20. The drive to suppress drug addiction and trafficking was intensi- fied this year and the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, advised by a newly formed Narcotics Advisory Committee, was appointed to co-ordinate action. Combined action by the Police and the Preventive Service of the Commerce and Industry Department resulted in the seizure of a total of 1,851.31 lbs. of dangerous drugs.
21. In the narcotics field especially, the efforts of the Force have been more closely integrated with those of similar agencies in other countries, some of which have their own liaison officers in Hong Kong. To maintain and improve world-wide liaison, Police officers have attended international conferences in Paris and Lahore and official visits have been made to Japan and Thailand.
NEW HOUSES AND BUILDINGS
22. During the year work continued on a block of 826 Rank and File married quarters in Kowloon which are due to be ready for occupa- tion by September 1960. An additional 12 married quarters were acquired for Inspectorate officers and a new block of 60 such quarters now under construction on Hong Kong Island, will be completed by August 1960.
23. At the Police Training School, quarters were provided for a further 32 Probationary Sub-Inspectors and an additional building was constructed for use as classroom accommodation.
24. Two new Police posts were opened in February 1960. One, which is situated near a reservoir now under construction at Shek Pik on Lantao Island, accommodates one Inspector and 12 Rank and File. The second post, at Tates Cairn in Kowloon, accommodates 15 Rank and File who provide a permanent guard for the new radio repeater station mentioned in paragraph 14 above.
25. Site formation work commenced towards the end of the for
year a Sub-Divisional Police station at Shek Kip Mei and a Police post at Rennie's Mill Camp. Construction of these buildings will commence shortly. The post is due to be completed in November 1960 and the station in March 1961.
DISTURBANCES AND MAJOR INCIDENTS
26. Torrential rainfall during June 1959 caused widespread flooding in many areas of the Colony and Police, working on an emergency basis, assisted in rescue operations necessitated by frequent landslides
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