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SATURDAY, MAY 6. 1989
MARINE POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL BROADENS HORIZONS
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WITH THE EXPANSION AND INCREASING TECHNOLOGY OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE MARINE FLEET - THE WORLD'S LARGEST POLICE NAVY MARINE POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL HAS PROGRESSIVELY BROADENED HORIZONS.
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IN A FIVE YEAR PROGRAMME THE SCHOOL HAS GRADUALLY ASSUMED ALL THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRAINING FORCE MARINERS AND IS NOW COMPLETELY SELF-SUFFICIENT IN EXAMINING MARINE QUALIFICATIONS.
THE EXAMINATION OF FORCE MARINERS WAS PREVIOUSLY UNDERTAKEN BY THE MARINE DEPARTMENT.
MR TREVOR HOLLINGSBEE, STAFF OFFICER, TRAINING, AT THE MARINE POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL. A FORMER ROYAL NAVY OFFICER SAID: +IT WAS DECIDED THAT A MORE SPECIALISED, MARINE-ORIENTATED TRAINING PROGRAMME WAS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR AN EXPANDING AND MODERNISING FORCE.
+THEREFORE A CHANGE TO IN-HOUSE QUALIFICATION HAS COME ABOUT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
+ LAST YEAR WE FINALLY TOOK OVER THE MARINE POLICE TECHNICAL CHARGE CERTIFICATE. WHICH IS THE HIGHEST QUALIFICATION IN OUR ENGINEERING TRAINING.+
MR HOLLINGSBEE SAID THAT SINCE 1983 A TOTAL OF 1,660 OFFICERS HAD ACQUIRED VARIOUS DECK QUALIFICATIONS AND 754 HAD PASSED VARIOUS LAUNCH MECHANIC EXAMINATIONS.
+WE HAVE EXPERIENCED TRAINING OFFICERS HERE LIKE FORCE TRAINING OFFICER ALAN CAIRNS, WHO IS A MASTER MARINER WITH OVER 30 YEARS SERVICE IN THE MERCHANT NAVY AND ROYAL AIR FORCE MARINE BRANCH BEFORE HE JOINED THE FORCE IN 1983.
+OUR STANDARD OF TRAINING IS RECOGNISED AND APPROVED BY THE MARINE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR OFFICERS COME HERE TWICE A YEAR ΤΟ MONITOR THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS OF THE SCHOOL.
•ALTHOUGH THE SYLLABUSES ARE QUITE SIMILAR ΤΟ THOSE IN THE MARINË DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE ADDED SUBJECTS OF SPECIAL CONCERN TO POLICE OFFICERS.+
THE MARINE POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL HAS AN ANNUAL THROUGHPUT OF SOME 2,000 OFFICERS ON A TOTAL OF 140 COURSES IN DECK AND LAUNCH MECHANIC SPECIALISATIONS.
+THE SCHOOL CURRENTLY RUNS 21 DIFFERENT TYPES OF COURSE. THEY ARE MAINLY DIVIDED INTO TWO INDUCTION COURSES OFFICERS AND INSPECTORS, MR HOLLINGSBEE SAID.
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