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Tsuen Wan District Headquarters and Tsuen Wan West Divisional Police Station; Junk Bay District Headquarters and Divisional Police Station; and Waterfront Divisional Police Station.
Work continued on the expansion of the Tai Lam Chung Marine Base which is scheduled for completion early in 1990.
Communications
The contract for the new Integrated Communications System was awarded in December 1988 and installation of equipment on the hilltop transmitter and receiver sites commenced during 1989. The system will replace certain existing radio networks and extend the portable and land mobile communication service to areas currently without adequate coverage. The first phase is scheduled for completion by September 1990.
The system also provides for the replacement of the present telephone exchange equipment with modern digital switches. At the end of the year, seven exchanges had been replaced.
Information Technology
In line with the approved Information Technology Strategy, the Information Technology Branch continued to grow with the creation of 34 additional staff posts and a com- mensurate expansion of office accommodation.
- - The Enhanced Computer Assisted Command and Control System project is now showing tangible signs of progress. The new Regional Command and Control Centre (RCCC) in Kowloon was completed in time to permit the delivery of the computers and associated equipment in October 1989.
The year saw the conclusion of the design contract for the new RCCCs and the Kowloon site is now equipped with the specially-designed consoles and lighting system. The special-to-project computer terminals were also delivered to Kowloon and these provide facilities for the operators unsurpassed anywhere. Building and fitting-out work is con- tinuing at the new RCCCs in the other land regions.
Financial approval was given for the replacement of the Police Operational Nominal Index Computer System, the development of the Major Incident Investigation and Disaster Support System, and the pilot study on the feasibility of the Station Information Com- munal System.
Work on the Computer-Assisted Fingerprint Identification System continued. The project underwent its final stages of contract negotiations in late-1989. It will become operational in 1990.
The Criminal Intelligence Computer System has been in full operation since May 1989. It provides fast and easy retrieval of criminal data and facilitates complex intelligence analysis.
Twenty additional microcomputers with word processing functions were provided to various formations during the year.
Transport
During the year, 96 vehicles were added to the force's transport fleet, which now totals 2 117 vehicles. In line with a vehicle standardisation policy, Landrovers and Ford Transit vans are being replaced by the Leyland Sherpa.
The Police Driving School will be relocated in the near future from Kai Tak to a site in Sau Mau Ping to make way for further expansion of the airport's facilities.