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LegCo Panel on Security visits Air Mail Centre in Chek Lap Kok and Kwai Chung Customhouse (with photos)
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The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:

     The Legislative Council (LegCo) Panel on Security conducted a visit to Air Mail Centre in Chek Lap Kok and Kwai Chung Customhouse today (January 29) to understand the operations of the Customs and Excise Department (C&ED).
 
     Accompanied by representatives of the Security Bureau and C&ED, Members first visited Air Mail Centre in Chek Lap Kok and learnt more about how C&ED combat smuggling using air postal packets and express cargoes. Members then visited Kwai Chung Customhouse and received a briefing by C&ED officers on the enforcement measures against smuggling activities using sea cargoes. Members also observed how C&ED officers examined air postal packets and cargoes.
 
     Members who participated in the visit were the Chairman of the Panel, Mr Chan Hak-kan; Panel Members Mr Paul Tse, Mr Michael Tien, Mr Yiu Si-wing, Mr Chan Chi-chuen, Dr Elizabeth Quat and Dr Cheng Chung-tai.
 
Ends/Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Issued at HKT 19:55
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The Legislative Council (LegCo) Panel on Security conducted a visit to Air Mail Centre in Chek Lap Kok and Kwai Chung Customhouse today (January 29). Photo shows LegCo Members visiting the Air Mail Centre in Chek Lap Kok .
The Legislative Council (LegCo) Panel on Security conducted a visit to Air Mail Centre in Chek Lap Kok and Kwai Chung Customhouse today (January 29). Photo shows LegCo Members being briefed by officers of the Customs and Excise Department at Air Mail Centre in Chek Lap Kok to learn more about the enforcement measures against smuggling using air postal packets and express cargoes.
The Legislative Council (LegCo) Panel on Security conducted a visit to Air Mail Centre in Chek Lap Kok and Kwai Chung Customhouse today (January 29). Photo shows LegCo Members observing how the Customs and Excise Department officers examine sea cargoes at Kwai Chung Customhouse.
The Legislative Council (LegCo) Panel on Security conducted a visit to Air Mail Centre in Chek Lap Kok and Kwai Chung Customhouse today (January 29). Photo shows LegCo Members (from left) Mr Yiu Si-wing, Dr Cheng Chung-tai, Mr Chan Chi-chuen, Mr Chan Hak-kan, Mr Paul Tse, Dr Elizabeth Quat and Mr Michael Tien learning about how the Customs and Excise Department's drug detector dogs perform duties.