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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1977
PRINCESS ANNE SAYS +THANK YOU+
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HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS ANNE SENT THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG FOR THE CONGRATULATIONS ON THE BIRTH OF HER SON:
+PLEASE CONVEY TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG OUR WARM THANKS AND APPRECIATION FOR THE IR CONGRATULATIONS AND GOOD WISHES.+
NEED FOR JUNIOR POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION RECOGNISED
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THE GOVERNMENT RECOGNISES THE NEED FOR AN ASSOCIATION OF JUNIOR POLICE OFFICERS ON THE LINES OF THE OTHER EXISTING ASSOCIATIONS, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON. LEWIS DAVIES, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
RECENT EVENTS HAD HIGHLIGHTED A DEMAND FOR SUCH AN ASSOCIATION, MR. DAVIES SAID WHEN MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE POLICE FORCE (AMENDMENT) (NO. 3) BILL.
THE PROPOSED ASSOCIATION WILL BE FORMED BY POLICE OFFICERS
OF THE RANK OF STATION SERGEANT AND BELOW.
THERE ARE THREE ASSOCIATIONS OF POLICE OFFICERS ALREADY IN EXISTENCE.
THESE ARE THE SUPERINTENDENTS' ASSOCIATION, THE LOCAL INSPECTORS' ASSOCIATION AND THE EXPATRIATE INSPECTORS' ASSOCIATION. THERE IS, IN ADDITION, A JUNIOR CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL CONTAINING ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS FORMATIONS WHICH MEETS PERIODICALLY WITH THE COMMISSIONER AND OTHER SENIOR OFFICERS AND CONSIDERS MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE WELFARE OF POLICE OFFICERS BELOW THE RANK OF INSPECTOR.
MR. DAVIES SAID THAT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE PROPOSED JUNIOR POLICE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION WOULD GENERALLY FOLLOW THE PRINCIPLES ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE RULES OF THE SUPER INTENDENTS' AND INSPECTORS' ASSOCIATIONS.
+HOWEVER, A CONDITION OF RECOGNITION OF THE NEW ASSOCIATION BY THE COMMISSIONER WILL BE THAT THERE IS PROVISION IN THE ASSOCIATION'S CONSTITUTION TO BAR INTERDICTED OFF ICERS FROM SERVING AS OFFICE BEARERS, OR COMMITTEE MEMBERS,+ MR. DAVIES SAID.
+ I UNDERSTAND THAT THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE PROPOSED ASSOCIATION HAVE ACCEPTED SUCH PROVISIONS, +
HE ADDED THAT THE RULES OF THE ASSOCIATION WOULD ALSO EE SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSIONER AND COULD NOT BE ALTERED WITHOUT HIS CONCURRENCE.
ONCE THE NEW ASSOCIATION IS FUNCTIONING, THE NEED FOR THE CONTINUED EXISTENCE OF THE JUNIOR CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL WILL BE CONSIDERED.
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