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9. THE FALL OF THE PORTUGUESE SOCIALIST GOVERNMENT UNDER MARIO
SOARES APPEARS TO HAVE CAUSED NO REPERCUSSION IN MACAU.
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R.H.K.P SITUATION AS AT DECEMBER 1977.
1. PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE FORCE HAS IMPROVED DURING THE MONTH
AS HAS POLICE MORALE, ALTHOUGH WITHIN THE OFFICER CADRE, PARTICULARLY THE INSPECTORATE AND JUNIOR GAZETTED RANKS, IT REMAINS FRAGILE. POLICE CHANNELS CONTINUE TO BE USED TO DISCLOSE GRIEVANCES, MOSTLY CONNECTED WITH ICAC PROCEDURES, THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED POLICE SUPPORT GROUP IS CONSIDERING A
NUMBER OF MEASURES TO HELP IMPROVE THE MORALE AND EFFECTIVENESS
OF THE FORCE.
2. THE JUNIOR POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION WAS REGISTERED ON
8TH DECEMBER AND AT THE END OF THE MONTH IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT
ABOUT 11,500 POLICE HAD ENROLLED AS MEMBERS. THE SELF APPOINTED PREPARATORY COMMITTEE, NOW COMPRISING NINE INTERDICTED AND NINE SERVING POLICE OFFICERS, WILL CONTINUE IN OFFICE UNTIL ELECTIONS ARE HELD WHICH ARE DUE FOR COMPLETION IN LATE JANUARY.
THE COMMITTEE HAS, FOR THE MOST PART, ACTED RESPONSIBLY AND RELATIONS WITH THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED POLICE STAFF UNIT, WHICH
IS ASSISTING WITH THE FORMATION OF THE ASSOCIATION, REMAIN GOOD. SINCE REGISTRATION OF THE ASSOCIATION, MEMBERS OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE HAVE TAKEN STEPS CALCULATED TO IMPROVE THEIR OWN IMAGE
BY SUPPORTING A NUMBER OF PUBLIC WELFARE PROJECTS SUCH AS THE
DISTRIBUTION OF WARM CLOTHING AND FUND RAISING ACTIVITIES ON
BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY CHEST. HOWEVER, AN ASSOCIATION EMBLEM,
A RAISED CLENCHED FIST HOLDING A POLICE BATON WITH THE WORD
''JUSTICE'' BENEATH, WHICH HAS BEEN ADOPTED AGAINST THE WISHES OF SOME ASSOCIATION MEMBERS, MAY DETRACT FROM SOME OF THE DESIRED EFFECTS OF THESE MEASURES.
3. PERMISSION FOR REPRESENTATIVES OF INTERDICTED OFFICERS TO
PETITION MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WAS REFUSED
BY THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND HIS DECISION WAS ACCEPTED
WITHOUT REMONSTRATION,
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