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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1988

ESSENTIAL

OF HONG KONG

"THIS EFFORT TO FIND A SOLUTION TO HOUSING THE PEOPLE

AND CENTRAL

COMPONENT OF HONG HAS BEEN A GOVERNMENT POLICIES," HE SAID.

KONG

FORCES FIND TO ITS

BY PROGRESS, HAS INTERVENED IN NO

"HONG KONG, WHICH PRIDES ITSELF ON LETTING MARKET

ΤΟ

ECONOMY AND THE SOLUTIONS

ITS MOST OF PROVIDING SUBSIDISED HOUSING ON A HUGE SCALE, UNCERTAIN MANNER IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA OF THE ECONOMY.

HAD A PROFOUND "THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THIS INTERVENTION HAS

TO OUR SUCCESS, ΤΟ OUR EFFECT AND MADE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION PROSPERITY AND TO OUR STABILITY.

"WHAT BEGAN

A AS

HUMANE

RESPONSE ΤΟ

THE INTOLERABLE UNQUESTIONED PART OF

H

HE SAID.

CIRCUMSTANCES OF 1953 HAS BECOME AND IS NOW AN OUR POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STRATEGY,

IN CONCLUSION, SIR DAVID SAID THE "LONG TERM HOUSING STRATEGY", WHICH WOULD ELIMINATE LAUNCHED THIS YEAR, HAS SET AN AMBITIOUS GOAL ALL OUR MOST SERIOUS HOUSING PROBLEMS BY THE END OF THE CENTURY.

CHANGING ROLE OF CUSTOMS SERVICE

RESPONSIBLE FOR TRADERS AND EXCISE,

THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT IS NOT ONLY LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT ALSO UNDERTAKES TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF AS WELL AS CONSUMERS, THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS MR. K.S. TONG SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE YEARS EXPLAINING THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT OVER

CLUB OF SHATIN, MR TONG SAID AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ROTARY

NARCOTICS, IN

AGAINST OPERATIONS THEIR

ACHIEVEMENTS OUTSTANDING SMUGGLING AND COUNTERFEITING WERE WELL RECOGNISED ALL OVER THE WORLD.

OF 28 HE ADDED THAT THE DEPARTMENT BEGAN ONLY AS A SMALL TEAM

INTO A HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL OFFICERS IN 1909, BUT HAD NOW DEVELOPED

3,700 MEN WITH AND MULTI-FACETED ENFORCING 30 ORDINANCES.

FORCE OF

RESPONSIBILITY

FOR

THE WORLD, HONG KONG **AMONG ALL CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIONS IN

PUBLIC CUSTOMS UNDERTAKES THE MOST WIDE-RANGING DUTIES AS TO ENSURE

SMUGGLING SECURITY, PROTECT REVENUE, INTERDICT NARCOTIC DRUGS, COMBAT

RIGHTS SAFEGUARD CONSUMERS' ACTIVITIES, ENFORCE TRADE CONTROLS AND BENEFITS.

AND

LAST YEAR

ACCOUNTED

"DUTIES COLLECTED BY THE DEPARTMENT ABOUT EIGHT PER CENT OR SOME $4 BILLION OF THE GENERAL REVENUE OF HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.

FOR

THE

"CUSTOMS OFFICERS