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Police Tactical Unit
At the Police Tactical Unit at Fanling in the New Territories, 1,471 officers from the rank of constable to superintendent underwent training in all aspects of crowd control and in- ternal security in 1979. In addition, 185 women police officers were instructed in crowd control techniques.
Auxiliary Police
The Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force, which has an establishment of 5,000, recruits volunteers from all walks of life. The principal role of the force is to support the regular force in its constabulary duties. In an emergency, when mobilisation may be ordered, auxiliaries provide personnel for internal security work.
In 1979, a daily average of 796 auxiliary volunteers turned out for constabulary duties. Owing to the influx of Vietnamese refugees and illegal immigrants from China, limited mobilisation took place in July. This provided a further 250 auxiliary officers daily in support of the regular force.
Efficiency is maintained by regular in-service training at the auxiliary police headquarters on Hong Kong Island and at the various auxiliary unit bases.
Customs and Excise Service
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The Customs and Excise Service is a disciplined force whose three major responsibilities are revenue protection, anti-narcotics operations and import and export controls. Its establish- ment is some 1,500 officers of all ranks supported by 130 civilian staff. The Director of Trade Industry and Customs is the Commissioner of the Customs and Excise Service.
alcoholic Although Hong Kong is a free port, there are four dutiable commodities liquors, tobacco, methyl alcohol, and hydrocarbon oils which are used as fuel for motor vehicles and aircraft. The service is responsible for collecting and protecting revenue derived from dutiable commodities. The Dutiable Commodities Ordinance, which imposes controls over the import, export, manufacture, sale and storage of these commodities, is administered by the service. Some $830 million in revenue was collected on dutiable commodities in the 1978-9 financial year, compared with $733 million in 1977-8. Seizures and confiscations involved 5,601 kilograms of tobacco, 20,701 litres of liquor and 18,503 litres of diesel oil. A total of 1,084 people were arrested or summonsed and fines amounting to $274,196 were imposed by the courts.
The service is also responsible for administering controls over prohibited or restricted articles under the Import and Export Ordinance and its subsidiary legislation for health and security reasons, and to enable Hong Kong to fulfil certain international obligations.
Anti-Narcotics Operations
The Customs and Excise Service plays an important role in the prevention and suppression of illicit trafficking in narcotics, other dangerous drugs and acetylating substances under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance and the Acetylat- ing Substances (Control) Ordinance. More than half of the service is committed to anti- narcotics activities. The service has established close co-operation with its overseas counterparts and other law enforcement agencies in the fight against the abuse of narcotic drugs. Apart from intercepting illegal imports by sea and air, action is taken against premises used for the manufacture, storage, sale and smoking of drugs.
During the year, anti-narcotics operations led to the seizure of 205 kilograms of dangerous drugs - including 76.6 kilograms of heroin and 2.3 kilograms of heroin base and 1.6 litres
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