Mr. A: E. Gerondal, A.1.0.9. Deputy Chief Raid Warden (Hong Kong).
representing a required minimum strength of 3390 Wardens, noti counting the Officers, and Group. Wardens.
After a Warden has been at- tested he is sent tó a Sector in the "District of the Division where he
livés. As a general rule the warden. is allotted to that Sector where he lives to one nearby. He is im- mediately taken in charge by his Senior Warden who makes him Tamiliar with the area in which he will work by giving him a map of the Sector and taking him over the ground.
At weekly meetings which are held in the district meeting room. the warden undergoes collective training to complete the know- ledge he has received in the course of lectures prior to his attestation,
After having passed his..collec- tive training class the warden
so as to have shorter, of which are identical with those participates in Sector exercises on the ground as well as indoors: working shifts. The duties of a of the Police Districts of Hong In addition, once or twice a month, Senior Wardán are very important. Kong. It follows that some Divi- the warden goes through half an Apart from taking complete charge sions have many more districts hour or so of Squad drill to ren
der him fit to parade with the of his Post, he must have a than others. A division is com- Corps if the occasion arises. thorough knowledge of everything assisted by two Deputies.
manded by a Divisional; Wurdên in his Secter, on the same lines as the ordinary warden but more thoroughly if possible.
In selecting a Senior Wartien. the Officers taken into considéra- tion the age, integrity, and res- pectability of the candidate.
Promotion in the Corps is rapid. An officer is always on the look- In Hong Kong, eleven Divisions out for Wardens who speak both have been formed, and in these English and Chinese and who? divisions, with the exception of show, keenness and initiative in Pokfulum and Starley Divisions their work, which are at the moment being completed, there are 565 Sectors
A. E. GERONDAL.
MAP OF SECTORS AND POSTS CENTRAL DIVISION-SECTION D
A.R.P - HONGKONG
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