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THE GROWING NUMBER OF VEHICLES ON THE ROADS AND THEIR INCREASING ROAD USE HAD CAUSED A NOTICEABLE CONGESTION INCREASED, HE ADDED.
"SUSTAINED TRAFFIC POLICE EFFORT WILL BE REQUIRED IF RESULTANT ACCIDENTS ARE TO BE CONTAINED.
CONSIDERING THE EFFORTS BEING MADE BY OFFICERS AT ALL LEVELS TO PREVENT CRIME AND CONTROL TRAFFIC, THE FORCE CHIEF NOTED IT WAS HEARTENING THAT DURING 1988 COMPLAINTS AGAINST POLICE DROPPED, THUS CONTINUING A TREND WHICH WAS FIRST NOTED IN 1987.
"SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 1987, THERE HAS BEEN AN OVERALL DECREASE OF 28.7 PER CENT IN THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS RECEIVED."
ON THE FORCE BUILDING PROGRAMME, THE COMMISSIONER SAID THE COMPREHENSIVE BUILDING PROGRAMME WOULD ENABLE THE FORCE ΤΟ MEET THE GROWTH OF THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERRITORY.
HE NOTED THAT DURING THE YEAR SIX MAJOR PROJECTS, INCLUDING TWO DISTRICT POLICE STATIONS, TWO DIVISIONAL STATIONS, A POLICE POST AT THE BORDER AND A NEW TEACHING BLOCK AT THE POLICE TRAINING SCHLOOL, WERE COMPLETED AND BECAME OPERATIONAL.
FOUR MAJOR POLICE PROJECTS WOULD BE COMPLETED WITHIN THIS YEAR, MR ANNING CONCLUDED.
TWO NEW FLOATING CLINICS COMMISSIONED
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TWO NEW MEDICAL LAUNCHES, WHICH WILL Pkt 11. CLINIC SERVICES TO RESIDENTS IN REMOTE AREAS OF TE AND THE NEW TERRITORIES, WERE COMMISSIONED TODAY.
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THE TWO VESSELS, THE CHEB HONG AND THE CHFL WITH A $6.62 MILLION DONATION FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOURN CLUB AND WILL REPLACE THE TWO EXISTING VESSELS OF THE SAME NAMES.
OFFICIATING AT THE COMMISSIONING CEREMONY ERE THY CHAIRMAN THE STEWARDS OF THE JOCKEY CLUB, SIR OSWALD CHEUNG, AND OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR S.H. LEE.
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THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR DERICK HALL, WAS ALSO PRESENT.
SIR OSWALD RECALLED THAT THE TWO EXISTING FLOATING CLINTCS WERE AMONG THE FIRST FEW PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE HONG KONG JOCKEY (CHARITIES) LTD WHEN IT WAS ESTABLISHED 30 YEARS AGO.
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