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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1983

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DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE APPOINTED

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THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT MR RAYMON HARRY ANNING, HER MAJESTY'S INSPECTOR OF CONSTABULARY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM HOME OFFICE, HAS BEEN APPOINTED DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE (OPERATIONS) OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE.

MR ANNING, AGED 52, WAS A MEMBER OF THE LONDON METROPOLITAN POLICE BETWEEN 1952 AND 1979. HE WAS PROMOTED TO CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT IN 1969 AND PLACED IN COMMAND OF THE UNITED KINGDOM POLICE UNIT WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN ANGUILLA, WEST INDIES IN THAT YEAR.

ON RETURN FROM ANGUILLA HE COMMANDED THE METROPOLITAN POLICE DISCIPLINE OFFICE. HE WAS PROMOTED IN 1972 TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER AND WAS PLACED IN CHARGE OF A10 BRANCH OF SCOTLAND YARD WHICH DEALS WITH ALL SERIOUS COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE POLICE. IN 1975 HE WAS PROMOTED TO DEPUTY ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER AND BECAME SECOND IN COMMAND OF THE LONDON METROPOLITAN POLICE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT.

IN 1979 HE WAS APPOINTED AS ONE OF HER MAJESTY'S INSPECTORS OF CONSTABULARY WITH THE ROLE OF INSPECTION OF BRITISH POLICE FORCES AND ADVISING THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON POLICE MATTERS, DUTIES WHICH HE IS STILL PERFORMING.

IN 1975 MR ANNING WAS AWARDED THE QUEEN'S POLICE MEDAL FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AND IN 1982 HE WAS MADE A COMMANDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. IN 1980 HE WAS ADMITTED TO THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AS A COMPANION.

MR ANNING WILL TAKE UP HIS NEW APPOINTMENT IN HONG KONG IN JUNE 1983. HE WILL SUCCEED MR PETER MOOR, WHO WILL BE RETIRING AFTER 34 YEARS OF SERVICE IN HONG KONG.

MR ANNING IS MARRIED AND HAS TWO CHILDREN.

GOOD RESPONSE TO METRIC POSTER COMPETITION

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MORE THAN 700 ENTRIES WERE RECEIVED FOR A POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION ORGANISED BY THE METRICATION COMMITTEE.

THE AIM OF THE COMPETITION, WHICH WAS DIVIDED INTO A SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS SECTION AND AN OPEN SECTION, WAS TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE USE OF METRIC UNITS IN DAILY LIFE.

THE COMPETITION FORMS PART OF THE SPECIAL PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN +METRIC 10 DAYS+ WHICH RUNS FROM JANUARY 14 TO 23.

WINNING ENTRIES