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the Emergency Unit where they did most excellent work and the

Flying Squad patrolling the City. These duties continued through-

out the troubles until October 11th. when it was found possible

to relieve them. The Armoured Car Section of the Volunteers

also rendered most useful help in patrolling districts both in

Victoria and Kowloon which showed signs of unrest. The Police

worked hard under trying conditions and among the many who did

good work it is difficult to single out any particular Unit,

but the Emergency Unit upon whom the work of suppressing dis-

order in Victoria fell most heavily worked splendidly and deserve

special credit.

15.

The disorders have revealed two weak spots in the Police

Firstly the newly reclaimed area in the Eastern

organization.

District of Victoria known as the Praya East Reclamation is now

sufficiently built over and populated to require regular policing

by beats which will entail an immediate increase of fourteen

Indian Police, secondly Kowloon must have an Emergency Unit like

Hong Kong. I advocated this in 1928 when the Hong Kong Emergency

Unit was formed but the scheme was turned down on the grounds of

expense. Kowloon has expanded to such an extent in the inter-

vening four years that an Emergency Unit similar to the Hong

Kong Unit is not only advisable but essential to enable the

Police there to cope with incipient disorder without disorganis-

ing regular duties. An Emergency Van for Kowloon has already

been approved it therefore only remains to provide the personnel-

five Squads of eight men forty men, twenty-four Indians and

sixteen Chinese.

16.

I attach a list giving the number of Japanese houses

which were either damaged by rioters or the contents of which

were looted and/or damaged.

Excwoya

I.G.P. 15.10.31.

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