SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1988
RENOVATION OF WAN CHAI POLICE HO REPORT ROOM
FOR THE IN
CLEANING UP WAN CHAI I9 NORMAL DAY TO DAY DUTY OFFICERS OF THE OLD DISTRICT POLICE HEADQUARTERS ON THE WATERFRONT GLOUCESTER ROAD.
BUT CLEANING UP THE CLUTTERED REPORT ROOM IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TAKEN THEM ALL BY SURPRISE.
OUT GO THE OLD TANGLE OF ELECTRIC WIRRS, THE DRAB AND SHABBY PAINTWORK AND THE NOISY CLACKING TELEPRINTER.
IN COME NEW AND IMPROVED WORKING CONDITIONS FOR
THE PUBLIC AND DEALING WITH WAN CHAI MISCREANTS.
DOWN COMES THE OLD CEILING TO IMPROVE ACOUSTICS.
UP GOES MORALE OF ALL CONCERNED.
MBRTING
IT'S THE FIRST TIME THE OLD REPORT ROOM HAS BERN RENOVATED SINCE WAN CHAI POLICE STATION WAS BULIT IN 1933.
IT WAS TO THE CHAGRIN OF WAN CHAI DIVISIONAL COMMANDER MR JOHN BURTON THAT HE SAW A STAFF REPORT ON A NEWLY ARRIVED MEMBER OF HIS STAFF: THE OFFICER'S WORKING CONDITIONS ARR WORSE THAN WAN CHAI REPORT ROOM,+
+IT STRUCK ME AS WRY, SAID MR BURTON, +THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THIS NEW INCUMBENT ARRIVING WITH SUCH A BLOT ON HIS POLICE RECORD AT THE VERY TIME THAT HE ARRIVED AT WAN CHAI.
+COINCIDENTALLY, WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, WORK STARTED ON RENOVATING OUR REPORT ROOM. THE OFFICER CONCERNED MAY WELL IMAGINE THAT IT'S BEEN DONE JUST FOR HIM. +
NOT REALLY. THERE IS A LONG HERITAGE OF POLICE OFFICERS, REACHING THEIR DECLINING YEARS, WHO HAVE VIVID MEMORIES OF WORKING THAT REPORT ROOM.
NOW IN
WORK NOW UNDER WAY WILL TRANSFORM THE REPORT ROOM ΤΟ A PLACE OF BEAUTY AND A JOY TO WORK IN.
WORKING CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE WITH THR NEW LOW CEILING, AIR CONDITIONING, SOUND PROOFED TELEPRINTER AND FITTED CUPBOARDS.
IT WILL BRING ALL THE FACILITIES ROUGHLY IN LINE WITH THE DEMANDS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, + MR BURTON SAID.
+WILL IT IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE PEOPLE USING THE REPORT ROOM? WE CAN ONLY HOPE THAT WR SHALL SER A BETTER CLASS OF PEOPLE COMING TO THE STATION,
AND
+MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL FIND IT EASIER TO MAKE REPORTS IT WILL MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT ON THE WORKING CONDITIONS OF OFFICERS IN THE REPORT ROOM. +
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