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SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1989

POLICE CADETS PASSING OUT PARADE

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TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY EIGHT POLICE CADET GRADUATES WHO HAVE JUST COMPLETED THEIR TWO-YEAR TRAINING WERE REMINDED THAT "KNOWLEDGE IS A STEP WHICH FEW MAY CLIMB WHILE DUTY IS A PATH WHICH ALL MAY TREAD".

THIS WAS STATED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR RAYMON ANNING, WHEN HE TOOK THE SALUTE AT HIS LAST PASSING OUT PARADE AT THE POLICE CADET SCHOOL IN FAN GARDENS TODAY (SATURDAY).

MR ANNING TOLD THE GRADUATES: "YOUR DUTIES WILL BE MANY AND VARIED, AND WILL BE OWED TO YOUR EMPLOYER, YOUR FAMILY AND TO THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO SERVE.

"REMEMBER THAT IT IS ON THE YOUTH OF TODAY, THAT THE HOPES OF OUR COMMUNITY REST, AND THE STABILITY, PROSPERITY AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR SOCIETY LIE," THE POLICE CHIEF SAID.

NOTING THAT TRAINING IN THE SCHOOL HAD BEEN EMPHASISED ON THE VALUES OF SELF-DISCIPLINE, MORALITY, INTEGRITY AND DUTY, MR ANNING POINTED OUT THAT "IN ANY CIVILISED SOCIETY THESE ARE THE VERY PILLARS UPON WHICH THE FOUNDATION OF ORDER RESTS AND, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHICH SERVICE YOU HAVE OPTED TO JOIN, ARE EQUALLY VALUED BY ALL".

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AS YOU STAND HERE TODAY, ON THE THRESHOLD OF YOUR NEW CAREERS, THE FUTURE MIGHT INDEED APPEAR BRIGHT BUT REMEMBER MANY TEMPTATIONS, SUCCESSES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS LIE AHEAD.

"LIFE IS NOT ALWAYS A SMOOTH JOURNEY AND ALTHOUGH SOME OF WILL UNDOUBTEDLY ENJOY CONSIDERABLE ACHIEVEMENTS, WITH PROMOTIONS RECOGNITION, ALL WILL NOT BE EQUALLY FORTUNATE."

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POINTING OUT THAT THE GRADUATES WERE AMONG THE LAST CADETS AT THE SCHOOL, THE COMMISSIONER EXPLAINED THAT THE SCHOOL MUST CLOSE DUR TO THE FACT THAT GOVERNMENT'S EDUCATION POLICIES HAD VIRTUALLY DRIED UP THE POOL FROM WHICH THE POLICE USED TO DRAW CANDIDATES.

HE ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE COMMANDANT AND HIS STAFF FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS IN PRODUCING WELL TRAINED, CONFIDENT YOUNG MEN WHO MAKE EXCELLENT MATERIAL FOR JOINING ANY ORGANISATION.

OF THE 248 CADET GRADUATES, 235 HAVE OPTED TO JOIN THE POLICE FORCE, AND ONE EACH TO THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT.

SPEAKING ΤΟ REPORTERS AFTER THE PARADE, MR RAYMON URGED YOUNGSTERS TO CONSIDER THE POLICE FORCE AS A CAREER.

"WE HAVE VACANCIES. WE NEED SMART YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN ΤΟ JOIN US. THIS WILL BE A GREAT HELP TO US AND A GREAT BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY OF HONG KONG.

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