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SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1989
"I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES BEFORE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE IN 1997 SHOULD BE
THIS REQUIRES
THAT THE
BEFORE BE AT ANY TIME.
CHINESE. THERE ALWAYS HAS BEEN AN INTENTION TO HAVE A CHINESE COMMISSIONER IN PLACE WELL THAT TIME, AND I HAVE SAID EARLIER THAT THIS COULD SO THIS IS THE TIME WHEN IT HAS HAPPENED.
IS
BE THE
CHINESE WILL BE "BUT THE FACT THAT THE NEXT COMMISSIONER QUITE INCIDENTAL. THE REASON THAT MR LI KWAN-HA IS GOING TO NEXT COMMISSIONER IS THAT HE IS THE BEST MAN FOR THE JOB." HE SAID.
QUESTION
ON WHAT
PROBLEMS MR
WOULD BE HONG
A ANSWERING
LI INHERITING, MR ANNING SAID WITH A FORCE OF THE SIZE OF THE ROYAL KONG POLICE THERE WERE OBVIOUSLY MANY.
HAVING
ARE
"WE REQUIRE A LOT OF RECRUITS. AND AT THE MOMENT WE ARE
WE HAVE A WASTAGE PROBLEM THAT WE SOME DIFFICULTY IN RECRUITING. TRYING TO ADDRESS AND WE MUST DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
INCREASING ALL THE "OUR COMMITMENTS ARE
TIME. GOVERNMENT'S AGENCY OF LAST RESORT AND WHEN SOMEBODY HAS AND DO A JOB IT USUALLY FALLS TO THE POLICE.
"
WE ARE THE то STEP IN
WELL KNOW RESPONSIBILITIES OF THOSE
'THEREFORE WE HAVE THOSE EXTRA COMMITMENTS THAT YOU ABOUT AT THE MOMENT IN ADDITION TO OUR ONGOING DEALING WITH CRIME. TRAFFIC, PUBLIC ORDER. VICE. THINGS THAT ARE THE NORMAL LOT OF THE POLICEMAN.
ALL GAMBLING. HE SAID.
то
TO SAY CAMPS HAD NOT
HAVING ASKED IF HE FELT MORALE WAS DROPPING AS A RESULT OF UNDERTAKE DUTIES IN THE VPB CAMPS. MR ANNING SAID IT WAS FAIR
CONDITIONS WERE UNCOMFORTABLE, THAT IT WAS AN UNPOPULAR DUTY. WERE CROWDED AND THESE WERE DUTIES FOR WHICH POLICE OFFICERS BEEN SPECIFICALLY TRAINED.
AND
TRAINED DO IT
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICEMAN WAS A
HE WOULD DO HIS DUTY PROFESSIONAL AND COMPETENT OFFICER. TO THE BEST OF HIS ABILITY.
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TO MR ANNING SAID EFFORTS HAD BEEN MADE
IMPROVE THE "SIMPLE COMFORTS OF THOSE ON VBP DUTIES IN ORDER TO MAKE OFFICERS FEEL THAT
ΤΟ по THEY WERE APPRECIATED AND TO ENABLE THEM
THEIR JOBS BETTER. HOWEVER, THIS WAS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT ΤΟ ACHIEVE. ESPECIALLY WHEN SETTING UP A NEW CAMP OR TAKING ON A NEW DUTY.
"IT TAKES A LITTLE TIME TO BECOME ORGANISED. HE EXPLAINED.
POLICE OFFICERS IN POLICING
THE DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCED BY THE CAMPS WERE WELL KNOWN TO THE GOVERNMENT. MR ANNING POINTED OUT ANSWER TO ANOTHER QUESTION.
IN
HAS
"THE GOVERNOR HIMSELF. TOGETHER WITH SECURITY BRANCH OFFICIALS.
HE HAS HAS VISITED THOSE CAMPS:
SPOKEN TO OUR
HE OFFICERS. COMPLIMENTED OUR OFFICERS ON THE WORK THEY ARE DOING.
"IT IS A VERY HARD JOB. THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN то THE COURSE OUR MEN HAVE ΤΟ BUT THEY ARE REALLY DOING A
CAMPS WILL HAVE SEEN THE CONDITIONS AND OF ENDURE VERY SIMILAR CONDITIONS.
SPLENDID
[
JOB.
HE SAID.
/SPEAKING ON