GPS 550
SECRET
FM HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 08120OZ FCO
TELNO 075
SECRET
HKK 352 12
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
08 JAN1986
OPY
OF 081025Z JANUARY 86
DESK OFFICER
INFO DESKBY 09010OZ PEKING
INDEX
PA
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Taken
YOUR TELS 2034 AND 2029 : FUTURE OF HK OLICE AND GARRISON
REPLACEMENT.
ON BOTH ISSUES EXCO EXPRESSEN AGREEMENT WITH WHAT WAS PROPOSED IN
THE PAPERS PUT BEFORE THEM.
2. IN RESPECT OF PLANNING FOR THE SENIOR RANKS OF THE POLICE FORCE,
THE IP ADVICE WAS THAT -
(A) THE OBJECT SHOULD BE TO ACHIEVE A LOCAL COMMISSIONER OF POLICE
AND AT LEAST ONE LOCAL DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE IN 1995 AND
BY THE YEAR 2000 THE PROPORTION OF LOCAL OFFICERS IN THE GAZETTED
OFFICER RANKS SHOULD BE HIGHER THAN THE PROPORTION OF OVERSEAS
OFFICERS: AND
(B) THE OBJECT SHOULD BE ACHIEVED BY MEANS OF THE PROPOSALS OUTLINED
IN THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMORANDUM.
(C) THAT CONSULTATIONS WITH THE FORCE COULD NOW COMMENCE ON THIS
ISSUE.
3. IN RESPECT OF THE REPLACEMENT FOR THE GAPRISON THEY ADVISED
THAT
(A) FURTHER CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO EXPANDING THE POLICE
TACTICAL UNIT AND BACKING IT UP WITH HONG KONG'S EXISTING VOLUNTEEP
ORGANISATIONS RECONSTITUTED AND PE-ORGANISED AS NECESSARY:
(B) THE STEERING GROUP SHOULD DRAW UP DETAILED PROPOSALS AS TO HOW
LARGE THE PEPLACEMENT SHOULD BE AND THE SPEED AT WHICH IT COULD BE
BUILT UP: AND
(C) THERE SHOULD BE NO PUBLICITY UNTIL HMG'S AGREEMENT TO THE PROPOSALS HAS BEEN OBTAINED: AND THE PPCG HAS REEN INFORMED OF
THE COURSE TO BE PURSUED. THEREAFTER ALL PUBLICITY ON THIS ISSUE
SHOULD BE CAREFULLY CO-ORDINATED AND CONTROLLED.
4. IN RESPECT OF SENIOR STAFF PLANNING FOR THE FOLICE FORCE, MEMBERS' MAIN CONCERN WAS TO MAINTAIN THE MORALE OF THE FORCE AS A WHOLE. THEY APPRECIATED THAT OUP PLANS HAD BEEN DEVISED WITH THIS END IN
MIND AND THAT WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING WOULD HOPEFULLY HAVE THE DESIRED EFFECT. BEHIND THEIR COMMENTS WAS THE HOPE THAT THERE WOULD STILL BE A SIGNIFICANT EXPATRIATE ELEMENT IN THE POLICE FOPCE WHEN
SOVEREIGNTY CHANGED HANDS.
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