MONDAY, OCTOBER 7,
1991
CLOSE HK/CHINA CO-OPERATION AGAINST MAJOR CRIMES IMPORTANT
HONG KONG SHOULD BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY OF THE TERRITORIES, CLOSELY CO-OPERATE WITH CHINA IN ITS EFFORTS AGAINST MAJOR CRIMES, THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR LI KWAN-HA, SAID TODAY (MONDAY) AT A DINNER RECEPTION HOSTED BY A GROUP OF BUSINESSMEN AND INDUSTRIALISTS.
MR LI SAID THAT APART FROM THE REGULAR TWICE-A-YEAR HIGH-LEVEL FREQUENT CONTACTS WERE AUTHORITIES, MEETINGS
THE CHINESE WITH
GROUP OVER LIAISON THE BORDER MAINTAINED THROUGH THE INTERPOL AND
MAJOR ISSUES THAT CONCERNED THE TWO TERRITORIES.
OCCASIONS SEVERAL
HE SAID THAT HE HAD ON MEETINGS IN CHINA WHICH WERE ATTENDED AND THAT HE WAS ASSURED
PARTICIPATED IN
BY SENIOR CHINESE OFFICIALS, THAT THROUGH THE NUMEROUS CONTACTS, THE EXCHANGE OF INTELLIGENCE AND THE CLOSEST CO-OPERATION WITH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES, MANY CRIMES WOULD BE EFFECTIVELY CONTAINED.
THE YEARS, REVIEWING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLICE FORCE OVER
MANUFACTURING MR LI SAID HONG KONG HAD GRADUALLY EVOLVED FROM A BASIC AND SERVICE-ORIENTED CENTRE TO A WORLD TRADE AND FINANCE CENTRE IN THE PAST 30 YEARS.
THE
THE INCREASING DEMAND OF "THIS CHANGE IN ROLE, COUPLED WITH
ΤΟ ADAPT TO NECESSITATED THE FORCE HAS GROWING POPULATION,
RESPECT OF TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT, CIRCUMSTANCES AND IMPROVE IN
TECHNIQUES," HE MANPOWER STRUCTURE, RESOURCES PLANNING, AND POLICING SAID.
IS AN EXAMPLE OFFICERS TO THE POPULATION, NOWADAYS 4.5 TO 1,000.
THE
IN INCREASE
THE WHICH IN 1957 WAS
OF RATIO 2.3 то 1,000
POLICE AND
MR
LI SAID
FORCE THE
HAD
ACHIEVED GOOD
IN RESULTS
ITS
TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT.
HE SAID THE
WIDESPREAD USE OF
THE
COMPUTERS HAD
GREATLY
ENHANCED EFFICIENCY IN THE FORCE.
"THE ACQUISITION OF NEW SYSTEMS HAS GREATLY FACILITATED
A MORE BROUGHT ABOUT
IN' THEIR OPERATIONS AND
TOWARD MANPOWER PLANNING AND PERSONNEL TRAINING.
"THE INTERFACE OF A NEW COMMUNICATION CENTRES WILL BRING THE FORCE INTO A NEW COMPUTER SYSTEMS TO FACILITATE
POLICE SYSTEMETIC APPROACH
SYSTEM IN ALL CONTROL ERA, AND THERE ARB NEW THE IDENTIFICATION OF FINGERPRINTS, VICTIMS, ECT AS WELL AS FOR THE FAST AND EASY RETRIEVAL OF CRIMINAL DATA, MR LI ADDED.
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HOWEVER, MR LI SAID DEVELOPMENT IN TECHNOLOGY HAD TO GO HAND IN
AND UP-TO-DATE WITH EFFECTIVE RESOURCES PLANNING
HAND
TECHNIQUES.
POLICING
/HE POINTED