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FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1978

*IT IS GREATLY TO THE CREDIT OF YOUR MEMBERS THAT IT IS RARE TO HEAR COMPLAINTS AGAINST SUCH METHODS AND PRACTICE OF SELECTION HE HOUSING AUTHORITY OR HOUSING SOCIETY, SAID SIR DENYS.

+A SUCCESSFUL MANAGER MUST KNOW WHEN TO BE STRONG AND WHEN TO BE COMPASSIONATE WHEN HE SHOULD MAKE ALLOWANCES FOR HUMAN WEAKNESS AND WHEN HE SHOULD DRAW THE LINE.

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+HE NEEDS GREAT PATIENCE, A SENSE OF CHARITY AND AFFECTION FOR HIS FELLOW MEN,+

SIR DENYS ALSO PRAISED THE TENANTS OF PUBLIC HOUSING, SAYING THAT THEY HAVE AN ADMIRABLE TEMPERAMENT AND ALSO DISPLAY PATIENCE, RESILIENCE AND GOOD SENSE IN THE STRESSES AND ANNOYANCES OF CLOSE LIVING, WHICH FRAY THE NERVES AND TIRE THE BODY.+

THAT THERE WAS A DEGREE OF CONTENTMENT AMONG THE TENANTS WAS TO THE CREDIT OF THE HOUSING MANAGERS CONCERNED.

APPOINTMENT OF SENIOR ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF POLICE

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THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS HAS APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. JOHN OVER TO FILL A NEW SUPERNUMERARY POST OF SENIOR ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER IN THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE.

MR. OVER WILL HEAD THE MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT BRANCH IN POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND WILL BE RESPONSIBLE TO THE NEWLY-APPOINTED DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE (ADMINISTRATION), MR. C.W.B. PURDON FOR PLANNING AND RESEARCH, INTERNAL INSPECTIONS, DISCIPLINE AND COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE POLICE.

MR. OVER 13 47 AND HAS BEEN ACTING CHIEF CONSTABLE OF THE DORSET POLICE FORCE. AFTER SERVICE IN THE ROYAL MARINES HE JOINED THE METROPOLITAN POLICE 1951 AND HAD SIX YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE UNIFORM BRANCH.

IN 1957 HE TRANSFERRED TO THE SURREY CONSTABULARY, SERVING IN THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT AND THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT.

FROM 1970 TO 1974, HE WAS APPOINTED THE DEPUTY AND THEN THE OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE DORKING DIVISION OF THE SURREY CONSTABULARY,

1 JULY 1974, HE WAS APPOINTED ASSISTANT CHIEF CONSTABLE ADMINISTRATION) ÎN SURREY, WITH PARTICULAR RESPONSIBILITY FOR PERSONNEL, TRAINING, RECRUITING, WELFARE AND THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE SURREY CONSTABULARY.

SINCE SEPTEMBER 1976 HE HAS BEEN DEPUTY CHIEF CONSTABLE OF THE DORSET POLICE. IN THIS CAPACITY HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, TRAINING, DISCIPLINE, FORWARD PLANNING AND KANAGEMENT OF THE FORCE.

MR. OVER, WHO IS MARRIED, 13 EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN HONG KONG IN AUGUST.

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