CO129-556-11 Police Department- vacancy for Deputy Inspector General and recruitment of constables 21-7-1936 - 21-12-1936 — Page 12

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG.

21st July, 1936.

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I have the honour to address you with regard

to the post of Deputy Inspector General of Police, which has been substantively vacant since the promotion of

Mr. T.H. King to be Inspector General on the 9th April,

1935.

2. My recomendation is belated because I was

aware that my predecessor entertained considerable doubt

as to the advisability of a local promotion, the senior

candidate at that time being Mr. D. Burlingham who has

since been invalided out of the service. From

information gathered since my arrival here I consider that my predecessor's doubts in regard to that particular

officer were amply justified, and I should not have

recommended him even if his health had held out.

3.

I have since been studying the work and problems

of the Police here and getting the measure of Mr. C.G.

Perdue, who has acted in the vacant post since March, 1935.

The first conclusion at which I arrived was that a

knowledge of the Cantonese language is so important in a holder of the Deputy's post as to override any superior abilities in a candidate who has not that knowledge. If

therefore an outside appointment were made it would have to

be from Malaya, which is what I believe my predecessor to

have contemplated. The only Malayan Police Officer,

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

W.G.A. ORMS BY-GORE, P.C., M.P.,

&C.,

&c.

&C.,

qualified