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SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1988

THE GOVERNOR SAID HE ATTACHED GREAT IMPORTANCE

ΤΟ THE REVIEW

WHICH WILL ASSESS NOT ONLY THE NORMAL DUTIES OF THE POLICE OFFICER, BUT ALSO FACTORS SUCH AS DANGER, STRESS AND THE RESTRICTIONS PLACED UPON OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

KONG AND IT HAS

SIR DAVID WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE POLICE FORCE IN HONG HAS AN INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION FOR ITS PROFESSIONALISM, IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITIES OVER A WIDE RANGE OF AREAS.

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SUCH AS THE

FOR

'ADDITIONAL DEMANDS CONTINUE TO BE MADE ON IT, PLANS FOR THE FORCE TO TAKE OVER FROM THE ARMY THE RESPONSIBILITY ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION DUTIES ON THE BORDER.

"THE GOVERNMENT IS DETERMINED ΤΟ

PROVIDE THE RESOURCES, IN

TERMS OF TRAINING, ACCOMMODATION AND EQUIPMENT, FOR THIS AND ANY OTHER NEW ROLE" HE STATED.

SIR DAVID ALSO TOLD THE GRADUATING OFFICERS THAT THEY WOULD BE FACED WITH MANY TESTING CHALLENGES.

BUT THE

"CRIMINALS BECOME MORE AND MORE SOPHISTICATED. COMMUNITY WILL CONTINUE TO EXPECT YOU TO MAINTAIN HIGH STANDARDS OF LAW AND ORDER THROUGHOUT HONG KONG; TO SOLVE CRIMES EFFICIENTLY; AND NOT TO INCONVENIENCE THEM AS THEY GO DAILY BUSINESS", HE SAID.

QUICKLY AND ABOUT THEIR

SHOW HIGH

STANDARDS OF

THEREFORE, POLICE OFFICERS NEED TO PROFESSIONALISM AND PERSONAL BEHAVIOUR, BOTH ON AND OFF DUTY.

IN CONCLUSION, THE GOVERNOR ASKED THE OFFICERS TO REMEMBER ALWAYS THE WORDS CONTAINED IN THEIR OATH OF OFFICE: THAT THEY WOULD SERVE THE COMMUNITY OF HONG KONG HONESTLY, FAITHFULLY AND DILIGENTLY.

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IN LIVING UP TO THIS COMMITMENT, YOU WILL FIND GREAT PERSONAL SATISFACTION. AND YOU WILL EARN THE RESPECT OF OUR SOCIETY" HE NOTED.

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ON PARADE TODAY WERE 230 POLICE INSPECTORS AND CONSTABLES WHO HAVE JUST COMPLETED THEIR TRAINING AT THE POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL.

A GROUP OF RECRUITS, WHO WERE STILL UNDER TRAINING, AND THE POLICE BAND ALSO TOOK PART IN THE PARADE.

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