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SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 1990
RESUMPTION OF BORDER DUTY FOR POLICE
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DECEMBER THE SECOND IS D-DAY FOR
PHASE IN THE RELINQUISHED TO THE
THE FORCE'S MOVE ONTO THE
OF RESUMPTION
ANTI-ILLEGAL MILITARY OVER A
DECADE
WHEN THE FIRST BORDER
DUTIES, IMMIGRATION AGO, SWINGS INTO ACTION.
VINCE
WAS REVEALED BY MR PATROL DETACHMENT, WHO STRESSED COMMITTED ΤΟ MEETING ALL
THE ACTUAL DATE OF IMPLEMENTATION CHAPMAN, CHIEF STAFF OFFICER FIELD THAT THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE WAS FULLY THE TARGET DATES.
"INITIALLY WE SHALL HAVE ONE FIELD PATROL DETACHMENT COMPANY EASTERN DOING A FOUR-WEEK STINT BASED AT SHA TAU KOK AND COVERING THE
BRIDGE AT SECTOR WHICH EXTENDS TO WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE INTERNATIONAL LIN MA HANG, HE SAID.
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MR CHAPMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE POLICE
STRATEGY MILITARY'S PRESENT DEPLOYMENT ALTOGETHER THREE COMPANY TACTICAL AREAS OF 35 KILOMETRE LONG SINO-HONG KONG BORDER.
SECOND FIELD
WOULD BE FOLLOWING THE
AS INSOFAR
THERE ARE RESPONSIBILITY ALONG THE
PATROL
DETACHMENT
A "SO WHEN WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR TRAINING AND DEPLOYMENT IN SEPTEMBER 1991 WE
KAM TO AND COVERS OVER THE SECTOR WHICH IS BASED AT MAN INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE TO LO WU RAILWAY STATION," HE WENT ON.
OF
"AT THAT TIME THE BORDER DEPLOYMENT WILL BE EXTENDED WEEKS WITH THE TWO COMPANIES SPENDING FOUR WEEKS IN EACH SECTORS."
COMPANY WILL TAKE FROM THE
TO EIGHT THE TWO
FOR POINTING OUT THAT BY THIS TIME POLICE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE
THEN ALSO TAKE TWO-THIRDS OF THE BORDER, MR CHAPMAN SAID THEY WOULD
CONTROL AND DIRECTION OF ANTI-II OVER FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OPERATIONS IN THE CLOSED AREA.
"UNTIL THAT TIME THE ARMY WILL STILL RUN ITS OWN AT FRONTIER DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS IN FANLING," HE SAID.
IN BE
APRIL
CONTROL CELL
THE NEXT STAGE WILL
1992 WHEN THE THIRD FPD COMPANY IS AVAILABLE FOR DEPLOYMENT. THIS WILL BE BASED ON A FEATURE PURPOSE-BUILT PREMISES NEAR KNOWN AS SANDY SPUR WHICH OPERATES FROM LOK MA CHAU POLICE STATION.
16 WEEKS WITH WEEKS IN EACH OF THE
BY THEN BORDER ATTACHMENTS WILL BE EXTENDED TO COMPANIES UNDER FOUR WEEKS TRAINING AND FOUR THREE SECTORS.
ONE COMPANY PLAY IN
"BEARING IN MIND THAT THERE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE UNDER TRAINING AT ANY ONE TIME, THE FINAL ACT WILL COME INTO OCTOBER 1992 WHEN THE FIFTH COMPANY COMES INTO EXISTENCE.
"THIS WILL BE
KNOWN AS THE
QUICK REACTION FORCE AND ITS UNDER FUNCTION WILL BE TO PROVIDE BACKUP TO ANY AREA WHICH MIGHT COME PRESSURE THROUGH LEVELS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION ON THE BORDER.
/"IT WILL