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THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1990

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"WE WILL TAKE ABOUT 120 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH US. SOME THERE SUCH AS GUZHENG, SHENG, BIANQING AND BIANZHONG HAVE A OF OVER 3,000 YEARS, HE SAID.

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THE MUSICAL DELEGATION WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ON AUGUST 8.

SEVEN IMMIGRATION OFFICERS ON OVERSEAS TRAINING

SEVEN OFFICERS OF THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT WILL LEAVE LATER THIS MONTH AND IN AUGUST FOR TRAINING IN THE UNITED STATES, EUROPE AND JAPAN.

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CHIEF IMMIGRATION OFFICERS MR CHAN TIN-LUN AND MR YIM WILL SPEND NINE MONTHS IN THE STUDY OF SYSTEM ANALYSIS, PROJECT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, USA.

CHIEF IMMIGRATION OFFICERS MR IP HON-TONG AND MR HUI CHIU-YIN, AND SENIOR IMMIGRATION OFFICERS MR CHOW LAP-KWOK AND MR WAI CHUEN WILL LEAVE FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM, NETHERLANDS AND WEST GERMANY ON EIGHT-WEEK STUDY OF THE IMMIGRATION PROCEDURES IN THESE COUNTRIES.

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IMMIGRATION OFFICER MR TAM HON-CHUNG WILL TAKE UP A FOUR-MONTH TRAINING COURSE IN INFORMATION PROCESSING PERSONNEL {PERSONAL COMPUTER PROGRAMMING) IN JAPAN.

AT A BRIEFING TODAY (THURSDAY) BEFORE THE OFFICERS' DEPARTURE THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR LAURENCE LEUNG, URGED THE OFFICERS

то MAKE THE BEST USE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO WIDEN THEIR HORIZON AND ΤΟ ACHIEVE SELF ENRICHMENT.

HE SAID THE DEPARTMENT ATTACHED GREAT IMPORTANCE TO OFFICERS RECEIVING OVERSEAS TRAINING AS WELL AS ESTABLISHING CONTACTS WITH AND LEARNING FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF FOREIGN IMMIGRATION SERVICES.

"THE STUDY TRIPS WILL ASSIST OFFICERS IN SELF DEVELOPMENT AND ENABLE THEM TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIFFERENT CULTURAL AND SOCIAL BACKGROUND OF OVERSEAS VISITORS WHOM THEY MET IN THE COURSE OF THEIR DUTIES, HE SAID.

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"THE DEPARTMENT FULLY RECOGNISES THE LONG TERM BENEFITS THAT CAN BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THESE STUDY TRIPS AND EVERY EFFORT IS MADE TO PROVIDE OFFICERS WITH SUCH OPPORTUNITIES, DESPITE STAFF SHORTAGE DUK TO RECRUITMENT AND WASTAGE PROBLEMS, HE ADDED.

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