CO129-518-5 Proposals to set up Police Federation 19-8-1929 - 3-10-1929 — Page 14

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country

and for any observations he

may care to make on the possibility

of establishing such a Federation

in Hong Kong. Lord Passfield

understands that the Federation

al

home

includes all Police Officers

below the rank of Superintendent,

and he would observe that it

Would

probably not

ps be possible to

establish an all-inclusive

Federation in Hong Kong, as

the rank and file of the Folice

Officers there are Indians and

Chinese. The approximate numbers

of officers of the various races

are: 250 Europeans, 700 Indians,

and

900

Chinese.

The Europeans are, of course, in

the main the superior officers. the Force.

Lord Passfield would be obliged

if 2 copies of the Police Act, 1919,

and any

amendin

hets

Fun could

The use of the C.O.

Love

be furnished for his information

I am, etc.,

(Signed) WALTER D. ELLIS