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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1989
CUSTOMS WORK MORE SOPHISTICATED IN 1990'S
**
THE
1990'S
MUCH IS A
CUSTOMS WORK IN BETTER EQUIPPED AND WELL INFORMED SERVICE CAUSING
SOPHISTICATED,
MORE
LESS INCONVENIENCE
TO THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC AT LARGE BUT MORE LIKELY TO CATCH SMUGGLERS, OF DANGEROUS DRUGS IN PARTICULAR,
THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE, MR PATRICK WILLIAMSON, CLUB OF SAID THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AT A LUNCH MEETING OF THE ROTARY KOWLOON WEST.
AIRPORT, HE SAID, THE MOST IF HONG KONG WAS TO BUILD A NEW
IN 1999 OBVIOUS CHANGE ONE WOULD NOTICE ON RE-ENTERING THE TERRITORY
OFFICERS AND THE WOULD BE THE COMPARATIVELY SMALL NUMBER OF CUSTOMS FEW SUITCASES THEY OPENED.
BY
THEN
CUSTOMS
WOULD
RECEIVE
AN
HE SAID HE BELIEVED THAT ADVANCE PASSENGER MANIFEST FOR ALL FLIGHTS, SO THEY SHOULD HAVE A GOOD IDEA WHOM THEY WANTED TO TALK TO.
X-RAYED AND
OUR
COLLEAGUES
"ALL CASES, AND FOR THAT MATTER AIRCARGO, WILL BE
HAVE
ALERTS FROM RECEIVED 'SNIFFED'. WE WILL ALSO OVERSEAS ABOUT ANY SUSPICIOUS PERSONS ON THE FLIGHT.
THEREFORE NOT
BE NECESSARY
FOR US TO STOP
AND
"IT WILL QUESTION NEARLY SO MANY INCOMING PASSENGERS.
NOT HAVE HAD ΤΟ
OUR INCREASE "THIS WILL MEAN THAT WE WILL
WHICH IS STAFF NUMBERS IN PROPORTION TO THE INCREASE IN PASSENGERS
INCREASES PREDICTED FOR JUST AS WELL WHEN YOU BEAR IN MIND THE HUGE AIR TRAFFIC,' HE SAID.
MR
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WILLIAMSON SAID
SMUGGLERS
PARTICULARLY BECOMING MORE SOPHISTICATED AND THE CUSTOMS HAD TO
AVAILABLE RESOURCES ALL THE MAKE USE OF INTELLIGENCE AND FQUIPMENT.
NOW
OF DRUGS WERE DO THE SAME AND EXPERIENCE,
SAID MR WILLIAMSON ON EXPERIENCE, то AFFORD
ITS STAFF PROPORTIONATELY INCREASE TRAVELLERS AND THE VOLUME OF CARGO CONTINUED TO INCREASE.
THE CUSTOMS COULD NOT AS THE NUMBER OF
HE SAID WHILE THE CUSTOMS COULD NOT EXPECT TO CONTINUE TO OPEN EXPERIENCED OFFICERS A FIXED NUMBER OF SUITCASES, IT HAD TO USE MORE TO PICK THE MORE SUSPECT ONES.
"THIS IS NOT EASY BUT IT IS THE ONLY
REALISTIC
APPROACH, "
HE
SAID.
MR WILLIAMSON SAID INTELLIGENCE WAS GENERAL AND SPECIFIC SMUGGLING METHODS AND SMUGGLERS.
NOT JUST INFORMATION ON
/"WE NEED
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