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FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1989

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AS

"THESE ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE SEEN NOT ACTING TO HELP PROMOTE LEGITIMATE TRADE," HE SAID.

HINDERING TRADE BUT

SIR DAVID NOTED THAT THE SERVICE DID NOT DEAL ONLY WITH THE CRIMINAL OR POTENTIAL CRIMINAL.

AT OUR

"FOR HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF TRAVELLERS ARRIVING SHORES, THE CUSTOMS OFFICER IS ONE OF THE FIRST REPRESENTATIVES OF HONG KONG THEY SEE.

"YOUR EFFICIENCY AND COURTESY CAN DO A GREAT DEAL ΤΟ CREATE THE RIGHT IMPRESSION OF HONG KONG FOR OUR MANY VISITING TOURISTS AND BUSINESSMEN," HE SAID.

ON THE FUTURE OF THE SERVICE, SIR DAVID SAID THAT ONE OF THE SPECIFIC PROVISIONS OF THE JOINT DECLARATION WAS THAT THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION WOULD BE A SEPARATE CUSTOMS

ADMINISTRATION.

"THE CONTINUING EXISTENCE OF, AND NEED

FOR, A SEPARATE HONG

KONG CUSTOMS SERVICE WITH ITS OWN IDENTITY IS BEYOND DOUBT, HE SAID.

IN

"HONG KONG'S ADMITTANCE TO THE CUSTOMS CO-OPERATION COUNCIL ITS OWN RIGHT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF ESTABLISHING THAT SEPARATE IDENTITY.

"SO IS THE GROWTH OF YOUR BILATERAL CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIONS.

H

RELATIONS WITH OTHER

CS: TRIAD RENUNCIATION TRIBUNAL RECEIVES 670 ENQUIRIES

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BETWEEN DECEMBER 8, 1988 AND YESTERDAY THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED TRIAD RENUNCIATION TRIBUNAL HAD RECEIVED SOME 670 ENQUIRIES, CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING.

"SOME 460 APPLICATION FORMS HAVE BEEN APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED," SIR DAVID SAID.

THE

ISSUED AND 42

THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID HE WAS PLEASED TO REPORT THESE FIGURES, WHEN SPEAKING ᎪᎢ THE ANNUAL DINNER OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, OF WHICH HE IS CHAIRMAN, AND THE DISTRICT

FIGHT

CRIME

COMMITTERS.

/SIR DAVID