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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1991
TO THE
PASSING OUT
THE DIRECTOR
OF
SPEAKING OPERATIONS OF THE POLICE, MR HUI KI-ON, NOT GOING TO BE EASY FOR THE AND AN INCREASE IN VIOLENT CRIME, COUPLED WITH THE CONTINUED SHORTAGES.
OFFICERS,
SAID THE YEARS AHEAD WERE WITH OFFICERS,
THE APPROACH OF 1997
HE
THE SAID
GRADUATING
OFFICERS
MANPOWER
HAD
THE TO JOIN CHOSEN BUT ADDED THAT HE WAS FORCE AT A PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING TIME,
WOULD CONFIDENT THAT THE DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION OF THE OFFICERS ENABLE THEM TO MEET THOSE CHALLENGES.
"YOU WILL SOON BE IN THE FRONT LINE, PUTTING INTO PRACTICE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS YOU HAVE ACQUIRED," HE SAID.
THE
AND HOSTILITY
THEY MIGHT FACE FRUSTRATIONS HE TOLD THE OFFICERS THAT CRITICISMS, COMPLAINTS AND DEMANDS, AND SOMETIMES OUT-RIGHT
THEY HAD TO ACT IN. FROM THE PUBLIC BUT THAT AS PART OF THEIR JOB, GOOD FAITH AND IMPARTIALLY,
NONE THAT AS MUCH AS WHICH WAS CRUCIAL
THAT DESPITE THESE DIFFICULTIES MR HUI ASSURED THE OFFICERS AND FRUSTRATIONS, THE CAREER THEY HAD CHOSEN WAS SECOND TO
AND ENJOYMENT PRIDE WOULD
MOMENTS OF GREAT BRING SATISFACTION IN CARRYING OUT AN IMPORTANT SERVICE TO THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
0
1,285 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS REPORTED IN NOVEMBER
* *
A TOTAL OF 1,728 CASUALTIES WERE REPORTED IN ACCIDENTS WHICH OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY IN YEAR.
A POLICE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT ACCIDENTS OCCURRED ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 243 IN KOWLOON KOWLOON WEST AND 329 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
1,285 TRAFFIC NOVEMBER THIS
299 OF THESE EAST, 414 IN
THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR NOVEMBER SHOWED THAT 23 PEOPLE WERE KILLED, 412 PEOPLE WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED AND 1,293 SLIGHTLY INJURED IN THESE ACCIDENTS.
THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF 0.47 PER CENT AND 6.7 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
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