FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1988
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ROLE OF POLICE TACTICAL UNIT TO BE EXPANDED
EXPANDED,
ΤΟ
BE THE ROLE OF THE POLICE TACTICAL UNIT (PTU) IS TO NOT ONLY TO PROVIDE MANPOWER TO THE OTHER POLICE REGIONS, BUT ALSO
INTEGRITY OF OUR ASSUME THE ROLE OF THE MILITARY IN MAINTAINING THE
ANNING, LAND BORDER WITH CHINA, THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR RAYMON SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE SPEAKING AT THE PASSING OUT PARADE OF THE ALPHA COMPANY AT
MORNING, MR HEADQUARTERS OF THE POLICE TACTICAL UNIT IN FANLING THIS ANNING SAID THAT PTU HAD FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME JUSTIFIABLY ENJOYED A GOOD REPUTATION BOTH OVERSEAS AND HERE IN HONG KONG.
"THE PRIMARY ROLE OF THE UNIT HAS ALWAYS BEEN, AND WILL REMAIN, THE SUPPRESSION OF DISORDER AT TIMES WHEN INTERNAL
IS SECURITY
THREATENED," HE SAID.
HEAVILY
FIGURED
FIGHT
NOTING THAT THE DAY TO DAY ROLE OF THE PTU HAD CHANGED QUITE
APART FROM DRAMATICALLY OVER THE YEARS, MR ANNING SAID THAT COMMITTED ΤΟ CROWD CONTROL DUTIES, THE PTU HAD ALSO PROMINENTLY IN OPERATIONS AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND IN THE AGAINST CRIME.
CUSTOM
HE POINTED OUT THAT A NEW PTU DEPOT WAS CURRENTLY BEING
FOR OCCUPATION BUILT AT" VOLUNTEER SLOPES, FANLING AND WOULD BE READY IN 1990.
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TO
INCREASE THIS WILL ENABLE US TO
OUR TRAINING FROM TWO
TRAINING TIME AVAILABLE THREE COMPANIES AT ONE TIME, AND EXPAND THE
OF MODERN TO IMPART ADDITIONAL SKILLS REQUIRED TO FACE THE CHALLENGE HONG KONG AS WE MOVE TOWARD 1997.
TACKLE
ITS
IN
THE
AHEAD,
MR
"I AM
CONFIDENT ABSOLUTELY
THAT PTU WILL RESPONSIBILITIES WITH THE SAME SPIRIT AND DETERMINATION SHOWN
THAT LIE PAST AND WILL MAKE A SUCCESS OF THE CHALLENGES ANNING ADDED.
FORMED AT PTU THE ALPHA COMPANY, THE SEVENTH ONE BEING
THIS DRAWN FROM HONG KONG YEAR, COMPRISES 170 OFFICERS OF VARIOUS RANKS ISLAND REGION. IT IS COMMANDED BY SUPERINTENDENT NG CHEE-KIN.
TODAY'S PARADE ALSO MARKED THE DECOMMISSIONING AND RETIREMENT FROM SERVICE OF 14 SARACEN ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIERS (APCS) AND THE COMMISSIONING OF THE NEW SAXONS.
THE BIDDING FAREWELL TO THE SARACENS WHICH HAVE SERVED PTU AND
SAID THAT THE POLICE WOULD FORCE FOR THE PAST 18 YEARS, MR ANNING
PTU DEPOT RESERVE A PLACE OF HONOUR FOR SARACEN APC NO.1, AT THE NEW AS A FUTURE REMINDER OF ITS SERVICE.
MODERN APCS IN
THE NOTING THE NEW SAXON WAS ONE OF THE MOST
OUR NEEDS WORLD, THE POLICE CHIEF STRESSED: "THIS NEW VEHICLE MEETS
SECURITY IN PROVIDING SUPPORT IN AN INTERNAL
SITUATION AND IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE FORCE'S DETERMINATION TO PROVIDE YOU WITH BEST EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE.
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