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Wednesday, January 9, 1974
PROPOSED RESIPING OF RAF MESS
Proposals are in hand to rebuild the RAF officers' mess within
the boundaries of Kai Tak so as to release the land it now occupies on
the opposite side of Kwun Tong Road, the Colonial Secretary, the Hon.
D.T.E. Roberts, said today.
He was speaking in the Legislative Council in reply to a question
from the Hon. Hilton Cheong-Leen who asked whether the government could
negotiate for the return of the land occupied by the RAF adjacent to Kai Tak
airport in Ngau Chi Wan for public development,
The Colonial Secretary said it was not practical for the RAF to move
from its present location, but the Force had given every assistance in making
boundary adjustments to promote the widening of Kwun Tong Road and to help
in the construction of the underground railway.
MORE WOMEN PCs ON TRAFFIC DUTY
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The number of women police officers on traffic control is to be
increased from 70 to 280 within two years, the Secretary for Security, the Hon.
G.P. Lloyd, said today.
It was also intended, he added, to recruit more women for a range of
other work, although new posts in the Force could be filled by either men or
The planned increase is from about 700 to 1,200.
wowen,
Mr. Lloyd neted that the recent improvement in police rank and file
pay had encouraged many young women to apply to join, and nearly 250 have been
initially accepted during the latest recruitment campaign.
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