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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1987

THE NUMBER OF POLICE DISTRICTS NEXT FOUR YEARS FROM THE EXISTING SIX TSUEN WAN, KWAI CHUNG AND SHATIN THE NUMBER FOR HONG KONG ISLAND.

TO

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WILL ALSO INCREASE OVER THE FRONTIER, YUEN LONG, TUEN MUN, NINE, WHICH IS AGAIN DOUBLE

YEAR,

A

TAIPO DISTRICT IS DUE TO COME ON STREAM IN DECEMBER THIS AND MA ON SHAN DISTRICT IN LATE 1990. TSING YI WILL OPEN AS DIVISION IN MARCH NEXT YEAR AND WILL BE UPGRADED TO DISTRICT LEVEL.

ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER OF REPORTED CRIMES IN THE REGION INCREASED ONLY SLIGHTLY FROM 19,190 IN 1982 TO 20,047 IN 1986, THE GREATER DENSITY OF POPULATION AND WIDE SPAN OF COMMAND INVOLVED WILL PRESENT A GREATER REQUIREMENT IN POLICING.

IN ORDER TO PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE COMMAND STRUCTURE, THE FORCE PROPOSED THAT THE NT REGION SHOULD BE REORGANISED BY DIVIDIVNG IT INTO TWO SMALLER REGIONS: NT NORTH AND NT SOUTH.

NT NORTH WILL COMPRISE FRONTIER, YUEN LONG, DISTRICTS. NT SOUTH WILL TAKE IN TSUEN WAN, KWAI SHATIN, AND EVENTUALLY, MA ON SHAN.

TUEN MUN AND TAIPO

CHUNG, TSING YI,

OF THE NEED, IN

THE SPLIT HAS BEEN PROPOSED IN RECOGNITION VIEW OF THE WEIGHT OF RESPONSIBILITY INVOLVED, TO HAVE ONE REGIONAL COMMANDER FOR ALL THE DISTRICTS CONTIGUOUS TO THE BORDER.

THE GEOGRAPHICAL

AND COMMUNICATIONS DIFFICULTIES CAUSED BY MOUNTAINS AND RESERVOIRS BETWEEN TSUEN WAN AND SHATIN WILL BE OVERCOME BY THE NEW ROUTE 5 BETWEEN THESE TWO NEW TOWNS, WHICH IS DUE FOR COMPLETION BEFORE 1990.

THE PROPOSED REORGANISATION WILL BE INTRODUCED IN PHASES FROM 1989-90 TO 1992-93, IN LINE WITH THE PROJECTED DEVELOPMENT IN THE REGION AS A WHOLE. ADDITIONAL MANPOWER WILL BE PROVIDED IN TRANCHES OVER THAT PERIOD.

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROPOSAL WILL REQUIRE SEPARATE PREMISES FOR THE TWO NEW REGIONS. A NT REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS BEING CONSTRUCTED IN TAIPO IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN LATE 1989. IT WILL BECOME THE NT NORTH REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS.

A NEW BUILDING WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THE NT SOUTH REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS, FOR WHICH A SUITABLE SITE IN TSUEN WAN HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. IT IS ENVISAGED THAT THE CONSTRUCTION TIME-FRAME ALLOW THE NEW PREMISES AT TSUEN WAN TO COME ON STREAM BY 1993 IN WITH THE FINAL PHASE-IN OF THE MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS.

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