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SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1989

"I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES BEFORE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE IN 1997 SHOULD BE

THIS REQUIRES

THAT THE

BEFORE BE AT ANY TIME.

CHINESE. THERE ALWAYS HAS BEEN AN INTENTION TO HAVE A CHINESE COMMISSIONER IN PLACE WELL THAT TIME, AND I HAVE SAID EARLIER THAT THIS COULD SO THIS IS THE TIME WHEN IT HAS HAPPENED.

IS

BE THE

CHINESE WILL BE "BUT THE FACT THAT THE NEXT COMMISSIONER QUITE INCIDENTAL. THE REASON THAT MR LI KWAN-HA IS GOING TO NEXT COMMISSIONER IS THAT HE IS THE BEST MAN FOR THE JOB." HE SAID.

QUESTION

ON WHAT

PROBLEMS MR

WOULD BE HONG

A ANSWERING

LI INHERITING, MR ANNING SAID WITH A FORCE OF THE SIZE OF THE ROYAL KONG POLICE THERE WERE OBVIOUSLY MANY.

HAVING

ARE

"WE REQUIRE A LOT OF RECRUITS. AND AT THE MOMENT WE ARE

WE HAVE A WASTAGE PROBLEM THAT WE SOME DIFFICULTY IN RECRUITING. TRYING TO ADDRESS AND WE MUST DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.

INCREASING ALL THE "OUR COMMITMENTS ARE

TIME. GOVERNMENT'S AGENCY OF LAST RESORT AND WHEN SOMEBODY HAS AND DO A JOB IT USUALLY FALLS TO THE POLICE.

"

WE ARE THE то STEP IN

WELL KNOW RESPONSIBILITIES OF THOSE

'THEREFORE WE HAVE THOSE EXTRA COMMITMENTS THAT YOU ABOUT AT THE MOMENT IN ADDITION TO OUR ONGOING DEALING WITH CRIME. TRAFFIC, PUBLIC ORDER. VICE. THINGS THAT ARE THE NORMAL LOT OF THE POLICEMAN.

ALL GAMBLING. HE SAID.

то

TO SAY CAMPS HAD NOT

HAVING ASKED IF HE FELT MORALE WAS DROPPING AS A RESULT OF UNDERTAKE DUTIES IN THE VPB CAMPS. MR ANNING SAID IT WAS FAIR

CONDITIONS WERE UNCOMFORTABLE, THAT IT WAS AN UNPOPULAR DUTY. WERE CROWDED AND THESE WERE DUTIES FOR WHICH POLICE OFFICERS BEEN SPECIFICALLY TRAINED.

AND

TRAINED DO IT

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICEMAN WAS A

HE WOULD DO HIS DUTY PROFESSIONAL AND COMPETENT OFFICER. TO THE BEST OF HIS ABILITY.

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TO MR ANNING SAID EFFORTS HAD BEEN MADE

IMPROVE THE "SIMPLE COMFORTS OF THOSE ON VBP DUTIES IN ORDER TO MAKE OFFICERS FEEL THAT

ΤΟ по THEY WERE APPRECIATED AND TO ENABLE THEM

THEIR JOBS BETTER. HOWEVER, THIS WAS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT ΤΟ ACHIEVE. ESPECIALLY WHEN SETTING UP A NEW CAMP OR TAKING ON A NEW DUTY.

"IT TAKES A LITTLE TIME TO BECOME ORGANISED. HE EXPLAINED.

POLICE OFFICERS IN POLICING

THE DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCED BY THE CAMPS WERE WELL KNOWN TO THE GOVERNMENT. MR ANNING POINTED OUT ANSWER TO ANOTHER QUESTION.

IN

HAS

"THE GOVERNOR HIMSELF. TOGETHER WITH SECURITY BRANCH OFFICIALS.

HE HAS HAS VISITED THOSE CAMPS:

SPOKEN TO OUR

HE OFFICERS. COMPLIMENTED OUR OFFICERS ON THE WORK THEY ARE DOING.

"IT IS A VERY HARD JOB. THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN то THE COURSE OUR MEN HAVE ΤΟ BUT THEY ARE REALLY DOING A

CAMPS WILL HAVE SEEN THE CONDITIONS AND OF ENDURE VERY SIMILAR CONDITIONS.

SPLENDID

[

JOB.

HE SAID.

/SPEAKING ON