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THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1988

INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF SHAM SHUI PO AREA COMMITTEES

AN

OF

THE

1988-89

TERM OF

INAUGURATION CEREMONY COMMITTEES IN SHAM SHUI PO WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AT 8 THE CHEUNG SHA WAN COMMUNITY CENTRE.

AREA PM AT

THE CEREMONY WILL START WITH AN OPENING SPEECH REGIONAL SECRETARY (HONG KONG AND KOWLOON), POLLOWED

BY THE DEPUTY MR PAUL LEUNG, ΤΟ BE

OF

LETTERS TO BY THE PRESENTATION

APPOINTMENT L. PRESENTATIVES FROM THE 10 AREA COMMITTEES IN SHAM SHUI PO.

THE 10 AREA COMMITTEES ARE NAMELY SHEK KIP MEI; AND 90 UK; PAK TIN; NAM SHAN AND YAU YAT CHUEN; LAI CHAU: CHEUNG SHA WAN; LAI WAN; NAM CHEONG EAST; NAM CHEONG NAM CHEONG NORTH.

THE CEREMONY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A TEA RECEPTION.

LEI CHENG CHI KOK AND UN WEST; AND

UK

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER

TOMORROW SHUI PO AREA COMMITTEES COMMUNITY CENTRE, 55 FAT TSEUNG STREET, START AT 8 PM.

THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF

(FRIDAY) AT THE CHEUNG SHA WAN KOWLOON. THE CEREMONY WILL

SHAM

END OF ERA FOR AUXILIARY MARINE POLICE

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MODERN TECHNOLOGY LAST MONTH CAUGHT UP WITH ONE OF THE FORCE'S OLDEST ESTABLISHED AUXILIARY UNITS. MARINE HARBOUR UNIT OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY POLICE WENT ON DUTY FOR THE LAST TIME TO END OVER A CENTURY OF SERVICE IN SUPPORT OF THE REGULAR FORCE.

THE TIME AND COST OF TRAINING THE PART-TIMERS IN THE USE OF NEW SOPHISTICATED MARINE POLICE LAUNCHES LED TO A REVIEW WHICH BROUGHT THE GOVERNMENT DECISION TO DISBAND THE UNIT.

BUT THE LOSS OF THE HARBOUR UNIT HAS ALLOWED FOR ADJUSTMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS IN OTHER BRANCHES OF THE AUXILIARY FORCE.

SAID MR DENNIS COLLINS, CHIEF STAFF OFFICER, AUXILIARIES: "BY LAST MONTH WE HAD 71 HARBOUR AUXILIARIES REMAINING OUT OF AN ESTABLISHMENT OF 255.

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