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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1988

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ROLE OF POLICE TACTICAL UNIT TO BE EXPANDED

EXPANDED,

ΤΟ

BE THE ROLE OF THE POLICE TACTICAL UNIT (PTU) IS TO NOT ONLY TO PROVIDE MANPOWER TO THE OTHER POLICE REGIONS, BUT ALSO

INTEGRITY OF OUR ASSUME THE ROLE OF THE MILITARY IN MAINTAINING THE

ANNING, LAND BORDER WITH CHINA, THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR RAYMON SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE SPEAKING AT THE PASSING OUT PARADE OF THE ALPHA COMPANY AT

MORNING, MR HEADQUARTERS OF THE POLICE TACTICAL UNIT IN FANLING THIS ANNING SAID THAT PTU HAD FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME JUSTIFIABLY ENJOYED A GOOD REPUTATION BOTH OVERSEAS AND HERE IN HONG KONG.

"THE PRIMARY ROLE OF THE UNIT HAS ALWAYS BEEN, AND WILL REMAIN, THE SUPPRESSION OF DISORDER AT TIMES WHEN INTERNAL

IS SECURITY

THREATENED," HE SAID.

HEAVILY

FIGURED

FIGHT

NOTING THAT THE DAY TO DAY ROLE OF THE PTU HAD CHANGED QUITE

APART FROM DRAMATICALLY OVER THE YEARS, MR ANNING SAID THAT COMMITTED ΤΟ CROWD CONTROL DUTIES, THE PTU HAD ALSO PROMINENTLY IN OPERATIONS AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND IN THE AGAINST CRIME.

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HE POINTED OUT THAT A NEW PTU DEPOT WAS CURRENTLY BEING

FOR OCCUPATION BUILT AT" VOLUNTEER SLOPES, FANLING AND WOULD BE READY IN 1990.

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TO

INCREASE THIS WILL ENABLE US TO

OUR TRAINING FROM TWO

TRAINING TIME AVAILABLE THREE COMPANIES AT ONE TIME, AND EXPAND THE

OF MODERN TO IMPART ADDITIONAL SKILLS REQUIRED TO FACE THE CHALLENGE HONG KONG AS WE MOVE TOWARD 1997.

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ITS

IN

THE

AHEAD,

MR

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CONFIDENT ABSOLUTELY

THAT PTU WILL RESPONSIBILITIES WITH THE SAME SPIRIT AND DETERMINATION SHOWN

THAT LIE PAST AND WILL MAKE A SUCCESS OF THE CHALLENGES ANNING ADDED.

FORMED AT PTU THE ALPHA COMPANY, THE SEVENTH ONE BEING

THIS DRAWN FROM HONG KONG YEAR, COMPRISES 170 OFFICERS OF VARIOUS RANKS ISLAND REGION. IT IS COMMANDED BY SUPERINTENDENT NG CHEE-KIN.

TODAY'S PARADE ALSO MARKED THE DECOMMISSIONING AND RETIREMENT FROM SERVICE OF 14 SARACEN ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIERS (APCS) AND THE COMMISSIONING OF THE NEW SAXONS.

THE BIDDING FAREWELL TO THE SARACENS WHICH HAVE SERVED PTU AND

SAID THAT THE POLICE WOULD FORCE FOR THE PAST 18 YEARS, MR ANNING

PTU DEPOT RESERVE A PLACE OF HONOUR FOR SARACEN APC NO.1, AT THE NEW AS A FUTURE REMINDER OF ITS SERVICE.

MODERN APCS IN

THE NOTING THE NEW SAXON WAS ONE OF THE MOST

OUR NEEDS WORLD, THE POLICE CHIEF STRESSED: "THIS NEW VEHICLE MEETS

SECURITY IN PROVIDING SUPPORT IN AN INTERNAL

SITUATION AND IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE FORCE'S DETERMINATION TO PROVIDE YOU WITH BEST EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE.

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