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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1985

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WORKING UNDER ONE ROOF IN TUEN MUN

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ALL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICES IN TUEN MUN WILL SOON BE HOUSED UNDER ONE ROOF, FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE TUEN MUN GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING.

THE SEVEN-STOREY BUILDING IS PART OF THE TUEN MUN CIVIC AND CULTURAL COMPLEX WHICH ALSO COMPRISE AN AUDITORIUM, A MAGISTRACY, A POST OFFICE AND A BUS STATION.

+ IT WILL BE MORE CONVENIENT FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS TO VISIT VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE IT IS MORE CENTRALISED AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE SAID.

SIX GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICES HAVE ALREADY MOVED INTO THE NEW BUILDING LOCATED AT NO. 1 TUEN HI ROAD. THEY ARE THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE: LABOUR, EDUCATION, SOCIAL WELFARE AND REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENTS, AND THE CIVIL AID SERVICES.

THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE, THE REGISTRAR GENERAL AND THE DISTRICT BOARD SECRETARIAT WILL MOVE IN BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER, WHILE THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT WILL MOVE INTO THE NEW ACCOMMODATIONS EARLY NEXT MONTH.

+TIDY-UP WORK IS BEING CARRIED OUT ON ACCESS ROADS TO THE NEW BUILDING, AS WELL AS PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES AND SUBWAYS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

+DIRECTIONAL SIGNS WILL BE PUT UP AT SUITABLE LOCATIONS TO GUIDE VISITORS TO THE BUILDING,+ HE ADDED,

IMMIGRATION STAFF ON EUROPE STUDY TOUR

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FOUR SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT WILL BE LEAVING ON A TWO-MONTH TOUR OF EUROPE NEXT WEEK TO STUDY IMMIGRATION PROCEDURES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE AND ITALY,

THE FOUR OFFICERS, MISS YOLANDA FUNG, MR NG WAI-LEUNG, MR LEUNG PING-KWAN AND MR LEE SEE-CHEUNG, WERE BRIEFED RECENTLY BY THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR ALAN CARTER, WHO TOLD THEM THAT HE ATTACHED GREAT IMPORTANCE TO OFFICERS OF HIS DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHING CONTACTS WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

THE FOUR WILL VISIT BRANCHES OF THE HOME OFFICE CONCERNED WITH IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY MATTERS, AS WELL AS IMMIGRATION OFFICES AND PORTS DURING THEIR STAY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

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