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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1988

NEW BORDER DIVISIONAL POLICE HQ OPENS

DIVISIONAL

POLICE CHALLENGE OF

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THE COMPLETION AND OPENING OF THE BORDER HEADQUARTERS WILL ENABLE THE POLICE FORCE TO MEET THE ULTIMATELY TAKING OVER THE ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT DUTIES BRITISH ARMY.

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THIS WAS STATED BY THE REGIONAL COMMANDER, NEW TERRITORIES, RICHARD SMALLSHAW, WHEN HE OFFICIATED AT THE OPENING CEREMONY $13 MILLION COMPLEX TODAY (FRIDAY),

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MR SMALLSHAW NOTED THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WAS IN LINE WITH STRONG RESPONSE REQUIRED BY THE POLICE TO TACKLE THE CONTINUING PROBLEM OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT, WHICH WOULD BECOME IN ITSELF GREATER COMMITMENT THAN AT PRESENT.

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"THE OPENING OF THE NEW HEADQUARTERS WILL PROVIDE CENTRALISED AND WELL-EQUIPPED SUPPORT FACILITY AND FURTHER ENHANCE THE OPERATION OF THE EXISTING POLICE FACILITIES IN THE BORDER LOK MA CHAU. TA KWU LING, AND SHA TAU KOK POLICE STATIONS, WHICH

NAMELY CONTINUE TO SERVE THEIR IMMEDIATE AREAS,

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HE SAID.

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MR SMALLSHSAW POINTED OUT THAT THE BORDER DIVISION WAS CREATED IN NOVEMBER 1984, AND INCLUDED AN INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY WITH PLUS BUSY BORDER CROSSING POINTS AT LO WU RAILWAY TERMINUS,

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NOTING THAT THE HUGE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA INVOLVED IN THE AREA, WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY TWO-THIRDS THE SIZE OF HONG KONG ISLAND, MR SMALLSHAW SAID THAT THIS DEDICATED HEADQUARTERS BUILDING DEEMED NECESSARY TO CENTRALISE COMMAND FOR SUCH A LARGE DIVISION.

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HE ADDED THAT ALTHOUGH THE LOCAL POPULATION HAD NOT INCREASED, NONETHELESS, THE BORDER POLICE REMAINED DEDICATED TO ENSURING THAT A STRONG, EFFECTIVE AND VISIBLE FRESENCE WAS FELT THROUGHOUT THE AREA.

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OBSERVING THAT THE CRIME RATE IN THE AREA WAS LOW AND HAD DROPPED CONSISTENTLY FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, MR SMALLSHAW ATTRIBUTED THIS TO THE CONCERTED EFFORTS OF BOTH THE POLICE AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

"THROUGH THE PROVISION OF MODERN EQUIPMENT AND ADEQUATE TRAINING, THE POLICE CAN GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS COMBATING CRIMES, HE ADDED.

MR SMALLSHAW ALSO GAVE AN ASSURANCE THAT POLICE OFFICERS WORKING IN THE NEW BUILDING WOULD CONTINUE WITH THE TRADITIONALLY GOOD POLICE AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS, AND BUILD UPON THE STRONG COMMUNITY SPIRIT.

MR SMALLSHAW LATER UNVEILED A PLAQUE TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE NEW BUILDING. ALSO PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY WERE THE DISTRICT OFFICER. NORTH, MR T.J. MILNES: AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG.

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