74. Details of the conditions of service, pay and allowances are shown at Appendices 3 to 6.
75. The pay increases have noticeably reduced the wastage of young serving officers and have improved recruitment.
LENGTH OF SERVICE
76. The length of service and racial composition of members of the Force at the end of the year were:
Rank
20 & Over
10 - 20
Years of Service
3-10
Under 3 Total
Gazetted Officers
27
67
3
1
98
Junior Officers (Overseas)
16
99
158
86
359
Junior Officers (Local)
18
135
85
108
346
Rank and File
Cantonese
227
2,607
2,386
947
6,167
Northern Chinese
47
355
73
2
477
Pakistani
30
95
3
47
175
Portuguese
16
1
17
Women Police
16
111
134
261
365
3,390
2,819
1,326
7,900
HOUSING AND BUILDINGS
77. Senior Officers are mainly housed in non-departmental quarters, but there are 20 departmental quarters available for holders of certain duty posts. There are 298 departmental quarters available for 386 married junior officers. Priority in the allocation of married quarters for junior officers is given to overseas officers.
78. Of the 206 local junior officers who are married 114 are housed in departmental quarters.
79. Details of new buildings and quarters are given at paragraphs 40-44. With the addition of the Tin Kwong Road quarters the total number now available for married Other Ranks is 2,806. Further details are given at Appendix 8.
80. At the end of the year, the following projects were at various stages of planning or construction:
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