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No. 256.
Hongkong.
Sir.
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(Government, House,
Governm
Hongkong, 20th. May, 1903.
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of your Despatch No. 49 of 13th. February.
2.
Despatch
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt
With reference to paragraph 9 of that
attach a Memorandum by Mr. May, Colonial Secretary,
who, as you are aware, filled for several years the office of
Captain Superintendent of Police. With the second paragraph of that Memorandum : entirely agree. I should like to see a complete
interchangeability of the Officers of the three forces, but the
differences of the languages makes this so difficult that I can
see no better solution than that suggested by Mr. May. The
-Straits Settlements and Federated Halay States Cadets are divided,
some being sent to Canton some to Swatow some to Amoy and others
are retained to learn the Malay language. The two languages
common to the three Police Forces are English and Hindustani,
the additional local contingents being Malay and Cantonese. If a
body of Officers can be procured who can acquire colloquially
Hindustani, Malay and Cantonese, then I think that much would be
gained by having an amalgamated force of Officers who would be
interchangeable. I see no difficulty in the difference of the
local laws. The general principles of all. Police work are the
same, and differences of local laws as regards crime would
present no difficulty to an educated and intelligent Officer. A
life-long service in one small Colony has in most cases a
deteriorating
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.B.,
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jjc.,
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