Eye-opener: Director of Immigration Lai Tung-kwok says the Beijing study programme will provide a good opportunity for officers to broaden their horizons.

A delegation of 20 Immigration officers today set off for an eight-day Beijing study trip under the third Mainland study programme at Beijing Gong An University.

Director of Immigration Lai Tung-kwok said the study programme will provide a good opportunity for the officers to broaden their horizons and establish a firmer and closer working connection with their Mainland counterparts.

The officers will attend lectures on the Mainland's legal system, Police administrative management, China's constitutional system and human rights protection, criminal psychology, China's economy and politics.

Headed by Assistant Principal Immigration Officer Chan Chi-kin, the delegation includes a chief immigration officer, six senior immigration officers, six immigration officers, two chief immigration assistants, three senior immigration assistants and an immigration assistant.