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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1977
* THE CID HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY REORGANISED AND REINFORCED
AT ALL LEVELS AND THERE HAS BEEN A MARKED IMPROVEMENT IN
ITS TECHNICAL SUPPORT. EUT THERE IS ROOM FOR FURTHER EXPANSION AND INCREASE IN ESTABLISHMENT.
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AS PART OF THE POLICY OF STRENGTHENING POLICE PRESENCE ON THE GROUND AND IN HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS 72 NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICE UNITS AND POLICE REPORTING CENTRES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED.
* REACTION-TIME AND ALSO ABILITY TO CONTROL AND SUPERVISE
THE WORK OF MEN ON DUTY, HAVE BEEN GREATLY IMPROVED THROUGH THE BEAT RADIO SYSTEM COVERING HONG KONG ISLAND, KOWLOON AND TSUEN WAN/KWAI CHUNG AND GRADUALLY TO BE EXTENDED.
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RELATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC HAVE BEEN GRADUALLY IMPROVED THROUGH EDUCATION OF THE FORCE, THE REVISION OF PROCEDURES, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFF ICERS AND THE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL JUNIOR POLICE CALL.
+THESE DRASTIC CHANGES IN NUMBERS, DEPLOYMENT, PROFESSIONAL TECHNIQUES AND TRADITIONAL ATTITUDES TO THE PUBLIC, HAVE ALL BEEN ADOPTED WITH GREAT SPEED, AT A TIME WHEN THE FORCE WAS UNDERGOING THE PROCESS OF WEEDING OUT THE CORRUPT, SIR MURRAY SAID,
THE NECESSITY FOR THIS PROCESS, HE SAID, WAS ACCEPTED BY ALL HONEST POLICEMEN BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE FORGOTTEN HOW UNPLEASANT AND DISRUPTIVE THE PROCESS COULD BE FOR THEM.
+ALL HONOUR TO THE FORCE FOR THE WAY IN WHICH IT HAS SO GREATLY IMPROVED ITS PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE AND ITS PUBLIC IMAGE, WHILE ALL THIS WAS GOING ON,+ SIR MURRAY SAID.
THAT IT WAS ABLE TO DO 30, HE ADDED, IS A TRIBUTE TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THE COMMISSIONER AND HIS OFFICERS, TO THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FORCE AS A WHOLE, AND TO THE QUALITY AND MOTIVATION OF THE LARGE INTAKE OF NEW YOUNG BLOOD INTO THE CONSTABULARY AND INSPECTORATE.
THE GOVERNOR ALSO WELCOMED THE COMMISSIONER'S INITIATIVE AND UMELCO'S RESPONSE THAT HAS RESULTED IN THE CLOSE ASSOCIATION OF UMELCO'S STANDING GROUP WITH THE HANDLING BY POLICE CF COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE FORCE.
✦THE ADDITION TO PRESENT PROCEDURES OF SCRUTINY AND ADVICE FROM EXPERIENCED AND INDEPENDENT SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WILL INCREASE THE CONFIDENCE OF THE PUBLIC, AND I AM SURE WILL BE OF BENEFIT TO THE COMMISSIONER AND THE FORCE AS A WHOLE,+ SIR MURRAY SAID.
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