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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1985

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AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE PRAISED

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THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO, TODAY (FRIDAY) PRAISED THE AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE FOR ITS WILLINGNESS AND RESPONSIVENESS IN WORKING CLOSELY WITH ITS REGULAR COUNTERPART AND CONTRIBUTING TO A STABLE AND PROSPEROUS HONG KONG.

+THE AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN MAINTAINING INTERNAL SECURITY THROUGH THE YEARS, AND ITS AMBIT OF FUNCTION HAS ALWAYS BEEN EXPANDING TO MEET THE CHANGING NEEDS OF COMMUNITY, + SAID MR LIAO.

SPEAK ING AT A PASSING-OUT PARADE AT THE AUXILIARY POLICE HEADQUARTERS, MR LIAO SAID THE ENERGY AND DEDICATION OF THE 5 600-STRONG AUX IL FARY POLICE OFFICERS ARE MUCH APPRECIATED.

+ IN UNIFORM YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE DISCIPLINED FORCE OUT OF UNIFORM YOU ARE THE SAME MAN ON THE STREET WHO KNOWS EXACTLY HOW MUCH VALUE IS ATTACHED TO MAINTAINING INTERNAL LAW AND ORDER AS AN ORDINARY CITIZEN,+ MR LIAO TOLD THE NEW RECRUITS.

HE NOTED THAT INSIDE THE FORCE, AUXILIARY OFFICERS BELONG TO A WHOLE ENTITY WITH A COMMON GOAL TO FIGHT CRIME AND NATURAL DISASTERS, AND OUTSIDE THE FORCE THEY ARE INDIVIDUALS WITH DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND DIVERSIFIED INTERESTS.

+BY SETTING AN EXAMPLE THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN THE AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE, YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED HOW BEST TO SERVE THE INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY DIRECT, HE SAID.

MR LIAO SAID THAT FOR YEARS, THE GOVERNMENT HAD TRIED TO DRIVE HOME THAT FACT THAT IT IS NOT AN 'US-THEM' BUSINESS IN MA INTA IN ING PEACE AND ORDER.

+BUT IT IS DIFFICULT TO CHANGE THE PERCEPTION OF MANY WHO STILL ATTACH A LOT OF MYTH AND ALIEN FEELING TO THE DISCIPLINED SERVICE, + HE SAID.

+AS A MEMBER OF THE AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE WHILE RETAINING YOUR IDENTIFY AS A MAN ON THE STREET, YOU MUST HAVE INFLUENCED THOSE AROUND YOU TO ACCEPT THE DISCIPLINED FORCES, REGULAR AND AUXILIARY ALIKE, AS ONE OF US, HE TOLD THE RECRUITS.

+THIS IS WHY THE AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE HAS REMAINED SO UNIQUE, + MR LIAO ADDED.

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