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FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1983

'CARING ROLE OF WOMEN AUXILIARY POLICE STRESSED

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THE POTENTIAL OF A WOMAN AUXILIARY POLICE OFFICER CAN BE DEMONSTRATED NOT JUST BY MAINTAINING LAW AND ORDER BUT BY SETTING UP A FINE EXAMPLE OF CARE AND CONCERN FOR OTHER WOMEN AND JUVENILES.

THIS WAS STATED BY A MEMBER OF THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, MR CHAN PAK-KEUNG THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING WHEN ADDRESSING A PASSING OUT PARADE OF 132 WOMEN AUXILIARY POLICE OFFICERS ATTACHED TO THE KOWLOON COMMUNICATIONS UN IT.

HE TOLD THEM THAT AS WOMAN AUXILIARY POLICE OFFICERS, THEY WERE IN A POSITION TO GIVE A HELPING HAND TO THOSE IN DISTRESS, AND THEIR SHOW OF KINDNESS WOULD IN MANY CASES BE REASSURING AND APPRECIATED.

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TURNING TO THE HISTORY OF THE AUXILIARY POLICE WOMEN CHAN NOTED THAT SINCE 1965 WHEN AN EXERCISE WAS LAUNCHED TO RECRUIT WOMAN PART-TIMERS FOR THE FIRST TIME, THEIR NUMBER HAS INCREASED FROM 35 TO MORE THAN 400.

THE OFFICERS CAME FROM VARIOUS WALKS OF LIFE BUT SHARED EQUAL ENTHUSIASM IN DEDICATING THEMSELVES TO LAW AND ORDER DUTIES AND IN FACT VOLUNTARILY GAVE UP THEIR LEISURE IN PURSUIT OF THEM.

AS MANY WOULD AGREE, HE ADDED, THEY HAVE COME A LONG WAY FROM THE TIME WHEN ONE OF THEIR MAIN DUTIES WAS BOOKING VEHICLES IN THE STREET.

IN CONCLUSION, MR CHAN CONGRATULATED THE OFFICERS ON PARADE FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE. HE ALSO WISHED THEM A VERY SUCCESSFUL VOLUNTARY CAREER WITH THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE.

THE OFFICERS HAVE ALL JUST COMPLETED A WEEK-LONG REFRESHER TRAINING AT AUXILIARY POLICE HEADQUARTERS IN HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI.