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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1988

TSING

YI

WAS LOW BUT WAS OBSERVING THAT THE CRIME RATE IN

INEVITABLE TO SEE NEVERTHELESS INCREASING, MR LI SAID IT WAS ALMOST AN UPSURGE IN CRIME FOLLOWING SUCH A SHARP RISE OF POPULATION.

HOWEVER, HE SAID: "IT IS THE AIM OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG TO CURB THIS AND KEEP THE SITUATION UNDER CONTROL.

"

POLICE

PART OF NOTING THAT THE POLICING OF THE ISLAND WAS PREVIOUSLY

POLICE

LIMITED AND ONLY STATION, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF KWAI CHUNG

STRESSED THAT TO REPORTING FACILITIES EXISTED ON THE ISLAND, MR LI

EXPAND COPE WITH THE EXPECTED INCREASE IN DEMAND, IT WAS NECESSARY TO POLICE MANPOWER IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE POLICE COVERAGE.

STATION WOULD PROVIDE SO OFFICERS OPERATIONAL THE

MORE EFFECTIVELY

HE SAID THAT THE OPENING OF THE POLICE MODERN FACILITIES AND ACCOMMODATION TO THAT THEY COULD SERVE THE PEOPLE OF TSING YI ISLAND AND EFFICIENTLY.

ΤΟ

AS

TO A

FURTHER EXPAND

UPGRADED BE COURSE,

"THE POLICE BUILDING HAS THE

WILL, CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE AND DISTRICT, MR LI ADDED.

IN

CAPACITY DUE

AS

POINTING OUT THAT THE STATION SHOULD NOT BE REGARDED SIMPLY ANOTHER NEW POLICE STATION PROVIDED FOR THE TERRITORY, HE SAID IT WAS,

ADMINISTRATION SYMBOL OF THE DETERMINATION OF THE IN FACT, A MAINTAIN THE STABILITY OF HONG KONG IN THESE CHANGING TIMES.

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IN WORKING

THE NEW

OFFICERS IN CONCLUSION, MR LI URGED ALL POLICE STATION TO DO THEIR BEST TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

OF THE NEW MR LI LATER UNVEILED A PLAQUE TO MARK THE OPENING POLICE STATION. ALSO PRESENT WERE REGIONAL COMMANDER, NEW TERRITORIES, KWAI TSING, MR BRIAN COAK; MR RICHARD SMALLSHAW; DISTRICT OFFICER,

CHAIRMAN, KWAI CHAIRMAN, TSING YI RURAL COMMITTEE, MR CHAN TIN-SUNG;

TSING KWAI CHAIRMAN, BOARD, MR LEE WING-TAT; AND TSING DISTRICT DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, MR CHOI HING-SHUN.

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