XN000022-1987-07-11 — Page 2

SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1987

HONG KONG WILL REMAIN STABLE AND PROSPEROUS: CBF

HONG KONG WILL REMAIN THE 9TABLE AND PROSPEROUS COMMUNITY IT NOW IS, IN FUTURE, IF PAST STANDARDS OF POLICE FORCE LOYALTY INTERGRITY IN TIMES OF CHANGE OR DIFFICULTY ARE MAINTAINED.

THE OUT-GOING COMMANDER BRITISH BOAM, SAID THIS TODAY (SATURDAY) AT A POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL, WONG CHUK HANG.

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FORCES, MAJOR-GENERAL TONY PASSING-OUT PARADE AT THE

DESCRIBING THE POLICE FORCE AS A SERVICE WITH AN ENVIABLE RECORD AND FINE HISTORY, MAJ-GEN BOAM TOLD 181 RECRUITS THAT IT IS MADE UP OF LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE WHO WILL ASSIST, ADVISE AND DIRECT AT EVERY STAGE IN THEIR CAREER.

IN THE FORCE, OFFICERS HAVE TO MASTER MANY VARYING SUBJECTS RANGING FROM CRIMINAL LAW TO LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND WEAPON TRAINING TO LIFE SAVING AND FIRST AID, WHICH ARE THE BASIC GROUNDWORK BEHIND THE CAREER THEY HAVE CHOSEN, HE SAID.

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"YOU WILL FIND THERE IS MUCH TO LEARN AND THE REALITIES OF PUTTING THIS KNOWLEDGE INTO GOOD COMMONSENSE USE WILL BE TESTING, WILL USE ALL YOUR RESERVES OF ENERGY, PATIENCE AND COURAGE.

"YOU WILL REQUIRE PAINSTAKING DILIGENCE AND AN EYE FOR DETAIL NOT EXPECTED IN MANY PROFESSIONS. YOU WILL

WILL NEED TO BE CALM IN DANGEROUS AND DISTRESSING SITUATIONS WHEN MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AROUND YOU ARE NOT, AND ARE LOOKING ΤΟ YOU FOR PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE AND REASSURANCE."

MAJ-GEN BOAM SAID THEY MUST SET AN EXAMPLE TO THE COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY THE YOUTH AND THEIR HONESTY, INTERORITY, FAIRNES8 SELFLESSNESS MUST BE UNQUESTIONABLE.

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HE ALSO SAID THEY WILL MAKE FRIENDSHIPS THAT WILL LAST FOR PROBABLY THE REST OF THEIR LIVES, FOR FRIENDSHIPS MADE IN SITUATIONS OF DANGER OR ADVERSITY ARE THE STRONGEST OF ALL.

"IT IS AN ASPECT OF SERVICE LIFE YOU WILL COME GREATLY AND WHICH THOSE IN CIVILIAN LIFE HAVE NO RIVAL.

ΤΟ APPRECIATE

HE SAID THE FUTURE FOR THEM ALL IS ONE OF CHALLENGE AND COMMITMENT WHICH SHOULD BE MET CHEERFULLY AND WITH ENTHUSIASM, AND WHICH WILL GIVE THEM GREAT JOB SATISFACTION.

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