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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1985

SPEAKING AT THE POLICY DEBATE, MR YEUNG URGED THE GOVERNMENT TO CONSIDER HIS FOLLOWING SUGGESTIONS IN ENHANCING THE EFFICIENCY AND MORALE OF THE POLICE FORCE.

* TO AVOID REDUCING SOME OF THE POWERS OF POLICE OFFICERS

WITHOUT PRACTICAL AND CONVINCING REASONS.

* TO FIT IN WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TOWNS, OUR POLICE FORCE MUST BE MODERNISED, WITH CONSTANT REVIEW OF THE FACILITIES AND CAPITAL WORKS WHICH THE FORCE WAS SHORT OF.

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TO REINFORCE STAFF TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING. GOOD WELFARE BENEFITS WOULD HELP TO ENHANCE MORALE AND EFFICIENCY AND THAT AUXILIARY POLICE OFFICERS SHOULD ALSO BE ELIGIBLE FOR POLICE WELFARE BENEFITS IN GENERAL.

HE SUGGESTED THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD CONSIDER SETTING UP AN AUXILIARY POLICE WELFARE FUND TO ENHANCE THE MORALE AND EFFICIENCY OF AUXILIARY POLICE OFFICERS.

FURTHERMORE, SINCE IT HAD BEEN PROVED THAT THE AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE WAS PLAYING AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN MAINTAINING OUR LAW AND ORDER, GOVERNMENT SHOULD FORMULATE SOME SPECIFIC POLICY TO ALLOCATE SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO THE AUXILIARIES, SO THAT MAXIMUM USE COULD BE MADE OF THE SPACIOUS AREA OF THE NEW AUXILIARY POLICE HEADQUARTERS IN KOWLOON BAY.

* GOVERNMENT SHOULD TAKE EARLY STEPS TO FORMULATE SOME

SPECIFIC POLICY TO REINFORCE THE CONFIDENCE OF POLICE OFFICERS IN THE FUTURE OF THEIR WORK.

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LOCAL ISATION OF THE POLICE FORCE SHOULD FOLLOW A STABLE AND GRADUAL COURSE.

THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD CAREFULLY EXAMINE THE EFFECT OF THE PROPOSED NEW RETIREMENT SCHEME ON THE MORALE OF POLICE OFFICERS, ESPECIALLY THE RANK AND FILE.

IN VIEW OF THE PARTICULAR NATURE AND WORKING CONDITIONS OF POLICE OFFICERS, GOVERNMENT SHOULD CONSIDER WHETHER SOME SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD BE MADE FOR THEM,

COMMENTING ON DRUGS PROBLEMS, MR YEUNG SAID CONFISCATING THE WEALTH ACQUIRED BY DRUG TRAFFICKERS THROUGH ILLEGAL MEANS WOULD HAVE A GREATER DETERRING EFFECT.

+IN FACT, SUCH EFFECTIVE DETERRING MEASURE IS IN LINE WITH RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC PROBLEMS, UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF INTERPOL.

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