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THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1989

GOVERNOR VISITS CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPT

EXCISE

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, VISITED THE CUSTOMS AND

ON THE THIS

AND WAS BRIEFED (THURSDAY) DEPARTMENT

AFTERNOON

HIS DEPARTMENT'S WORK BY THE COMMISSIONER, MR PATRICK WILLIAMSON, AND SENIOR STAFF.

PROPOSAL THE DEPARTMENT'S

TO

SENIOR OFFICERS RESPONSIBLE

RATHER CONTROL, PASSENGER

THAN

AMONG THE TOPICS DISCUSSED WAS RE-ORGANISE THE DEPARTMENT SO AS TO MAKE

SUCH ACTIVITIES, FOR SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS AS AT PRESENT.

AS

THE PROPOSAL WOULD RESULT IN THE STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT REDUCED BY MORE THAN FOUR PER CENT.

BEING

SIR DAVID

WELCOMED

THIS

INITIATIVE

ΤΟ

INCREASE

THE

DEPARTMENT'S PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY.

MR K.S. AND SUCCESS OF

TONG, INTERNATIONAL

THEN

EXPLAINED CO-OPERATION

THE

IN

THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER,

IMPORTANCE

GROWING CUSTOMS WORK, PARTICULARLY CONCERNING DRUGS,

HEAR INTERESTED TO

ABOUT THE THE GOVERNOR WAS PARTICULARLY

ACTS REGIONAL LIAISON OFFICE RUN BY THE HONG KONG CUSTOMS. THE OFFICE

THE PACIFIC AS A CLEARING HOUSE FOR INFORMATION ON DRUG SMUGGLING IN REGION.

ARE THESE CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIONS WHICH ARE PART OF THE REGION

ROLE OFFICE'S

TO INCLUDE LIAISON CONSIDERING EXPANDING THE NOW TRACING DRUG TRAFFICKERS AS THEY MOVE AROUND THE REGION.

SIR LATER IN THE AFTERNOON,

DAVID WATCHED CUSTOMS OFFICERS SEARCH A RECENTLY ARRIVED SHIP FOR DANGEROUS DRUGS.

HAVE

AN INTERNATIONAL THE HONG KONG CUSTOMS EFFICIENT SHIP SEARCHING AND HAVE TRAINED MANY CUSTOMS OVERSEAS IN THE TECHNIQUES OF DOING IT.

FOR REPUTATION

OFFICERS FROM

EARLIER IN THE MONTH THEY DISCOVERED MORE THAN 20 KILOGRAMS CANNABIS RESIN CONCEALED IN THE ENGINE ROOM OF A SHIP FROM KARACHI.

OF

THE VISIT, CONTRIBUTION

SIR DAVID, WHO PUT ON A SET OF CUSTOMS OVERALLS FOR COMMENTED THAT THE HONG KONG CUSTOMS WERE MAKING A VITAL TO THE WAR AGAINST DANGEROUS DRUGS BOTH IN HONG KONG AND OVERSEAS.

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