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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24,

1990

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GOVERNOR VISITS VOLUNTEERS AT THE BORDER

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (MONDAY) VISITED VARIOUS VOLUNTEERS} DEPLOYED SQUADRONS OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (THE ALONG THE BORDER TO CARRY OUT THEIR ANNUAL BORDER PATROL DUTIES.

UP OF SOME CARRYING RELIEVE

THE VOLUNTEERS, A PART-TIME SECURITY FORCE MADE 1,000 HONG KONG RESIDENTS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, ARE THEIR ANNUAL DUTIES OF GUARDING THE BORDER THIS WEEK TO REGULAR ARMY. THEY HAVE UNDERTAKEN THIS ANNUAL DUTY SINCE 1980.

OUT

THE

ROOM

SIR DAVID FIRST ARRIVED AT MAN KAM TO MILITARY OPERATIONS WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED BY THE COMMANDING OFFICER LIEUTENANT COLONEL C.G. PATEY RTR ON THE OPERATIONS OF THE REGIMENT.

THE VISIT TOOK SIR DAVID ALONG THE ENTIRE BORDER FROM SHA KOK IN THE EAST TO PAK NAI IN THE WEST WHERE HE MET AND SPOKE TO KONG'S OWN PART-TIME SOLDIERS.

DAVID

THE BY

ENTHUSIASM IMPRESSED WAS SAID HE SIR PROFESSIONALISM DISPLAYED BY THE VOLUNTEERS IN THE DEMANDING TASK MANNING THE BORDER.

TAU

HONG

AND OF

FOR

PROBLEM

THE GOVERNOR COMMENDED EMPLOYERS FOR RELEASING VOLUNTEERS BORDER DUTY AT A TIME WHEN THE TERRITORY WAS STILL FACING THE OF LABOUR SHORTAGE.

THE

TO 30.

VOLUNTEERS'

BORDER

TOUR

THIS YEAR IS FROM SEPTEMBER 22

ADMISSION OF OVERSEAS PRC NATIONALS FOR EMPLOYMENT

EFFECT

FROM CHINA

THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY) THAT WITH

THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, NATIONALS OF (PRC) WHO ARE PRESENTLY OVERSEAS WILL BE ALLOWED TO COME TO HONG FOR EMPLOYMENT.

KONG

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN

SAID

THE

CRITERIA FOR ADMISSION

OF

THESE NATIONALS FOR EMPLOYMENT ARE:

*

THE APPLICANTS

MUST

APPLY

OVERSEAS

FOR AT

LEAST

OVERSEAS

AND HAVE ("OVERSEAS"

BEEN MEANS

FROM TWO YEARS OUTSIDE CHINA, MACAU AND HONG KONG);

THE APPLICANTS MUST SATISFY NORMAL FOR EMPLOYMENT; AND

REQUIREMENTS FOR ENTRY

/* THE APPLICANTS