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Meanwhile, Ms Lai assured that she would liaise with the China Light and Power Company to see if electricity could be restored to their premises as soon as possible.
The meeting, arranged by the district office, was also attended by representatives from the Social Welfare Department and the Police.
End/Wednesday, May 3, 1995
ExCo members visit Customs and Excise
Five unofficial members of the Executive Council this (Wednesday). afternoon visited the Customs and Excise Department and had a close look at the work of the Customs Drug Investigation Bureau.
The members were Baroness Dunn, Ms Rosanna Wong, Professor Edward Chen, Professor Felice Lieh-mak and Mr John Gray.
The Executive Council party first visited the Customs and Excise Headquarters at Harbour Building and were met by the Commissioner Mr Don Watson and Deputy Commissioner Mr Lawrence Li on arrival.
They were briefed on the functions and responsibilities of the department by the Commissioner and other directorate officers.
The members then went to the Customs Drug Investigation Bureau on the 10th floor, Rumsey Street Car-Park Building in Central.
They were briefed by Senior Superintendent (Drugs), Mr Chow Kwong, on the work of the bureau and the measures taken to combat the importation of drugs into the territory.
The members were told the Customs and Excise Department had achieved quite a satisfactory result in interdicting the importation of illicit drugs last year. Over 1,100 kilograms and 167,000 tablets of drugs were seized.
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