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SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1987

HE EMPHASISED THAT THE AUXIES HAD A DUAL CHARACTER' IN THAT THEY WERE BOTH FAITHFUL CITIZENS AND AMATEUR POLICEMEN.

HE SAID: "I, THEREFORE, URGE YOU THAT YOU MUST BE FAIR, TACTFUL AND PAINSTAKING, IN DEALING WITH ALL MATTERS THAT MAY ARISE IN THE COURSE OF YOUR DUTY."

AS COMMANDANT, MR. TS'O CONTINUED A TRADITION OF DISTINGUISHED AUXILIARY SERVICE BY THE TS'O FAMILY.

HIS GREAT UNCLE, DR. TS'O SEEN-WAN, WAS COMMANDING OFFICER THE OLD POLICE RESERVE, AND ITS FORERUNNER UNIT, FROM 1920 TO 1939.

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HIS UNCLE, MR. TS'O TSUN-ON, BECAME COMMANDING OFFICER IN AND, AFTER THE WAR, CONTINUED AS CO, SERVING UNTIL 1957. TWO OF TS'O TSUN-ON'S BROTHERS ALSO JOINED THE POLICE RESERVE.

1939

MR.

IN 1959, THE POLICE RESERVE AND ANOTHER AUXILIARY SERVICE, SPECIAL CONSTABULARLY, WERE AMALGAMATED TO FORM THE HONG KONG AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE.

THE

HOWEVER, THE COMMANDANT'S JOKINGLY DESCRIBES IT, DOES NOT SPELL AN END ΤΟ THE TS'O FAMILY'S LINKS WITH THE AUXILIARY POLICE.

+TIONOURABLE DISCHARGE+

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HIS WIFE, WENDY, IS AN AUXILIARY

ALBERT, IS A CHIEF INSPECTOR.

SUPERINTENDENT,

AND A SON,

THE AUXILIARIES AT PRESENT HAVE AN ESTABLISHMENT OF 5,600, COMING FROM DIVERSE OCCUPATIONS.

OVERALL, THE

COMMANDANT'S

CAREER HAS BEEN ONE OF STEADY PROGRESS THROUGH THE RANKS. JOINING THE REFORMED POLICE RESERVE IN MAY, 1947, HE ROSE TO LANCE SERGEANT IN 1949. BACK TO CORPORAL

IN 1950 WHEN RANKING WAS CHANGED, SERGEANT 1954, SUB-INSPECTOR 1954, INSPECTOR 1955, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT 1962, SUPERINTENDENT 1965, SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT 1970, CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT 1972. ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER (DEPUTY COMMANDANT) 1980, AND FINALLY, IN 1983,

COMMANDANT, SUCCEEDING MR TREVOR BEDFORD.

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