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FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1989

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT TWO NEW APPOINTMENTS TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAVE ALSO BEEN MADE. THEY ARE MR JAMES TIEN PRI-CHUN AND MISS SANSAN CHING TEH-CHI.

MR TIEN, A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND KWAI TSING DISTRICT BOARD, IS AN INDUSTRIALIST WITH AN EXTENSIVE RECORD OF PUBLIC SERVICE. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE TEXTILE ADVISORY BOARD, THE HONG KONG PORTS COMMITTEE AND THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL.

MISS SANSAN CHING IS THE HEADMISTRESS OF A KINDERGARTEN THE DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF EARLY AND SERVICES.

CHILDHOOD

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EDUCATION

GOVERNOR PRAISES WORK OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE

THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE MUST BECOME MORE PROFESSIONAL AND SOPHISTICATED TO COUNTER THE GROWING SOPHISTICATION OF THOSE WHO SEEK TO EVADE THE LAW, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING.

SPEAKING AT THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE SENIOR OFFICERS' MESS SPECIAL GUEST NIGHT, SIR DAVID SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY.

"HONG KONG HAS PASSED THE STAGE WHERE WE CAN HOPE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS SIMPLY BY CREATING MORE POSTS AND EMPLOYING MORE STAFF," HE SAID.

HE SAID THAT THIS WAS A CHALLENGE THE WHOLE GOVERNMENT WAS FACING, AND POINTED OUT THAT THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE HAD RESPONDED TO IT WITH WILLINGNESS AND IMAGINATION.

THE GOVERNOR SAID THE SERVICE HAD A LONG AND HONOURABLE HISTORY, WITH RESPONSIBILITIES WHICH WERE PROBABLY WIDER THAN THOSE OF ANY OTHER CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION IN THE WORLD.

"AND THEY ARE ALSO VERY IMPORTANT, HE SAID.

THE SERVICE HAD TO COUNTER THE TRADE IN NARCOTICS, ΤΟ WHICH HONG KONG ATTACHED A GREAT DEAL OF IMPORTANCE AND WHERE IT'S SUCCESS HAD WON PRAISE PLSEWHERE, PARTICULARLY IN THE UNITED STATES,

HE

THE SERVICE WAS ALSO TASKED TO PREVENT SMUGGLING TO AND FROM CHINA, COLLECT EXCISE DUTY AND ENFORCE BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS, SAID.

"THESE ACTIVITIES