FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1984.
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GOVERNOR COMMENDS AUXILIARY POLICE
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THE MAINTENANCE OF LAW AND ORDER CALLS FOR QUALITIES OF COURAGE AND DEVOTION TO DUTY, TO FACE THE CHALLENGES WHICH POLICE OPERATIONS CAN PRESENT. THE AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE HAS ALWAYS STOOD FIRM AND MET THESE CHALLENGES SUCCESSFULLY.
THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID THIS AT THE SILVER JUBILEE PARADE OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE AT THE POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL IN WONG CHUK HANG THIS (FRIDAY) EVEN ING.
CONGRATULATING THE FORCE ON REACHING THIS MILESTONE IN ITS HISTORY, SIR EDWARD SAID HE WAS SURE IT WILL MAINTAIN THIS TRADITION IN THE YEARS AHEAD.
HE ALSO THANKED MEMBERS OF THE FORCE, PAST AND PRESENT, FOR THEIR GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO THE STABILITY OF THE COMMUNITY ON BEHALF OF ALL LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS OF HONG KONG,
**WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE TIME AND THE EFFORT WHICH YOU DEVOTE TO YOUR DUTIES, AND THE CONSCIENTIOUS WAY IN WHICH YOU CARRY THEM OUT, HE SAID,
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THE GOVERNOR NOTED THAT ALTHOUGH PEOPLE WERE TONIGHT COMMEMORATING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FORCE IN 1959, THE HISTORY OF VOLUNTARY POLICE SERVICE IN HONG KONG DATED BACK TO 1914, WHEN THE POLICE RESERVE WAS FORMED TO REPLACE REGULAR OFFICERS WHO HAD VOLUNTEERED FOR MILITARY SERVICE.
IN 1959, HE SAID, THAT RESERVE WAS AMALGAMATED WITH THE SPECIAL CONSTABULARY TO FORM THE CORE OF THE FORCE THAT HAS GROWN INTO THE MODERN AND EFFICIENT ORGANISATION THAT HONG KONG HAS TODAY.
SIR EDWARD ALSO CONVEYED A MESSAGE FROM PRINCESS ALEXANDRA. THE MESSAGE READS: ''AS HONORARY COMMANDANT GENERAL, I AM PROUD TO CONGRATULATE THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE ON THE WONDERFUL SERVICE GIVEN TO THE COMMUNITY OVER THE PAST 25 YEARS.
** HOPE THAT THIS TRADITION WILL BE FULLY MAINTAINED DURING THE YEARS AHEAD AND I SEND MY VERY WARMEST WISHES TO YOU ALL.**
THE GOVERNOR ALSO PRESENTED THE FIRST AND SECOND CLASPS TO THE COLONIAL SPECIAL CONSTABULARY MEDAL TO 12 OFFICERS.
THE CEREMONY WERE ATTENDED BY THE ACTING COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR RAYMON ANNING, THE COMMANDANT (AUXILIARY), MR NYLON TSPO, SENIOR AUXILIARY OFFICERS AND 1 200 GUESTS.
ON PARADE WERE SEVEN CONTINGENTS FROM VARIOUS AUXILIARY FORMATIONS, WHILE MUSIC WAS PROVIDED BY THE AUXILIARY POLICE PIPE BAND AND THE SILVER BANDS OF THE REGULAR FORCE.
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