WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1988
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MAINLAND OFFICIAL GIVES ASSURANCE ON POLICE JOBS
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A HIGH-RANKING CHINESE OFFICIAL HAS ASSURED THE COMMISSIONER OF
THAT JOBS OF POLICE POLICE, MR RAYMON ANNING,
OFFICERS, INCLUDING
EXPATRIATES, ARE SECURE AFTER 1997.
STATE
THE REASSURANCE WAS GIVEN BY MR LU PING, VICE DIRECTOR
KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS
HONG COUNCIL'S ANNING'S RECENT 10-DAY VISIT TO CHINA.
OF THE OFFICE, DURING
MR
"THE MEETING WITH MR LU
FI
FRIENDLY AND VERY REASSURING,
LASTED OVER AN HOUR AND
THE MR ANNING TOLD
POLICE
WAS VERY NEWSPAPER,
OFFBEAT, IN AN INTERVIEW.
GREAT REGARD FOR STANDARD OF
"HE WENT TO GREAT PAINS TO ASSURE ME OF HIS THE FORCE, OF ITS REPUTATION FOR EFFICIENCY AND THE HIGH SECURITY IN HONG KONG."
TO
OF
OF
RELATIVE IT WAS WHILE DISCUSSING THE POSITION OF THE FORCE
TERM THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD UP TO 1997 AND THEREAFTER DURING THE THE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION GOVERNMENT THAT MR LU DREW ATTENTION TO THE JOINT AGREEMENT AND ITS SPECIAL REFERENCES TO THE GUARANTEE
FOR AT LEAST HALF A CENTURY JOBS AND PENSIONS OF POLICE OFFICERS BEYOND THE HAND-OVER DATE.
J
"RE SAID
HE
UNDERSTOOD
HOW
IMPORTANT
WAS FORCE
AND EXPRESSED ON AFTER 1997
IN
THE PERIOD TRANSITIONAL MAINTAINING STABILITY DURING THE THE HOPE THAT AS MANY OFFICERS AS POSSIBLE WOULD STAY TO SERVE THE SAR GOVERNMENT, MR ANNING WENT ON.
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MR ANNING WELL IN OFFICERS IN A
ON THE SUBJECT OF THE FUTURE OF EXPATRIATE OFFICERS, SAID BOTH HAD AGREED THAT THE "MIX" HAD SERVED THE COMMUNITY THE PAST AND MR LU PING FORESAW A ROLE FOR EXPATRIATE SIMILAR FASHION AFTER 1997.
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MR LU ALSO TOUCHED
ON
STATIONING THE
BE NO
OF
ELEMENTS OF THE
PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY IN HONG KONG FOR PURPOSES OF NATIONAL DEFENCE
WOULD
INTERFERENCE BY
IN THEM AND REASSURED ME THAT THERE INTERNAL SECURITY OF THE WORKINGS OF THE POLICE FORCE WHICH WOULD BE A
MR ANNING POINTED OUT. MATTER FOR THE SAR GOVERNMENT ALONE,
"
OF DISCUSSION WAS THE OPERATIONALLY, ONE OF THE MAIN TOPICS
TRENDS WERE CURRENT HIGH RATE OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. STATISTICS AND
WAS SOUGHT PASSED ON AND THE CO-OPERATION OF THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES IN RESOLVING THE PROBLEM,
INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, AS AT THE TIME NUMBERS HAVE DROPPED, BUT IT'S FAR TOO SOON TO MR ANNING SAID.
—
OF THIS
CONFIRM
INTERVIEW THE THIS TREND,
M
DISCUSSED
A PROBLEM CONVERTED BUTTERFLY PISTOLS WERE ALSO
TOGETHER WITH THE PROBLEM OF EQUALLY EXPERIENCED ACROSS THE BORDER EXPLOSIVES EMANATING FROM CHINA AND DISCOVERED IN CONNECTION WITH FISH ROMB CASES IN HONG KONG WATERS.
/HR AHNING................