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SECRETARY FOR
SECURITY:
Yes, Sir, the standards are
something which is
is constantly under review by the police
themselves and from time
from time to time changes are made in the
standards required for people to join the police force.
At the moment, it is not intended that there should be any
As regards the attraction of
change in this.
applications both
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both for Constable posts and for Inspector le.
posts, this is something which is also in hand. Measures
include increased publicity, more visits to tertiary
institutions, and the introduction of a system of postal
applications and there has, in fact, been a marked
improvement as a result of these efforts by the Royal Hong
Kong Police Force. For Inspector posts, for instance,
there have been 308 applications in the first few months
of this year which, in fact, is
is a
a 55 per cent increase
over the same period last
year. AS far as Police Le
tonstal
onstable posts are concerned, the remedial measures that
have been introduced have had an immediate effect as well:
for the first two months of the current year, there have
been 1,923 applications compared with 996 for the same
period last year. This is a 93 per cent increase.