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Wednesday, May 24, 1972

Mr. Lee had asked: "Will Government take appropriate measures

to prevent policemen and other rank and file disciplined staff housed in

departmental quarters, especially those whose duties require them to be so

accommodated, from becoming homeless when the time comes for them to leave

those quarters upon retirement?"

Replying to yet another question by the Hon. P.C. Woo, the Colonial

Secretary said the Commissioner of Police had a Working Party examining the

question of utilising civilian personnel not only in the traffic branch but in

other branches of the Police Force.

He added that the Commissioner would make recommendations to him

when the Working Party's findings were submitted.

The Hon. P.C. Woo had asked: "Are there any duties performed by

the uniformed personnel of the Police Traffic Branch which could be performed

by civilians? If so, will Government recruit additional civilian staff and

release uniformed personnel for proper Police duties?"

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