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FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1990

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INCREASES APART FROM REGULAR

IN THE NUMBER OF TRAVELLERS WEEK. AND THROUGH HONG KONG WHICH NOW EXCEED 1.2 MILLION PERSONS PER

A CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN THE DEMAND FOR TRAVEL DOCUMENTS AND VISAS,

MUCH COMPLETELY NEW THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT HAS HAD TO UNDERTAKE WORK IN RECENT YEARS.

OF

VIETNAMESE

BOAT

PEOPLE,

"THIS HAS INCLUDED THE SCREENING AND THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW IDENTITY CARDS AND TRAVEL DOCUMENTS.

"THE NEW NATIONALITY PACKAGE WOULD BE A WORK FOR THE DEPARTMENT, HE SAID.

FURTHER AREA OF NEW

TI

THEY

THE WAS AN

MR ASPREY CONGRATULATED THE RECRUITS ON THE HIGH STANDARD

BEARING AND TURNOUT ON PARADE AND ON HAD ACHIEVED IN THEIR

OF THEIR SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION

INITIAL

WHICH TRAINING IMPORTANT FOUNDATION ON WHICH TO BUILD THEIR CAREER.

THEM ΤΟ LEARN, ABOUT DEALING

HE REMINDED THEM THAT THERE REMAINED MUCH FOR

THEIR

AND WORK. BOTH ABOUT THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF WITH PEOPLE.

"THIS

WOULD LEARNING

EXPERIENCE,

COME PARTLY THROUGH

AND " HE SAID, ADDING THAT HE PARTLY THROUGH FURTHER STUDY AND TRAINING, WAS CONFIDENT THAT THEY WOULD ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE WITH ENTHUSIASM.

WERE PRESENTED

BEST RECRUIT SHIELDS

ΤΟ THE BEST ALL-ROUND RECRUIT OF BACH OF THE EIGHT PASSING-OUT SQUADS ON PARADE.

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MISCELLANEOUS CHANGES TO EDUCATION ORDINANCE PROPOSED

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то AND

THE GOVERNMENT WILL SHORTLY INTRODUCE INTO THE LEGISLATIVE

MAKE COUNCIL AN AMENDMENT BILL SEEKING TO

MISCELLANEOUS CHANGES THE EDUCATION ORDINANCE WHICH INCLUDE THE UPDATING OF TERMINOLOGY PENALTY LEVELS.

OTHER PROPOSED AMENDMENTS INCLUDE THE REMEDYING OF CERTAIN

COURSE

THE ADMINISTERING

OF

DEFICIENCIES WHICH HAVE EMERGED IN THE ORDINANCE, THE REPEAL OF THE POWER TO REGULATE POLITICAL ACTIVITIES IN SCHOOLS, AND THE PROVISION OF APPEALS UNDER REGULATIONS.

THE EDUCATION (AMENDMENT}

(FRIDAY).

BILL 1990 WAS GAZETTED TODAY

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE PRESENT EDUCATION ORDINANCE WAS ENACTED IN 1971 AND CERTAIN PROVISIONS WERE OUT-OF-DATE OR NO LONGER APPROPRIATE.

TO

MAKE

"AN EXAMPLE OF THE LATTER IS THE PROVISION OF A POWER REGULATIONS TO CONTROL POLITICAL ACTIVITY IN SCHOOLS, HE SAID.

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