XN000022-1984-06-22 — Page 9

FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1984

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HE SAID THAT THE MISSION WHICH INCLUDED REPRESENTATIVES FROM U.K. INDUSTRY. TRADE UNIONS AND TELEVISION COMPANIES BEEN EXTREMELY WELL RECEIVED IN HONG KONG AND THAT THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT HAD PUT TOGETHER +A MOST USEFUL PROGRAMME+,

THE MISSION HAD HAD MEETINGS WITH THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT AND REPRESENTATIVES OF INDUSTRIAL CONCERNS, AND HAD ALSO VISITED SEVERAL COMPANIES: SONCA INDUSTRIES, LTD., QUALIDUX INDUSTRIAL CO. LTD., LEVI STRAUSS (FAR EAST) LTD., AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES LTD.

IT LEFT TODAY (FRIDAY) FOR JAPAN.

SECURITY FORCES USE LATEST RADIO SYSTEM

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SECURITY FORCES PATROLLING HONG KONG'S TERRITORIAL WATERS ARE NOW USING ONE OF THE MOST SOPHISTICATED RADIO SYSTEMS AVAILABLE TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN AIRCRAFT, VESSELS AND SHORE BASES.

THE JOINT MARITIME COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, COSTING $40 MILLION, WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY. MR DAVI JEAFFRESON, AT A BRIEF CEREMONY AT MARINE POLICE REGIONAL HEAD- QUARTERS TÓDAY (FRIDAY).

OUTLINING THE FUNCTIONS OF THE NEW SYSTEM, A POLICE SPOKESMAN SAID THE PROJECT MARKED A NEW ERA IN MARINE POLICE AND MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS IN THE TERRITORY.

''THE SYSTEM ENABLES JOINT POLICE-MILITARY OPERATIONS ON LAND, AT SEA AND IN THE AIR TO BE CO-ORDINATED,'' HE SAID.

THIS MEANS THAT POLICE LAUNCHES, THEIR SHORE BASES AND LAND PATROLS WILL NOT ONLY BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THEIR OWN HEADQUARTERS BUT ALSO TO ROYAL NAVY VESSELS, ROYAL MARINES AND ARMY PATROLS, ROYAL AIR FORCE AND ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT AND ANY OTHER UNITS INVOLVED IN THE OPERATIONS.

THE SYSTEM COMPRISES TWO RADIO NETWORKS - A JOINT COMMAND NETWORK WHICH OPERATES TERRITORY-WIDE AND FIVE OTHER CHANNELS FOR INDIVIDUAL AREAS.

INSTRUCTIONS, GUIDANCE AND ANSWERS TO QUERIES ARE GIVEN VIA THE COMMAND NETWORK TO LOCAL COMMANDERS AT THE SCENES OF OPERATIONS.

''A UNIQUE FEATURE OF THIS NETWORK IS THAT IT IS CAPABLE OF PASSING DATA TEXT MESSAGES IN SUPPORT OF THE SPOKEN COMMAND. THIS ELIMINATES ANY CONFUSION OVER COMMANDS BEING GARBLED OVER A BAD SPEECH LINK AS THE DATA WILL ALSO BE SHOWN ON A FOUR-INCH SCREEN IN PRINT FORM.

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