SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1989
POLICE COMMENDED FOR DILIGENT SERVICE
THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE HAS SERVED REMARKABLY WELL AT SOME CRITICAL TIMES OVER THE LAST MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS, MR SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
THE COMMUNITY TWELVE MONTHS, CHENG HON-KWAN,
TRAINING SCHOOL HAVING RESPONDED WAY THAT DESERVED PUBLIC
ADDRESSING A PASSING OUT PARADE AT THE POLICE IN WONG CHUK HANG. MR CHENG COMMENDED THE FORCE FOR TO EXCEPTIONAL PRESSURES AND DEMANDS IN A RECOGNITION, SUPPORT AND PRAISE.
MR CHENG TOLD THE GRADUATES THAT AS A RESULT OF A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE ARRIVING IN HONG KONG LAST YEAR. THE POLICE HAD BEEN ASKED TO UNDERTAKE AN UNUSUAL CUSTODIAL ROLE
DETENTION THE RESPONSIBILITY OF RUNNING SOME OF THE CENTRES.
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THEY READILY ACCEPTED THESE TASKS THAT GO WITH THEM.
CHALLENGES, AND THE FORMIDABLE
"FURTHERMORE, SINCE APRIL THIS YEAR THE POLICE HAVE BEEN FREQUENTLY DEPLOYED TO ENSURE THAT PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS OF CONCERN ABOUT EVENTS IN CHINA ARE CONDUCTED SAFELY AND PEACEFULLY AND WITHOUT DISRUPTING THE NORMAL LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY," HE SAID.
NOTING THAT THESE DUTIES HAD BEEN CARRIED OUT WITH TACT, PATIENCE AND INTELLIGENCE. MR CHENG PAID TRIBUTE TO THE POLICE FOR EXERCISING SELF-RESTRAINT AND SELF-DISCIPLINE, AND TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR ACTING RESPONSIBLY WITHIN THE CONFINES OF LAW AND ORDER.
WHILE APPRECIATING THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF THE POLICE IN PATROLLING THE BORDER TO PREVENT INFLUX OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, HE STRESSED THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF AN EFFICIENT AND DEPENDABLE POLICE FORCE COULD NOT BE OVER-EMPHASISED.
POINTING OUT THAT SELF-DISCIPLINE, CALMNESS AND COURTESY ARE THE HALLMARKS OF A GOOD POLICE OFFICER, MR CHENG URGED ALL THE GRADUATES TO STRIVE FOR THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF SELF-DISCIPLINE THROUGHOUT THEIR SERVICE IN THE FORCE.
ON PARADE TODAY WERE 32 PROBATIONARY INSPECTORS AND 53 CONSTABLE RECRUITS WHO HAVE JUST COMPLETED THEIR BASIC TRAINING.
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