CONFIDENTIAL
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Junior Police Officers
7.
It is evident that many JPOS consider poor financial remuneration to be the main cause of wustage andi failure to attract recruits to the Force. few married officers are able to save unless they are in the fortunate position of having a working wife and a frequent claim from yourner JPOS is that the stress of Police work. including the long hours shift work, shortage of manpower restrictions on their private lives anı the attitude of the general public. is having an adverse effect on their
In addition. many JPOS reportedly do not other to seek treatment at Government Health Centres because of long delays and the attitude of the staff but instead prefer to pay out of their own pockets for private medical care.
morale.
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JPOS continue to express concern about their post-1997 position anu feel that the competition for riority treatment for United Kingdom passports by the various professional groups will be such that few JPOS
They also feel that will be able to ass sufficient points younger professionals are likely to benefit from the nationality package
on the other hand lengtu as an injucement for them to remain in long Kor; of service is likely to be an essential criterion for Police officers who vish to qualify.
9.
many JPOS have expressed their concern about the ever increasinx) number of firearms being smugglad into Hong Kong as manifested in the recent upsurge of armed robberies and seizures of genuine Firearms in die Territory. The increased level of danger face by officers on the grounu has added weight to the widely held view that existing Police salaries, in comparison with the other «isciplines services do not adequately reflect. the true nature of constabulary duties
10.
The failure of Government to provide sufficient JPO quarters is seen by most officers as failure to nonour a pledge and it is continually being emphasised that young married officers would be less likely to leave the Force if they were provided with quarters.
Salaries and Conditions of Service
11.
Following a report in the "South China Morning Post" on 30 January 1950 which stated that lay magistrates will receive a 20% payrise when they are regraued as 'special magistrates'. it has been suggested by some tricers that such a regrading is merely a ploy on the part of the Judiciary to achieve higher pay and similar restructuring ani
regrading exercises are being used by other Government Departments as a quise to obtain higher salary for their officers in lieu of my level increases It has been further suggested that the force shoula use the same tactics to get achieve pay level increases for its officers.
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