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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1988

THE THREE OFFICERS HAVE JOINED THE MESSRS GORDON YEUNG, GORDON FUNG AND EDDIE MERSEYSIDE, SUSSEX AND HAMPSHIRE RESPECTIVELY.

FORCE IN EXCHANGE FOR MAK WHO HAVE GONE TO

ALL THREE OFFICERS ARE BEING GIVEN A FAMILIARISATION PERIOD BEFORE BEING POSTED TO THEIR DIVISIONS.

A FORMER POLICE CADET, MR ELLIOTT JOINED LIVERPOOL CITY POLICE AS A CONSTABLE IN 1965 AND ROSE TO HIS RANK OF SUPERINTENDENT IN 1987 HAVING PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN VARIOUS POSTS ALSO AS SERGEANT AND INSPECTOR.

BEFORE HIS SECONDMENT TO HONG KONG HE WAS SUB-DIVISIONAL COMMANDER OF ST HELEN'S, A RURAL DIVISION OF MERSEYSIDE.

HE HAS A BACHELOR OF ARTS HONOURS DEGREE IN POLITICS FROM SUSSEX UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES.

A FIREARMS SPECIALIST, MR ELLIOTT SERVED AS A CHIEF INSPECTOR IN HIS FORCE FIREAMS AND EXPLOSIVES DEPARTMENT AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL MATTERS RELATING ΤΟ FIREARMS. INCLUDING TRAINING AND OPERATIONAL USE, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FIREARMS ACT.

IN AUGUST LAST YEAR MR ELLIOTT WAS ATTACHED TO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HOME OFFICE то ASSIST WITH THE REVIEW OF FIREARMS LEGISLATION FOLLOWING A MASS SHOOTING INCIDENT AT HUNGERFORD IN SOUTH

ENGLAND.

MR LEWIS, WHO HOLDS A BACHELOR UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER, NORTHERN IRELAND, POLICE CONSTABLE IN 1972.

OF SCIENCE DEGREE FROM THE JOINED SUSSEX POLICE AS A

HE SERVED IN UNIFORM PATROL AND CID POSTS AND AFTER BEING PROMOTED TO INSPECTOR HE ALSO WORKED IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AT SUSSEX HEADQUARTERS. HE WAS A STAFF OFFICER AT THE HEADQUARTERS POLICY ANALYSIS UNIT.

MR LEWIS WAS PROMOTED TO SUPERINTENDENT IN JANUARY THIS YEAR.

MR GOOD, ALSO A FORMER POLICE CADET, HAS 23 YEARS OF POLICE SERVICE IN HAMPSHIRE AND WAS SUB-DIVISIONAL COMMANDER AT BITTERNE IMMEDIATELY BEFORE COMING TO HONG KONG.

AFTER SERVING IN PATROL CAR AND CID DUTIES MR GOOD WAS PATROL SERGEANT AND STATION SERGEANT IN BUSY CITY SUB-DIVISIONS OF PORTSMOUTH. HE TRAINED ON MAJOR INCIDENT ROOM PROCEDURES AND WORKED ON SEVERAL MURDER ENQUIRIES AS A SEROBANT AND AS AN INSPECTOR.

MR GOOD ALSO WORKED IN TRAFFIC AND COURT PROSECUTION POST9.

/HE HOLDS