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SUNDAY, MAY 2, 1997

THE INVESTIGATION EXPERT ALSO SHOWED HIS PACES IN THE COMPUTERISATION OF THE DEPARTMENT.

IN 1986, THE DEPARTMENT EMBARKED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPUTERISED INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM

THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATION INFORMATION SYSTEM (SIIS).

THE

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"SIIS CAN HOLD MORE THAN 20,000 RECORDS. IT HELPS US A LOT IN ANALYSIS OF THE SYNDICATES' MODUS OPERANDI AND IN PLANNING OF OPERATIONS," HE SAID.

"BEFORE THAT ALL THE DATA AND RECORDS WERE STORED ON FILES AND IN HUMAN BRAINS.'

"WHEN OUR COLLEAGUES LEFT FOR GOOD, SOME VALUABLE MIGHT ALSO GO WITH THEM, HE SAID,

INFORMATION

ANOTHER HI-TECH TOOL THAT BOOSTS THE CAPABILITY OF THE TEAM IS THE IMMIGRATION RECORDS INFORMATION SYSTEM.

MACHINE READABLE PASSPORTS CAN NOW BE ISSUED, MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT TO FORGE DOCUMENTS.

SYSTEM.

MR LEUNG WAS ONE OF THE KEY PLAYERS IN THE SETTING UP

OF THE

FOR THIS REASON, HE WAS SENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY то ATTEND A COMPUTER AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION COURSE IN 1988.

LOOKING BACK OVER HIS CAREER, THE 48-YEAR-OLD MR LEUNG HAS WITNESSED GREAT CHANGES IN THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT.

"WHEN I JOINED THE DEPARTMENT AS A RANK-AND-FILE 1963, IT WAS ONLY A NEW-BORN BABY WITH ABOUT 230 STAFF."

MEMBER IN

"NOW IT HAS MATURED INTO A SOPHISTICATED ORGANISATION WITH MORE THAN 5,500 OFFICERS, HE SAID.

"I

STAFFED

HK'S TEXTILES AND GARMENT INDUSTRY: LARGE AND HEALTHY

THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE, MR CHRISTOPHER JACKSON, REFUTED A WIDE-SPREAD BELIEF IN THE U.S. THAT HONG KONG'S TEXTILES AND GARMENT INDUSTRY HAD MOVED LOCK, STOCK AND BARREL INTO CHINA, AND THAT HONG KONG'S NOT INCONSIDERABLE QUOTA FOR THE

U.S. WAS LARGELY FILLED, QUITE FRAUDULENTLY BY CHINA-MADE GOODS.

HE POINTED OUT THAT SUCH CLAIMS WERE BASED ABOUT HONG KONG MANUFACTURERS IN GENERAL MOVING PERFECTLY CORRECT UNDERSTANDING THAT HONG KONG WAGE HIGHER THAN THOSE IN CHINA.

ON MEDIA STORIES

NORTH AND ON RATES

A WERE MUCH

"IN REALITY,