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SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1989

HIGH SPEAKING ON THE PRESENT SITUATION AT

ISLAND. MR ANNING SAID ITS CHOICE AS A SITE FOR DETENTION CENTRE OBVIOUSLY DID NOT EVERYBODY.

SUIT

ARE

"BUT IT IS AN INESCAPABLE FACT THAT VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE

TO RELIEVE STILL COMING IN AND WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMEWHERE TO PUT THEM

CAN SOME OF THE CONDITIONS ON THE SOKOS AND THE OTHER CAMPS. AND THIS

AT LARGE." ONLY BE TO THE BENEFIT OF BOTH MY OFFICERS AND THE PUBLIC

WHEN IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT PART OF THE OPPOSITION WAS BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY THAT POLICE WERE HAVING IN KEEPING VBPS WITHIN CAMPS.

ANNING MR

SAID TO EXPECT POLICE TO GIVE A

IRON GUARANTEE PREVENTING ALL ESCAPES WAS UNREASONABLE.

THESE ARE NOT CONCENTRATION

CAST

OF

HIGH CAMPS. THEY ARE NOT

IN WE DO THE BEST WE CAN TO KEEP THEM

THE CAMPS. SECURITY PRISONS. WE DO THE BEST WE CAN TO CATCH THEM AND RETURN THEM TO THE CAMPS THEY ESCAPE."

ASKED IF HE COULD ELABORATE ON ANNING SAID LATEST STATISTICS SHOWED A 600 SO FAR THIS YEAR.

WHEN

THE RECRUITING

SHORTFALL OF

SITUATION. MR SOMETHING OVER

IT WAS LIKELY CURRENT INDICATIONS WERE THAT

TO PICK UP A FAR AND SHORTLY A LITTLE ON THE BAD MONTHS SUFFERED SO

NUMBER OF THE FORCE RECRUIT CADETS WOULD BE JOINING

ON COMPLETION OF THEIR TRAINING WHICH WOULD ENABLE THAT MONTH'S TARGET TO BE MET.

PER CENT

2-1/2 "80 WE ARE NOW SOMEWHERE ABOUT

ON SHORT ESTABLISHMENT WHICH DOESN'T SOUND A LOT WHEN YOU SAY IT LIKE THAT WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT IT IS 650 POLICE OFFICERS. THAT OFFICERS WE WOULD MUCH PREFER TO HAVE.

OUR

BUT

IS A LOT OF

ANNING SAID THAT

THESE BEFORE DOING A

ASKED ABOUT HIS RETIREMENT PLANS. MR WERE NOT FINALISED BUT HE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE A REST LITTLE MORE WORK.

"I DON'T FEEL THAT I AM ALL THAT OLD TO RETIRE." HE ADDED.

IN TREMENDOUSLY.

MISS

HONG

KONG

CLOSING. MR

ANNING

SAID HE

WOULD

"IT IS A WONDERFUL PLACE.

**

HAS I'M CONVINCED THAT IT FUTURE. I SHALL MISS VERY MUCH THE COMRADESHIP IN THE FRIENDLINESS OF THE POEPLE.

A GREAT THE FORCE AND

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