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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1977

HK'S POLICE FORCE ONE OF

THE BEST IN THE WORLD SAYS LEGILATIVE COUNCILLOR

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LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MR. ROGER LOBO, SAID TODAY THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE WAS ONE OF THE MOST EFFICIENT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE WORLD.

+OVER THE YEARS, THIS FORCE HAS WITHSTOOD MANY TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS AND IN THE RECENT PAST, DESPITE WHAT PESSIMISM AND SCEPTICISM HAS BEEN PUBLISHED LOCALLY AND ABROAD, LET ME REITERATE HERE AND NOW THAT THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE IS ONE OF THE MOST EFFICIENT AND FINE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, HE SAID.

MR. LOBO WAS SPEAKING AT THE GRADUATION PARADE OF 634 POLICE OFFICERS, THE LARGEST SINGLE TURNOUT EVER, AT THE POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL IN ABERDEEN. THE GRADUATING GROUP INCLUDED 53 WOMEN.

MR. LOBO TOLD THE NEW OFFICERS THAT MUCH WOULD BE EXPECTED OF THEM WHEN THEY JOINED THEIR COLLEAGUES IN POLICE DUTIES.

+BY VIRTUE OF YOUR ROLE IN UPHOLDING LAW AND ORDER IN HONG KONG AND ALL THE RESULTANT RAMIFICATIONS THAT ENSUE FROM PROTECTING AND SAFE-GUARDING SOCIETY, YOU MUST REFLECT AND EPITOMISE SELF- DISCIPLINE, RESTRAINT AND COMMONSENSE AT ALL TIMES, WHETHER AS A BODY CORPORATE OR INDIVIDUALLY.

+YOU MUST ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND THAT THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG EXPECT HIGH STANDARDS FROM THE IR POLICE FORCE EVEN THOUGH SIMILAR HIGH STANDARDS ARE NOT ALWAYS OBSERVED ELSEWHERE IN SOCIETY,+ HE SAID.

MR. LOBO SAID IT WAS SAD THAT ONE OFTEN HEARD MORE ABOUT THE DOINGS OF THE BLACK SHEEP THAN ABOUT THE MAJORITY IN ALL RANKS OF THE FORCE WHOSE HARD WORK, DEDICATION AND RESILIENCE CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO MAKING HONG KONG ONE OF THE MOST LAW ABIDING CITIES OF ITS SIZE IN THE WORLD.

HE IMPRESSED ON THE GRADUATES THAT THEY MUST NEVER USE THE POWERS VESTED IN THEM FOR SELFISH REASONS OR PERSONAL GAIN, OR TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE WEAK AND LESS AFFLUENT.

IN THIS WAY, YOU WILL BE LIVING UP TO THE HIGH STANDARDS EXPECTED OF YOU AND PLAYING YOUR PART IN MAKING HONG KONG A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL ITS CITIZENS,+ HE SAID.

MR. LOBO WARNED THE OFFICERS THAT THE IR TASK WOULD NOT BE EASY, BUT +BY MEETING AND TACKLING YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WITH IMPARTIALITY, HUMAN UNDERSTANDING AND THE COURAGE OF YOUR OWN CONVICTIONS, YOU WILL NOT ONLY GENERATE GOOD RELATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC WHOM YOU SERVE, BUT WILL PRESERVE, MAINTAIN AND PROJECT THE HIGH REPUTATION OF A MODERN AND EFFICIENT POL ICE FORCE.+

HE ALSO CALLED