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SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1984

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+WE SHALL BRING HOME MANY USEFUL TECHNIQUES ON INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION, SURVEILLANCE AND INVESTIGATION, HE SAID.

CFTC, ESTABLISHED IN 1971, IS TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO ASSIST THEM IN MEETING THEIR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES. ALL COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENTS SUPPORT THE FUND BY MAKING ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS.

IT IS THE SECOND TIME THAT OFFICERS FROM FIJI ISLANDS

HAVE BEEN SPONSORED BY THE CFTC'S FELLOWSHIP AND TRAINING PROGRAMME TO RECEIVE TRAINING IN THE HONG KONG CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE.

IN ADDITION, HONG KONG HAS ALSO OFFERED TRAINING ON CORRUPTION PREVENTION, SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES AND FISHERIES TO OVERSEAS GOVERNMENT OFFICERS FROM COMMONWEALTH COUNTIRES, SUCH AS SINGAPORE AND JAMAICA.

HONG KONG ALSO BENEFITS FROM CFTC'S SCHEME. EVERY YEAR. FOUR TO FIVE GOVERNMENT OFFICERS WORKING IN THE MARINE, LABOUR AND EDUCATION FIELDS ARE SPONSORED BY THE FUND TO RECEIVE TRAINING IN SOUTH-EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES.

FUN FAIR TO ENCOURAGE VOTING

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SIXTY PIGEONS WERE SET FREE AND A HOT-AIR BALLOON WAS FLOWN AT A FUN FAIR IN YUEN LONG THIS (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON TO PUBLICISE THE DISTRICT'S VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN.

THE PIGEONS WERE SPECIALLY USED IN THE CAMPAIGN TO SYMBOLISE HOPE AND PEACE.

AT THE FUN FAIR, ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 3 000 CHILDREN AND THE IR PARENTS, THERE WERE 12 GAMES STALLS SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO EDUCATE PARTICIPANTS ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION.

THE FAIR ALSO FEATURED A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION ON THE

WORK OF THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD IN THE PAST TWO YEARS.

THE EVENT, HELD AT A MINI-SOCCER PITCH OUTSIDE THE YUEN LONG TOWN HALL, WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE TOWN HALL.

SPEAK ING AT AN OPENING CEREMONY, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JAMES WILSON, SAID THE FINE WORK BY THE DISTRICT BOARD FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS HAD SET A GOOD FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

+BOARD MEMBERS WILL NOT BE COMPLACENT, BUT RATHER THEY WILL CONTINUE TO STRIVE FOR THE WELL-BEING OF THE RESIDENTS, + HE SAID.

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