SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1989
ΤΟ ΤΑΙ PO RESULT IN A DIVIDING
THE DIVISION BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH NEW TERRITORIES WILL FOLLOW A DIAGONAL LINE FROM TUEN MUN DISTRICT IN THE WEST IN THE EAST, WHICH WHEN THE DIVISION TAKES PLACE
ON EITHER SIDE "EAR EQUAL SPLIT IN NEW TERRITORIES LINE.
WILL
OF
THE
YUEN NORTH REGION WILL CONTAIN TUEN MUN, PO DISTRICT. TAI
SOUTH REGION WILL COMPRISE TSUEN WAN, SHA TIN AND THE FUTURE DISTRICT OF TSING YI.
LONG,
AND
FRONTIER
KWAI CHUNG.
COMPLETION AT
THE NEW TERRITORIES REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS NEARING TAI PO AND DUE TO BE HANDED OVER TO THE FORCE NEXT MONTH, WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME THE NORTH REGION BRING COMMANDED FROM TSUEN WAN.
HEADQUARTERS,
WITH
SOUTH
REGION
THE NEW TERRITORIES REGIONAL COMMANDER, MR RICHARD SMALLSHAW, SAID: "THE DIVISION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES
THE REALLY CONCERNS POPULATION AND THE REASON FOR IT IS
TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE LARGE COMMAND STRUCTURE FOR POPULATION GROWTH AND TO PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE THE POLICING OF SUCH A LARGE AREA IN TERMS OF LAND AND POPULATION.
ΤΟ
"THE DIVISION OF THE REGION ALONG THE LINE AGREED WILL RESULT IN SIMILAR POPULATIONS ON EITHER SIDE AND WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR BORDER STATIONS TO REMAIN TOGETHER IN THE NORTH.
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MR SMALLSHAW SAID THE DIVISION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES RESULT IN THE CREATION OF AN ESTIMATED 345 NEW POSTS DISCIPLINED AND CIVILIAN STAFF.
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WOULD
FOR
FIELD
'WE ALSO CANNOT IGNORE THE TIE UP BETWEEN THIS AND THE PATROL DETACHMENT AT THE BORDER WHEN POLICE RESUME DUTIES NOW BEING PERFORMED BY THE ARMY."
MR SMALLSHAW NOTED THAT ADDITIONAL MANPOWER IN THE NEW THE TERRITORIES INCLUDED MORE THAN 1,000 OFFICERS AT THE BORDER AFTER WITHDRAWAL OF THE ARMY AND AN ADDITIONAL COMPANY AT THE POLICE TACTICAL UNIT.
AT
WELCOMING THE HANDING OVER OF THE NEW REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS TAI PO, MR SMALLSHAW SAID "PERSONNEL WILL MOVE FROM OUTDATED AND OPERATIONALLY DIFFICULT ACCOMMODATION AT SHA TIN TO A HUGE NEW 12-
ALSO ALLOW TRAFFIC STOREY HEADQUARTERS WHICH WILL
AND CID TO COME TOGETHER WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATIONAL PART OF NEW TERRITORIES REGION."
THE NEW HEADQUARTERS INCLUDED AN INDOOR SHOOTING RANGE AND A
THERE WOULD ALSO COMPLEX OF MINI-RANGES.
BE AN ASSEMBLY HALL AND ACCOMMODATION FOR A FORENSIC PATHOLOGY LABORATORY.
MR SMALLSHAW SAID THERE WOULD STILL BE NEED FOR THE EXISTING
TUNG NEW TERRITORIES HEADQUARTERS AT
LO WAN HILL
SHA ROAD,
TIN, ALTHOUGH FINAL DECISION ON ITS FUTURE USE HAD NOT YET BEEN DECIDED.
THE FUTURE HEADQUARTERS OF NEW TERRITORIES SOUTH TSUEN WAN WOULD BE BUILT ON THE SITE CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS, MR SMALLSHAW SAID.
REGION
TSUEN
AT
WAN
/THE NEW