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A 20-member Immigration Department delegation today (October 14) started an eight-day study programme on the Mainland.
It is the fifth Mainland Study Programme at Beijing Gong An University and is co-ordinated by the Immigration Service Institute of Training and Development and the Beijing Office.
The delegation is headed by Assistant Principal Immigration Officer (Visa Control Sub-division - B), Mr Tsang Kwok-wai, and comprises a Chief Immigration Officer, a Senior Immigration Officer, 10 Immigration Officers, a Chief Immigration Assistant, three Senior Immigration Assistants and three Immigration Assistants.
The officers will attend various lectures including the Management of Mainland residents travelling abroad, Management of Mainland residents travelling to and from Hong Kong and Macau, Mainland Legal System, Police System and the organisational structure of Gong An, Criminal Psychology and Chinese Culture. The delegation will also visit Shaoshan.
Director of Immigration, Mr Lai Tung-kwok, met the officers before they left for the Mainland. He said the study programme would provide a good opportunity for the officers to broaden their horizons and help establish a firmer and closer working connection with their Mainland counterparts.
The delegation will return to Hong Kong on October 21.
Ends/Sunday, October 14, 2007
Issued at HKT 12:03
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