MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1993
OFFICERS ON ATTACHMENT TO UK IMMIGRATION SERVICE
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FOUR IMMIGRATION OFFICERS WILL LEAVE FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM LATE MARCH FOR A SIX-WEEK ATTACHMENT PROGRAMME WITH THE UNITED KINGDOM IMMIGRATION SERVICE.
THEY ARE ACTING SENIOR IMMIGRATION OFFICERS MS HO CHING-YEE, MESSRS CHAN SHIU-KEUNG AND LEUNG WAI-KWONG, AND ACTING IMMIGRATION OFFICER MR FUNG KAI-YEE.
THE GROUP WILL VISIT BRANCHES OF THE HOME OFFICE HANDLING IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY MATTERS AS WELL AS IMMIGRATION OFFICES AND PORTS.
AT A BRIEFING BEFORE THEIR DEPARTURE, THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR LAURENCE LEUNG, POINTED OUT THAT THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT PLACED GREAT IMPORTANCE ON GIVING ITS STAFF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING.
HE SAID OWING TO THE GROWING COMPLEXITY OF IMMIGRATION WORK, MEMBERS OF THE SERVICE WERE REQUIRED TO BE VIGILANT AND ALERT TOWARDS CHANGES THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE.
MR LEUNG SAID HE HOPED THAT THE ATTACHMENT WOULD PROVIDE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE OFFICERS TO WIDEN THEIR HORIZON AND то HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORK OF THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
RETIRING CIVIL SERVANTS JOIN SEMINAR
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY RETIRING CIVIL SERVANTS ATTENDED A SEMINAR THAT WAS ORGANISED BY THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH THIS (MONDAY) MORNING TO HELP THEM ADAPT TO LIFE AFTER RETIREMENT.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE SEMINAR, DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MRS ALICE LAI, SAID THE SEMINAR AIMED TO ENABLE PARTICIPANTS TO BETTER PLAN FOR AND MANAGE THE TRANSITION, TO RAISE AWARENESS AND TO DRAW ATTENTION TO ALL MATTERS THAT HAVE AN INFLUENCE ON THEIR RETIREMENT.
BY HELPING RETIRING OFFICERS TO
DEFINE THEIR OWN PRIORITIES
AND TAKE ACTION IN GOOD TIME, IT IS HOPED TO HELP THEM CONFRONT ANY LATENT FEAR AND APPREHENSION AND DEVELOP A POSITIVE AND HEALTHY ATTITUDE TOWARDS RETIREMENT, MRS LAI SAID.
"THE SEMINAR WILL ALSO PROVIDE A FORUM TO FEELINGS BETWEEN RETIRING COLLEAGUES AND EXPERTS AND TO IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS TO COMMON PROBLEMS," SHE
EXCHANGE VIEWS AND IN SPECIFIC FIELDS
SAID.
/THE TWO-DAY
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