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HE ALSO TOLD THE GRADUATING OFFICERS THAT WHAT THEY HAD LEARNED AT THE POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL WOULD HAVE PREPARED THEM FOR, AND WOULD STAND THEM IN GOOD STEAD IN, THE OPERATIONAL DUTIES WHICH THEY WOULD TAKE UP.
WITH PEOPLE
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"THE ESSENCE OF THESE DUTIES IS DEALING SOMETIMES FIRMLY, BUT ALWAYS FAIRLY, WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOUR. THIS
REQUIRES QUALITIES OF PATIENCE, UNDERSTANDING, TACT, HUMOUR, AND,
ABOVE ALL, INTEGRITY.
"THESE ARE QUALITIES WHICH TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE MAY DEVELOP AND DIRECT, BUT WHICH IS THE FINAL ANALYSIS YOU MUST EACH FIND WITHIN YOURSELF," MR ASPREY ADDED.
ON PARADE TODAY WERE 45 PROBATIONARY INSPECTORS AND 62 CONSTABLE RECRUITS WHO HAVE JUST COMPLETED THEIR BASIC TRAINING.
CAR SMUGGLING AN INTERNATIONAL PROBLEM: ASPREY
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CAR SMUGGLING IS AN
INCREASING THEIR LIAISON WITH
INTERNATIONAL PROBLEM AND POLICE ARE NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES IN A BID ΤΟ OBTAIN BETTER INTELLIGENCE ON THE WELL-ORGANISED SYNDICATES INVOLVED, SECRETARY FOR SECURITY ALISTAIR ASPREY SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
SPEAKING TO MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES AFTER THE PASSING OUT PARADE AT THE POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL THIS MORNING, MR ASPREY STRESSED THAT CARS WERE BEING SMUGGLED OUT OF HONG KONG AND DESTINED FOR SEVERAL COUNTRIES IN THE REGION, NOT MERELY CHINA. THESE INCLUDED MALAYSIA, THAILAND AND SINGAPORE.
THE SMUGGLING OF CARS WAS OBVIOUSLY A BIG PROBLEM ABOUT THE POLICE WAS DULY CONCERNED, HE POINTED OUT.
WHICH
LIAISON MEETINGS WITH
"THE POLICE HAVE A NUMBER OF ON-GOING OTHER COUNTRIES AND, OF COURSE, THEY ALSO DEAL WITH IT THROUGH THE NORMAL INTERPOL NETWORK.
"THEY HAVE ALREADY HAD QUITE A NUMBER OF MEETINGS RECENTLY WITH CHINA, NOT JUST ON THIS SUBJECT, BUT ON POLICE PROBLEMS GENERALLY, AND CERTAINLY SMUGGLING IS ONE OF THE SUBJECTS THAT IS FAIRLY CONSTANTLY DISCUSSED."
MR ASPREY AGREED THAT FIGURES WOULD SEEM TO INDICATE THAT THE PROBLEM IS INCREASING BUT SAID HE WAS SURE THE POLICE WERE TRYING ΤΟ TAKE MORE EFFECTIVE ACTION AND WOULD BE GEARING UP THEIR OPERATIONS, THEIR INTELLIGENCE AND THEIR LIAISON WITH OTHER COUNTRIES.
"IT IS NOT ENTIRELY A ONE WAY THING. WE HAVE SMUGGGLING FROM CHINA INTO HONG KONG OF ANTIQUES SO THERE IS A COMMON INTEREST ON BOTH SIDES IN TRYING TO GET TO GRIP WITH THE PROBLEM,' HE ADDED.
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