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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1989
FORMATION. SOME 400 TO EVERY NIGHT IN DEEP BAY.
MR BIRD FIRST JOINED 500
THE UNIT IN 1980, SHORTLY AFTER ITS
IMMIGRANTS WERE THEN ILLEGAL
ARRESTED
ABOUT ONE YEAR
LATER.
THE UNIT HAD ARRESTED
ITS 10.000TH
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT.
MR BIRD REJOINED THE UNIT IN AUGUST LAST YEAR.
"FORMERLY. WE ONLY PERFORMED
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INTERCEPTION DUTIES, CONTINUED TO TAKE FOLLOW MR BIRD. "BUT NOW. WE ARE FAR MORE INVOLVED. WE HAVE UP ACTIONS. MAKE INVESTIGATIONS AND SEEK INFORMATION IN CRACKING DOWN ON ILLEGAL SYNDICATES.
THEY BRAVE
"MEMBERS OF THE UNIT ARE SELECTED BY INTERVIEW AND A
PHYSIQUES BECAUSE TEST.
SHOULD HAVE THEY
STRONG STAND FOR A LONG TIME, DRIVE BOATS IN HEAVY SEAS AND SITUATIONS.
PRACTICAL HAVE TO DANGEROUS
YEARS AND ARE "THEY USUALLY STAY IN THE UNIT FOR ABOUT THREE THEN DEPLOYED TO OTHER DIVISIONS FOR A CHANGE AND PROMOTION CHANCES.
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HAS
WITHIN
AMONG THE STAFF AT PRESENT, STATION SERGEANT NGAI FUNG-YEE A SIGNIFICANT MEMORY OF THE UNIT BECAUSE HE WAS TWICE PROMOTED IT AND HAS BEEN TWICE ATTACHED TO IT.
IN SEPTEMBER 1967. WAS FIRST MR NGAI, WHO JOINED THE FORCE
1979. HE WAS PROMOTED TO POSTED TO THE SMALL BOAT UNIT IN OCTOBER SERGEANT ON JANUARY 1980 AND STATION SERGEANT FOUR YEARS LATER.
HE LEFT THE UNIT IN OCTOBER
THIS YEAR.
1984. BUT REJOINED IN FEBRUARY
UNIT
EXPANDED HAS "OVER 10 YEARS, THE
"FORMERLY THE OUTFIT WAS MR NGAI SAID. PROGRESS. ITS TASK AND OUR BOATS WERE NOT STRONG ENOUGH,
"NOW, WE HAVE TAILOR-MADE
AND
MADE
NOT
A SUFFICIENT
LOT OF TO
LIFE SAVING
"
UNIFORMS. BETTER EQUIPMENT, WATER-PROOF RAINCOATS AND ADVANCED CRAFT.
JOB PRESENT
HAD
HIGHER MOBILITY AND
THE
HE FELT THAT THE WORKING CIRCUMSTANCES WERE MORE DANGEROUS.
ON THE INTRUDER BECAME THEIR
HE REMEMBERED THAT THEY ARRESTED ONE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT NIGHT OF THE UNIT'S FIRST ANNIVERSARY AND THE GUEST AT THE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.
"BUT THIS YEAR
FORMER AND PRESENT ANNIVERSARY,"
SHOULD BE
OF MEMBERS
MUCH MORE
THE
UNIT
WILL
DIFFERENT. AROUND
CELEBRATE 1TS
300
10TH
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