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New Police Museum During the year, the Police Museum was relocated from a commercial building in Wan Chai, to the former Wan Chai Gap Police Station. With a total area of 560 square meters, the museum has been expanded and modernised. It now includes four exhibition galleries: the Orientation Gallery, the Narcotics Gallery, the Triad Societies Gallery and the Current Exhibition Gallery, and is open to members of the public.
Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force
The Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force is manned entirely by volunteers from all walks of life. Its current strength is 5 055, about 10 per cent being women. The force assists the regular police force in day-to-day constabulary duties and provides additional manpower when needed for such emergencies as major disasters or public disorder. In 1988 the force was called upon to provide daily guard duties at the refugee camps for Vietnamese boat people.
The average daily turnout of auxiliaries for constabulary duties was 700.
Police Complaints Committee
The Police Complaints Committee is an independent monitoring group appointed per- sonally by the Governor. Its main function is to monitor the processing by the Complaints Against Police Office (CAPO), Royal Hong Kong Police Force, of complaints made against the police by the public.
During the year, the committee examined in detail 3 428 complaint cases. Apart from ensuring that the CAPO investigations were carried out in a thorough and impartial manner, the committee also made recommendations for improvements or changes to police practices, procedures and instructions arising from the vetting of these complaints cases with a view to both improving the overall effectiveness of the complaints system and assisting the Commissioner of Police in minimising public complaints against the police.
Customs and Excise Department
The major component part of the Customs and Excise Department is the Customs and Excise Service, a disciplined and uniformed force of 2 741. Apart from law enforcement and revenue protection functions, the responsibilities of the service include the prevention and detection of illegally imported goods which are prohibited or restricted for public health or safety reasons or to meet international obligations.
Revenue Protection
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There are six groups of dutiable commodities in Hong Kong - hydrocarbon oil, alcoholic liquor, methyl alcohol, tobacco, non-alcoholic beverages and cosmetics. The Customs and Excise Service is responsible for collecting and protecting revenue on dutiable commodities. The Dutiable Commodities Ordinance imposes controls on the import, export, manufac- ture, sale and storage of these commodities. In 1988, a total revenue of $3,799 million was collected on dutiable commodities, compared with some $3,646 million in 1987.
Anti-Narcotics Operations
The service shares responsibility with the Police Force for the prevention and suppression of illicit trafficking in narcotics and other dangerous drugs. It intercepts illegal imports and exports and takes action against drug manufacturing, trafficking and abuse in Hong Kong. The service co-operates closely with the Police Force, overseas customs authorities and other law enforcement agencies.