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HE SAID THAT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO COUNCILS HAD ALREADY GOT OFF TO A GOOD START, ADDING:
+ THE COMMUNITY STANDS ONLY TO GAIN IF WE SHARE OUR EXPERIENCES AND COOPERATE CLOSELY TOGETHER. I AM SURE THAT THE DISTRICTS WE SERVE, THAT IS, THE NINE DISTRICTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, AND THE 10 IN THE URBAN AREAS, WILL SUPPORT US IN OUR AIMS AND EFFORTS.+
SHARING MR CHEONG-LEEN'S VIEWS, PRC CHAIRMAN MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG SAID HE HOPED THAT THE TWO COUNCILS WOULD HOLD MORE MEETINGS TO ENHANCE COOPERATION AND TO EXCHANGE VIEWS.
THE PRC PARTY WAS HE ADED BY MR CHEUNG AND VICE-CHAIRMAN MR NATHAN MA.
'INTERPOL COOPERATION GROWING FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH'
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MODERN TACTICS TO COMBAT INTERNATIONAL DRUG-TRAFFICKING AND TERROR ISM WERE HIGH ON THE AGENDA WHEN THE WORLD'S TOP POLICE OFFICERS GATHERED IN WASHINGTON RECENTLY FOR THE 54TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF INTERPOL.
HONG KONG WAS REPRESENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR RAYMON ANNING.
MR. ANNING EXPRESSED OBVIOUS SATISFACTION WITH THE WAY THE INTERNATIONAL POLICE ORGANISATION IS GROWING IN STRENGTH, AND THE LEVEL OF CO-OPERATION BETWEEN ITS MEMBER NATIONS.
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'' THE ASSEMBLY WAS VERY WELL ORGANISED ON THIS OCCASION AND HEAVILY ATTENDED," HE SAID.
HE SAID. APART FROM THE VALUE THAT IS DERIVED FROM THE FORMAL MEETINGS, IT DOES PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND ESTABLISH PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
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'THIS, I FOUND PARTICULARLY USEFUL, IN CONNECTION WITH COUNTRIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THOSE ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD WITH WHOM WE REGULARLY CONDUCT POLICE BUSINESS. SO, A GOOD PART OF THE TIME THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD DURING WHICH THE ASSEMBLY TAKES PLACE, WAS SPENT IN CEMENTING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND, HOPEFULLY, EASING THE WAY FOR US FOR ANY ASSISTANCE WE MAY REQUIRE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE FUTURE.''
HONG KONG GAINED GREAT BENEFIT FROM ITS MEMBERSHIP OF INTERPOL BECAUSE THE ORGANISATION PROMOTED THE WIDEST POSSIBLE MUTUAL ASSISTANCE BETWEEN THE VARIOUS CRIMINAL POLICE AUTHORITIES.
''IT HAS THE ADVANTAGE THAT IT OPERATES, IT FUNCTIONS, WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE LAWS OF EACH MEMBER COUNTRY, AS WELL AS WITHIN THE PROVISIONS OF ITS OWN CONSTITUTION,'' HE SAID.
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