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Visits to Customs and Excise Training School to understand the mission of serving officers
Supporting Organisation: Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department
The Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department (C&ED) is one of the major law enforcement agencies in Hong Kong, undertaking a wide range of duties including investigations, anti-smuggling, narcotics interdiction, protection of intellectual property rights, and revenue protection.
To give young people a better idea of the work of the C&ED, six visits to the Customs and Excise Training School were organised for more than 250 CDF participants from July to August 2015. The visits included briefing by customs officers on their training, operations and entry requirements, and a tour to its mock facilities such as court room, customs declaration channel and parade room. Participants could also make close contact with drug detector dogs.
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Participants of "Step Up — Life Guiding Project" organised by the Baptist Oi Kwan Social Service, Yau Tsim Mong District
"The C&ED is a highly disciplined law enforcement agency in the Government. Through the visit, I can learn more about the role, training programmes and various mock facilities of its Training School. We now understand that officer trainees are trained up with various techniques such as self-defense, foot drill training, use of firearm, goods examination, mock court trial, interrogation and offender investigation before serving the community. Now I have a better idea of their entry requirements. I will do my best to fulfil them. Hopefully I can serve the community as a customs officer in the future." — Virgil LO "It's a real eye-opener. I don't know much about the C&ED before the visit, but now I can tell that many important law enforcement duties such as narcotics interdiction, anti-smuggling, protection of intellectual property rights are carried out by this department. The Training School has its own outdoor firing range, multi-purpose sports ground, swimming pool and trainee dormitories. It is fully equipped to provide all the necessary training and preparation for its officer trainees to face future challenges." — Vanee SO "I have been thinking of joining the disciplined services but I'm not sure which one suits me most. The visit helps me understand the major functions of the C&ED. Apart from conducting baggage examination, the C&ED also performs duties relating to protection of intellectual property rights. The customs officer who guided us shared his good and hard times while working at the C&ED. This helps me set a clear target for my future career plan." — Alex CHENG 
Participants Virgil LO, Alex CHEUNG and Vanee SO (from left to right).
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