CO129-525-10 Proposed establishment of Police Federation in Hong Kong 6-3-1930 - 5-5-1930 — Page 11

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My Lord,

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG, 6th March, 1930.

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I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt

of Your Lordship's confidential despatch of 3rd December,

1929, regarding the proposed establishment of a Police

Federation in Hong Kong.

2.

I have given careful consideration to the

suggestion, and in particular to the application of the

Police Act, 1919, to local conditions, and am satisfied that

the institution of any similar organization in this Colony

is unnecessary.

3.

It will be understood that the Hong Kong

Police Force is small and unified, so that there is no need

for any machinery, as in the United Kingdom, to ensure that

widely scattered units receive equal treatment. For the

same reason access to the administrative heads through the

proper channels is extremely simple, which makes the

provision of a further medium, on the lines of Section 1(1)

of the Police Act, wholly unnecessary.

4.

There is the further consideration of the

mixed character of the Hong Kong Police Force, British,

Sikh, Mahommedan, Northern Chinese and local Chinese, which

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LORD PASSFIELD,

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would