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WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1985

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INSTEAD OF HAVING TO ATTEND PERSONALLY AT A POLICE RECRUITING CENTRE, PEOPLE INTERESTED IN JOINING THE FORCE AS AN INSPECTOR MAY NOW APPLY BY POST. APPLICATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST AT REPORT ROOMS OF ALL POLICE STATIONS, POLICE RECRUITING CENTRES AND DISTRICT OFFICES.

APPLICANTS MEETING THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING WEIGHT AND HEIGHT, WILL BE INVITED TO ATTEND A PRELIMINARY INTERVIEW. SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES AT THE PRELIMINARY INTERVIEW WILL BE REQUIRED TO TAKE PART IN A 1-1/2-DAY EXTENDED INTERVIEW CONDUCTED AT THE POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL.

CANDIDATES WILL UNDERGO VARIOUS TESTS, INCLUDING PHYSICAL TESTS, AT THE EXTENDED INTERVIEW IN ORDER THAT THEIR SUITABILITY AS A POLICE INSPECTOR CAN BE FULLY ASSESSED. THEREAFTER THEY WILL BE GIVEN AN APPOINTMENT TO RETURN FOR A FINAL SELECTION INTERVIEW NORMALLY HELD IN A WEEK'S TIME.

THE POLICE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE EXTENDED INTERVIEW AT POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL USED TO LAST FOR THREE DAYS. HE HOPED THAT THE SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURES WOULD SPEED UP THE PROCESS OF APPLICATIONS AND BE LESS TIME CONSTRAINED TO CANDIDATES.

APART FROM HAVING A MINIMUM ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION OF FIVE SUBJECTS, INCLUDING ENGLISH AT GRADE E OR ABOVE IN THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION, APPLICANTS MUST ALSO BE A BRITISH SUBJECT OR HAVE LIVED IN HONG KONG FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS. THEY MUST BE SINGLE, AGED BETWEEN 18-1/2 AND 27, STAND AT LEAST 163 CM AND WEIGH 50 KG FOR MEN, 152 CM AND 42 KG FOR WOMEN.

''THE JOB OF A POLICE INSPECTOR IS DEMANDING BUT IT IS A CAREER THAT OFFERS RESPONSIBILITY, VARIETY, ATTRACTIVE SALARY, GOOD PROMOTION PROSPECTS AND, ABOVE ALL, THE SATISFACTION OF CHALLENGING

** AND WORTHWHILE WORK, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

DISCUSSION ON PR COUNCIL'S TENURE

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THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD WILL DISCUSS THE EXTENSION OF TENURE FOR BOARD REPRESENTATIVES ON THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL AT THEIR MEETING TOMORROW (THURSDAY).

BOARD MEMBERS WILL RAISE A MOTION TO EXTEND THE TENURE OF OFFICE OF THE BOARD'S REPRESENTATIVE ON THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS TO PROVIDE CONTINUITY IN THE LINK BETWEEN THE TWO BODIES.

THE BOARD WILL ALSO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD STANDING ORDERS AND THE MANAGEMENT OF THE DISTRICT'S WATERCOURSE.

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