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SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 1983
POLICE WORK OFFERING EXCELLENT PROSPECTS
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ABOUT 50 000 COPIES OF A LETTER SIGNED BY THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR. LI KWAN-HA, ARE BEING SENT TO THIS YEAR'S FORM FIVE SCHOOL-LEAVERS.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS MAILING EXERCISE IS TO INFORM YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE AND TO INVITE THEM TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER MAKING POLICE WORK THEIR LIFE CAREER.
MR. LI KWAN-HA, THE HIGHEST RANKING LOCAL POLICE OFFICER, POINTED OUT IN HIS LETTER THAT POLICE WORK IS A PROFESSIONAL JOB WHICH OFFERS A WIDE VARIETY OF DUTIES AND EXCELLENT CAREER PROSPECTS.
''THE GREAT EXPANSION AND DEVELOPMENTS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS IN THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE HAVE BROUGHT US MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR OFFICERS TO SPECIALISE IN VARIOUS SPHERES OF POLICE DUTIES. "
MR. LI NOTED THAT THE FORCE HAS VACANCIES FOR CONSTABLES IN BOTH THE LAND AND MARINE UN ITS WHICH WILL BE FILLED BY YOUNG MEN OF GOOD EDUCATION AND QUALITY.
THE POLICE ARE HOPING TO RECRUIT SOME 1 200 POLICE CONSTABLES DURING THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR.
ENCLOSED WITH THE LETTERS ARE COLOURFUL LEAFLETS AND COPIES OF FACT SHEETS GIVING FULL DETAILS ON QUALIFICATIONS, TRAIN ING, PROMOTION PROSPECTS, SALARY SCALES AND FRINGE BENEFITS OF THE JUNIOR POLICE OFFICER GRADE AND THE ADDRESSES OF RECRUITING CENTRES.
A POLICE RECRUITING OFFICE SPOKESMAN TODAY ADVISED THAT SECONDARY SCHOOL LEAVERS WISH TO JOIN RANKS SHOULD APPLY NOW.
. IN FACT, THEY CAN NOW USE THEIR HKCEE ADMISSION CARDS AS PROOF OF EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS WHEN MAKING THEIR APPLICATION AND INFORM US OF THE EXAMINATION RESULTS LATER,'' HE ADDED.