE IN POSSESSION OF DANGEROUS WEAPONS.

IN MARCH THIS YEAR, MR LIU SPOTTED TWO OTHER ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA, HE FOLLOWED THE MEN, AND THEN OBTAINED THE HELP OF POLICE OFFICERS IN ARRESTING THEM WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY AROSE. THE TWO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WERE LATER REPATRIATED TO CHINA.

A NUMBER OF CLERICAL OFFICERS IN THE BIRTHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRIES WERE ALSO COMMENDED FOR THEIR ALERTNESS IN DETECTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, FORGED HONG KONG IDENTITY CARDS AND FORGED TRAVEL DOCUMENTS.

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