XN000022-1989-03-18 — Page 8

SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1989

AND

"GRADUALLY THEREFORE AND CERTAINLY BEFORE 1997, ALL TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS FUNDED BY THE UNIVERSITY

POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE ARE EXPECTED TO ACCEPT STUDENTS FOR FIRST DEGREE COURSES ONLY AFTER SECONDARY 7, AND TO USE THE SAME ADMISSION PROCEDURES.

"WE EXPECT THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE AND MOVE INTO THE DIRECTION SET BY THE GOVERNMENT," HE ADDED.

POLICE FORCE EXPECTED TO MEET CHALLENGE

THE POLICE FORCE WILL BE EXPECTED TO MEET THE CHALLENGE DRAWING ON THE TRADITIONS OF SERVICE AND IMPARTIALITY WHICH IT HAS BUILT UP OVER 140 YEARS AND RELYING ALSO ON ITS COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING, THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR TI LIANG YANG SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

HE POINTED OUT THAT ALTHOUGH THE NEXT FEW YEARS WOULD BE A PERIOD OF CHANGE AND TO SOME EXTENT UNCERTAIN, HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT ALL MEMBERS OF THE FORCE WOULD PLAY THEIR PART WELL.

SPEAKING AT A PASSING OUT PARADE AT THE POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL IN WONG CHUK HANG, SIR TI LIANG TOLD THE GRADUATING OFFICERS THAT THE MAINTENANCE OF LAW AND ORDER WAS A PRIME CONCERN OF ANY RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT, AND WAS ESPECIALLY ESSENTIAL IN HONG KONG BECAUSE FROM THIS FLOWED STABILITY AND CONFIDENCE.

+ IT IS THIS STABILITY AND CONFIDENCE UPON WHICH THE CONTINUING ECONOMIC PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG WILL BE BUILT. AND

80, TO A LARGE EXTENT, OUR FUTURE PROSPERITY DEPENDS UPON YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES, AND YOUR ABILITY TO MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER IN THE COMMUNITY, + SIR TI LIANG.

SAID

NOTING THAT THE OFFICERS HAD BEEN INVESTED WITH WIDE LEGAL POWERS, SIR TI LIANG REMINDED THEM TO EXERCISE THESE POWERS WITH RESTRAINT BECAUSE ABUSE OF THE POWERS WOULD NOT ONLY BRING THEM INTO CONFLICT WITH AUTHORITY BUT WOULD ALSO TARNISH THE IMAGE OF THE FORCE AND BE COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PUBLIC.

HE ALSO TOLD THE OFFICERS TO TREAT OTHERS AS THEY THEMSELVES WOULD WISH TO BE TREATED, AND TO MAKE ALL EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN THE GOOD REPUTATION OF THE POLICE FORCE WHICH WAS DIFFICULT TO WIN BUT EASY TO LOSE.

/+PE DYMPATHETIC