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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1987

DEVELOPMENT ON SITE IS LIKELY TO START EARLY IN 1988.

SHRLL EXPECTS TO DE-COMMISSION AND DEMOLISH ITS OIL INSTALLATIONS IN AP LEI CHAU BY APRIL 1990, AND THOSE IN KWUN TONG BY SEPTEMBER 1991.

CHEUNG KONG EXPECTS TO COMPLETE THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN KWUN TONG IN THE MID-1990'S AND IN AP LEI CHAU IN THE LATE 1990'S.

CHIEF SECRETARY VISITS AIRPORT CUSTOMS

THE CHIEF SECRETARY, MR DAVID FORD, TODAY FIRST-HAND LOOK AT HOW CUSTOMS OFFICERS PREVENTED CONTRABAND BY AIR INTO HONG KONG DURING A VISIT EXCISE SERVICE AT THE AIRPORT.

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(THURSDAY) TOOK A THE SMUGGLING OF THE CUSTOMS AND

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EXCISE, MR

ACCOMPANIED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS PATRICK WILLIAMSON, MR FORD WAS MET ON ARRIVAL AT THE AIRPORT TERMINAL BY THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE, PRISK; KOWLOON REGIONAL COMMANDER, MR FREDDY LEE; AND COMMANDER, MR DAVID TONG.

MR J.C. AIRPORT

VARIOUS CUSTOMS

AFTER A BRIEFING BY MR TONG ON THE WORK OF THE CUSTOMS DIVISIONS IN THE AIRPORT, MR FORD PROCEEDED то THE HALL WHERE INCOMING PASSENGERS AND THEIR LUGGAGE WERE PROCESSED AND EXAMINED.

MR FORD WAS PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED BY THE USE OF MODERN EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING X-RAY MACHINES AND METAL DETECTORS, TO FACILITATE BAGGAGE AND PASSENGER EXAMINATION.

THE CHIEF SECRETARY ALSO SHOWED KEEN INTEREST IN THE WORK OF CUSTOMS OFFICERS ON THE APRON WHERE OFFICERS BOARDED AND SEARCHED INCOMING AEROPLANES AND ESCORTED LUGGAGE FROM AEROPLANES ΤΟ THE TERMINAL BUILDING.

BEFORE THE END OF HIS TOUR, MR FORD WAS TAKEN TO THE AIR CARGO TERMINAL TO SEE HOW CUSTOMS OFFICERS PERFORMED CARGO SELECTION AND EXAMINATION DUTIES WITH THE HELP OF COMPUTERS AND X-RAY MACHINES.

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