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Three Chief Immigration Officers and three Senior Immigration Officers will attend study visit programmes in the USA, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden and Denmark later this month.

The two Chief Immigration officers, Ms HAU Soo-mun and Mr LAM Kwong-luen, will attend a four-month administrative development course at the University of California, Berkeley.

Another Chief Immigration officer Mr LEE Kam-man Simon, three Seniors Immigration officers Mr LUK Ho-sang, NG Chung-ming and Mrs CHU LEE Oi-kuen will attend a six-week study visit programme in the five European countries. They will visit the Immigration Services of these countries including their international airports, checkpoints, sea ports and immigration offices.

At a briefing before their departure, the Director of Immigration, Mr Ambrose LEE pointed out that the Immigration Department attached great importance to enhancing professional training for its staff. He also said that due to the growing complexity of immigration work, members of the Service needed to be more vigilant and alert. Mr LEE said that he hoped the visit would provide a good opportunity for the officers to broaden their horizon and to have a better understanding of the work of other Immigration Services.

End/Tuesday, August 15, 2000

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