HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 15 February 1989
香港立法局
·九八九年二月十五日
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MRS. FAN: Sir, the Secretary said that the current wastage and recruitment situation of the police does not compare unfavourably with the other disciplined services. Can he tell us what the wastage and recruitment situation of the other disciplinary services is?
SECRETARY FOR SECURITY: Sir, this will probably be set out more easily in a written reply, but I can run through very quickly the wastage and vacancy rates for the disciplined services. As I have said, the police wastage rate for 1988 is 6% and the Correctional Services is 12.7%, Immigration 10.1%, Customs and Excise 6.5%, Fire Services 3.3% and the Civil Service as a whole, minus the disciplined services, 5.6%. As regards vacancy rates, the police are less than 1%, Correctional Services 8.3%, Immigration 4.8%, Customs and Excise 3.4%, Fire Services 6.5%, and the Civil Service minus the disciplined services 6.1%.
MR. ANDREW WONG: Sir, in respect of the current police wastage and recruitment situation, although it compares favourably with other disciplined services and the Civil Service as a whole, how does it compare with previous years, particularly in respect of the level and standards of applicants attracted by the police force as of now?
SECRETARY FOR SECURITY: Sir, it is true that compared with recent years there has been some deterioration in the actual rates of wastage. But I think this must be seen in the context of Hong Kong as a whole. I do not have the standards for applicants for previous years. What I can say is that in 1988 there were 13 075 applications for constables. This represented a 67% increase over 1987. However, taking up Mr. WONG's point, the average educational standard of the applicants did decline slightly. About 80% of them possessed only the minimum qualifications compared with 60% possessing the minimum qualifications in 1987. And the number of applicants with better qualifications is also slightly lower than 1987. But I do not think this detracts from the main thrust of both the question and the replies that I have given in that the numbers coming forward are certainly not such as to be a cause for concern at present by the Government, and there is no question of the numbers, or the vacancy rates, or the wastage rates being in any way affecting police operations, either at present or in the immediate future.
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