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Lord Caithness
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ROYAL
HONG
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POLICE
POLICE FORCE COUNCIL
STAFF ASSOCIATIONS
ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE POLICE HEADQUARTERS ARSENAL STREET
HONG KONG
20th September, 1990
Hong Kong possesses a most unique police force which performs functions far in excess of what, in U.K., is regarded as a traditional policing role. It undertakes 'duties' which in any other country in the West, would be the responsibility of Immigra- tion, Customs, Prisons, Navy and Coast-guard services. Together with its Internal Security and para-military role it performs its more traditional watch and ward duties in such a manner that (despite what you may have read in the newspapers to the countrary), Hong Kong remains one of the safest places in the world today. It is certainly more safe on the streets here than it is in many major cities in the U.K. and Europe. The Force is a comparatively highly qualified one as indicated by the fact that over the past 5 years 31.3% of applications for Local Inspectorate Officer posts have originated from applicants with degress and 44.3% from persons possessing the benefits of tertiary education.
We face fears and major concerns relating to the handover of sovereignty in 1997 as does the remainder of the community. However it is our contention that due to the nature of Police work, officers face very real fears especially relating to recri- mination and discrimination when H.K. becomes part of China. For the past 2 years the Force has been shrinking in strength and yet is faced with the prospect of taking over the border duties from the Army beginning later on this year.
It is widely acknowledged and accepted that the RHKP is the Government's agency of last resort yet the Administration refuses to accord appropriate recognition to this status. The Force has been attempting for some years now to establish formal acceptance of the special position it holds in the Civil Service and society through pay and conditions of service - little if any progress has been made to reflect this special position the administration appearing to have ignored the views of both Police management and of the Staff Associations. Mere lip-service to our status will not suffice.
I would refer you at this point to a strongly worded letter dated 1986 written by the then DCP MAN to the Secretary for the Civil Service highlighting the procrastination that beset the Police Force Council at that time. Secondly a letter dated 9th December 1988 (Annex 'A'), from the Commissioner of Police to the Secretary of the Civil Service informing the Secretary of the Force's reluctant and conditional acceptance of the result of the Rennie Report. This letter also sets out the Commissioner's
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