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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1989
"THE DECISIONS YOU MAKE AND THE WAY YOU CONDUCT YOURSELVES IN THE DISCHARGE OF YOUR DUTIES MAY MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PROBLEM BEING SATISFACTORILY RESOLVED OR A MAJOR DISTURBANCE DEVELOPING.
"THE SITUATIONS YOU FACE MAY BE COMPLEX AND AT TIMES UNPALATABLE BUT YOU MUST BE STEADFAST, NEVER TAKE THE EASY WAY
OUT, AND MEASURE UP TO THE VERY HIGH LEVEL OF TRUST THAT OUR COMMUNITY PLACES IN YOU", THE COMMISSIONER SAID.
NOTING THAT LEVELS OF RECRUITMENT INTO THE FORCE HAD FALLEN SHORT OF NEEDS DURING THE PAST FEW MONTHS, MR ANNING STRESSED THAT EFFORTS WERE BEING MADE TO ENHANCE THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF A POLICE CAREER.
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IN TIME WE WILL BE ABLE TO INCREASE THE NUMBERS OF MEN AND WOMEN OF GOOD CHARACTER AND QUALITY WHO ENTER INTO OUR RANKS".
ON PARADE TODAY WERE 31 INSPECTORS AND 208 POLICE CONSTABLES WHO HAVE JUST COMPLETED THEIR BASIC TRAINING.
HARMONY IN LABOUR RELATIONS MAINTAINED
THE GENERAL STATE OF LABOUR RELATIONS IN HONG KONG HAS REMAINED VERY GOOD THIS YEAR, WITH A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN LABOUR DISPUTES IN MOST SECTORS.
THE TERRITORY CONTINUED TO HAVE ONE OP THE WORLD'S LOWEST RATES OF WORKING DAYS LOST DUE TO STRIKES AND WORK STOPPAGES.
ACCORDING то LABOUR DEPARTMENT STATISTICS, ONLY 59 TRADE DISPUTES, RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF 172 WORKING DAYS, WERE RECORDED IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR.
"THIS COMPARES FAVOURABLY WITH 92 DISPUTES AND 615 WORKING DAYS LOST DURING THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, REPRESENTING A DECREASE OF 35 PER CENT AND 72 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
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"THE NUMBER OF WORKERS INVOLVED IN THE DISPUTES HAVE ALSO DROPPED FROM 5,198 TO 4,176 OVER THE PERIOD, HE NOTED.
THE TWO MOST COMMON CAUSES OF THE DISPUTES BUSINESS AND INSOLVENCY, ACCOUNTING FOR 25 CASES, MOSTLY RELATED TO PAYMENT OF WAGES, REDUNDANCY AND CONTRACTORS AND SUB-CONTRACTORS,
WERE CESSATION OF WHILE OTHERS WERE CONFLICTS BETWEEN
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