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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1991

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GOVERNOR PAYS TRIBUTE TO IMMIGRATION SERVICE ON ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY

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THE IMMIGRATION SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE THE TERRITORY, THE IN MAINTAINING THE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY OF GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE GOVERNOR WAS ADDRESSING THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY PARADE OF HONG KONG IMMIGRATION SERVICE.

THAT NOTING

HONG KONG WOULD FACE NEW CHALLENGES APPROACHED 1997, SIR DAVID SAID THE TERRITORY COULD COUNT ON

THE SERVICE TO CONTINUE TO PERFORM THEIR DUTIES TO THE STANDARDS PEOPLE HAD COME TO EXPECT.

OF

IMMIGRATION SERVICE,

THE

AS WE MEMBERS

SAME HIGH

BEING THE

HE SAID THE 6,000-MEMBER YOUNGEST DISCIPLINED SERVICE IN HONG KONG, HAD ACHIEVED A GREAT IN THE PAST 30 YEARS.

"THE SCALE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S WORK TODAY IS 1990, SOME 63 MILLION TRAVELLERS CAME THROUGH OUR POINTS.

"OVER

TWO MILLION

DEAL

IMPRESSIVE. IN IMMIGRATION CHECK

APPLICATIONS FOR TRAVEL DOCUMENTS PROCESSED AND OVER A MILLION IDENTITY CARDS WERE ISSUED.

WERE

TS

THE

GOVERNOR WORKLOAD

"THE FIGURES

1991, HAVE CONTINUED TO RISE IN SAID, ADDING THAT THE SERVICE HAD UNDERTAKEN THIS TREMENDOUS WITH ENTHUSIASM AND CARE.

SERVICE, THE FIRST PEOPLE HERE

HE POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT NOT ONLY FOR THE BUT FOR THE TERRITORY AS A WHOLE BECAUSE THE SERVICE WAS FACE OF HONG KONG THAT THE VISITOR SAW AND MOST OF THE CALLED ON THE SERVICE AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER.

EFFICIENCY

AND COURTESY

IN

HAS RECENTLY

"A GREAT DEAL DEPENDS ON YOUR CARRYING OUT YOUR JOB. THE EFFICIENCY OF THE SERVICE BEEN INCREASED BY TECHNOLOGY.

"BUT

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WHAT WILL ALWAYS BE THE KEY FACTOR WHAT WILL ALWAYS

WITH THE REMEMBERED BY THOSE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO COME IN CONTACT

THE GOVERNOR SAID. IMMIGRATION SERVICE - IS THE PERSONAL TOUCH,

SIR DAVID SAID OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY HAD ASKED THE SERVICE TO UNDERTAKE MANY ADDITIONAL TASKS.

"THE

OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND THE DEPORTATION

THESE ARE MIGRANTS VIETNAMESE

ARE OBVIOUS EXAMPLES. ESSENTIAL DUTIES.

BEEN SAID.

THE

SCREENING OF DIFFICULT BUT

h

THEY HAVE THE GOVERNOR

"THE SERVICE CAN TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN THE FACT THAT DISCHARGED WITH PROFESSIONALISM AND SENSITIVITY,

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