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A 20-member Immigration Department delegation will tomorrow (May 4) begin an eight-day study programme on the Mainland.
It is the sixth 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 will be headed by Acting Assistant Principal Immigration Officer (Visa Control Sub-division - A), Mr William Fung Pak-ho, and comprise a Chief Immigration Officer, a Senior Immigration Officer, 10 Immigration Officers, a Chief Immigration Assistant, five Senior Immigration Assistants and an Immigration Assistant.
The officers will attend lectures on various subjects, including the management of Mainland residents travelling abroad, the management of Mainland residents travelling to and from Hong Kong and Macau, the Mainland legal system, police system and the organisational structure of the Gong An, criminal psychology and Chinese culture. The delegation will also visit Nanjing city.
Director of Immigration, Mr Simon Peh Yun-lu, met the officers before they left for the Mainland. He said the study programme would provide a good opportunity for the officers to enhance their understanding of the operations of the Mainland Immigration Authority and help establish a firmer and closer working connection with Mainland counterparts.
The delegation will return to Hong Kong on May 11.
Ends/Saturday, May 3, 2008
Issued at HKT 12:00
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