CO129-539-1 Hong Kong Police Force- proposed increase in establishment and recruitment methods 29-12-1931 - 2-3-1933 — Page 8

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I have the honour to acknowledge the

7 receipt of your despatch No.421 of the 15th November,

1932, regarding recruitment to vacancies in the European contingent of the Hong Kong Police Force,

and to invite reference to Mr. Southorn's despatch 72848/3, No.230 of the 25th April, 1930, in which it was

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proposed that vacancies of this nature should be

filled locally by ex-Servicemen. This has now

become the usual procedure and has so far given

satisfactory results. It is nevertheless

considered undesirable to bar the door entirely to

recruits from other sources and this is particularly

the case with candidates who are sons or near

relatives of former officers with good records as

family tradition has in the past proved an asset of

considerable value to the Force. Accordingly when

the Inspector General of Police proceeded on leave

in 1932 he was authorized to recruit four such

candidates, but the receipt of your telegram No.79 3. of the 29th June, 1932, referring to five candidates

indicated some change of view on the part of

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

SIR P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER, G.B.E., M.C., M.P.,

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Mr. Wolfe and it was thought desirable to confirm

the limitation both of the number to be recruited

and the field of recruitment.

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Through the Ex-Servicemen's Employment

Committee employment in the Police and other

departments of this Government is offered, if not

in the open market, at least to a very wide range of candidates and there would appear to be nothing

inequitable in reserving from time to time a small

number of appointments for candidates who will

enter the service with esprit de corps already

formed. I consider however that in future

recruitments from the United Kingdom it will be

sufficient to follow the former practise whereby

candidates of this class are notified to the Crown

Agents for the Colonies for special consideration.

I have the honour to be,

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