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TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1983

ANOTHER EXCITING YEAR, POLICE CHIEF SAYS

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LAST YEAR WAS YET ANOTHER EXCITING AND CHALLENGING YEAR FOR THE POLICE FORCE, THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR. ROY HENRY, SAID IN THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE REVIEW 1982 ISSUED TODAY.

PROBLEMS WERE TACKLED WITH DEDICATION, IMAGINATION, AND RESOLVE AND THE POLICE HAD SOME SPECTACULAR SUCCESSES, PARTICULARLY AGAINST ARMED GANGS AND DRUG TRAFFICKERS, THE COMMISSIONER ADDED.

**LESS DRAMATIC, BUT EQUALLY IMPORTANT, WAS THE INROAD MADE IN REDUCING JUVENILE CRIME AND THE CONTINUING EVIDENCE OF INCREASED PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN, AND SUPPORT FOR, THE WORK OF THE FORCE.

''WITH THE FIRM FOUNDATION NOW BEING LAID, THE SOPHIST- ICATED TECHNICAL SUPPORT AVAILABLE. THE PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE AND ENTHUSIASM BEING DISPLAYED AT ALL LEVELS IN THE FORCE AND WITH THE CONTINUED SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE PUBLIC. I AM CONFIDENT THAT WE SHALL BE ABLE TO MEET THE CHALLENGES IN THE FUTURE,'' HE NOTED.

MR. HENRY SAID THE YEAR SAW THE FORCE EMBARK UPON ITS PLANNED MAJOR RESTRUCTURING AND REORGANISATION.

THE FOUR MAJOR OPERATIONAL COMMANDS OF THE TERRITORY CHANGED FROM DISTRICTS TO REGIONS, 11 DIVISIONS TO DISTRICTS AND A NUMBER OF SUB-DIVISIONS TO DIVISIONS. THE FINAL PHASE OF THIS TRANSFIGURATION WAS FULLY IMPLEMENTED IN APRIL THIS YEAR,

THE COMMISSIONER SAID THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS EXERCISE WAS TO ENHANCE COMMAND CAPABILITY AT NEW-STYLE REGIONAL, DISTRICT AND DIVISIONAL LEVELS, TO STRENGTHEN MANAGEMENT CAPABILITY, TO IMPROVE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION.

THE YEAR ALSO SAW THE MARINE REGION REVAMPED TO PROVIDE A STRONGER AND MORE RATIONALISED COMMAND STRUCTURE AND TO EXPAND AND UPDATE THE FLEET OVER A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS TO BETTER EQUIP IT TO POLICE THE WATERS OF HONG KONG.

A NUMBER OF OTHER STUDIES AND REVIEWS ALSO TOOK PLACE IN 1982. THESE INCLUDED A REVIEW OF REGIONAL BOUNDARIES TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF POPULATION CHANGES AND OTHER PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS: A STUDY OF FORCE AND REGIONAL COMMAND STRUCTURES AN EXAMINATION OF UNIFORM BRANCH DEPLOYMENT AND A REVIEW OF CRIME FORMATIONS IN TERMS OF STRUCTURE, ESTABLISHMENT AND PROCEDURES.

''ALTHOUGH ALL HAS NOT YET BEEN ACHIEVED MUCH HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED AND, WHEN FINISHED, THE FORCE WILL BE BETTER STRUCTURED TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE 80'S AND BEYOND, MR. HENRY SAID.

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