FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1993
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THE TEMPLE, BUILT IN 1873, IS A SYMBOL SHOWING THE TRADITION OF RELIANCE OF LOCAL COMMUNITY ON FISHING AND ON SEA TRADE.
AFTER A TRAM TOUR IN SAI WAN HO, THE PARTY MOVED ON TO KORNHILL WHERE MR PATTEN AND LADY THATCHER PLANTED AN ORCHID TREE IN HONG ON STREET AS A TOKEN TO PROMOTE THE GREENING CAMPAIGN.
BEFORE ENDING THE TOUR, THEY MET WITH DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS
AND OTHER LOCAL PERSONALITIES OVER A TEA RECEPTION.
THE GOVERNOR AND LADY THATCHER WERE ACCOMPANIED ON THE TOUR BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MISS CHRISTINE CHOW AND EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR STEVE BARCLAY.
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ONE OF THE BEST POLICED PLACES
HONG KONG CAN BE PROUD THAT IT IS ONE OF THE BEST POLICED PLACES IN THE WORLD, THE GOVERNOR, THE RT ON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, SAID TONIGHT (FRIDAY).
ITS CRIME RATES ARE DROPPING AND ARE LOWER EVEN THAN CITIES SUCH AS SINGAPORE AND TOKYO WHICH ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR SAFETY.
SPEAKING AT THE PASSING OUT PARADE OF "WHISKY" COMPANY OF POLICE TACTICAL UNIT (PTU), MR PATTEN SAID HONG KONG PEOPLE KNEW THAT THEY COULD RELY UPON THE POLICE FORCE TO KEEP THEIR HOMES, STREETS AND BUSINESSES SAFE.
HE SAID THE REPUTATION OF THE POLICE FOR HIGH STANDARDS, PROFESSIONALISM AND COMMITMENT HAD ALREADY REACHED HIM BEFORE HE CAME TO HONG KONG LAST SUMMER.
HE SAID THE OFFICERS IN PTU, APART FROM CARRYING CONSTABULARY DUTIES, HAVE RESPONSIBLE FOR MANNING THE BORDERS AND FOR TACKLING HEAD-ON THREAT TO ITS INTERNAL SECURITY.
THEY WERE HIGHLY TRAINED AND HIGHLY THESE UNIQUE AND CRUCIAL TASKS, HE SAID.
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HE CONGRATULATED THE OFFICERS IN THE "WHISKY" COMPLETING THE 12-WEEK HARD AND INTENSIVE TRAINING.
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THE GOVERNOR ALSO PRAISED THEM FOR DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB DURING THE TRAINING PER LOD AND WISHED THEM EVERY SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE.
THE "WHISKY" COMPANY, MADK TIP OP 170 OFFICERS DRAWN FROM KOWLOON WEST REGION, WILL TAKE OVER THE MANNING OF MAN KAM TO BORDER SECTOR FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE TRAINING PROGRAMME TODAY.
AFTER THE FIELD PATROL DETACHMENT DUTIES THE COMPANY WILL MOVE TO KOWLOON WEST ON REGIONAL ATTACHMENT.
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