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SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1989

"PERHAPS I CAN TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY OF CAREER WHO HAS AN INTEREST IN THE POLICE AS A APPLY TO JOIN US,"

APPEALING TO ANYBODY NOT TO

HESTITATE TO

MR ANNING'S COMMENTS CAME IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION THE PRESENT MANNING SITUATION WITHIN THE FORCE.

CONCERNING

FI

"WE CAN ALWAYS DO WITH MORE POLICEMEN,

HE SAID.

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"WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A RECRUITING DRIVE AT THE MOMENT 'E HAVE HAD SOME DIFFICULTY IN OBTAINING ENOUGH RECRUITS.

CONSIDERATION WAS

NOT

ASKED WHY, IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES, GIVEN то RETAINING THE POLICE CADET SCHOOL, THE COMMISSIONER EXPLAINED THAT THE SCHOOL WAS NOT BEING CLOSED OF CHOICE BUT BECAUSE

KONG. OF A CHANGE IN THE EDUCATION POLICIES IN HONG WHICH THE SCHOOL DREW FOR RECRUITS HAD DIMINISHED TO A LEVEL WAS NO LONGER POSSIBLE TO MEET REQUIREMENTS.

THE POOL

ON

WHEN IT

"THEREFORE WE ARE HAVING TO CLOSE THE SCHOOL.

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"IT IS WITH SOME REGRET BECAUSE OVER THE YEARS THE SCHOOL PRODUCED SOME VERY FINE RECRUITS NOT ONLY FOR OURSELVES BUT FOR OTHER DISCIPLINED SERVICES IN HONG KONG,' MR ANNING POINTED OUT.

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HAS

THE

COMMENTING ON THE POLICE OPERATION THE PREVIOUS EVENING TO SAID QUELL DISTURBANCES IN THE WHITEHEAD DENTENTION CENTRE, MR ANNING HE HOPED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAD NOTED THE

POLICE WHICH WERE ABLE TO RESPOND ONCE THEY HAD BEEN CALLED UPON то ASSIST THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

SPEED AT

ORDER HAD BEEN RESTORED VERY QUICKLY AND THIS SHOULD REASSURE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT THE POLICE ARE ABLE TO RESPOND PROMPTLY MANNED AND EFFICIENTLY TO DISORDER INSIDE CAMPS WHETHER THEY BE THOSE BY POLICE THEMSELVES OR OTHER AGENCIES.

MR ANNING HAD ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THE PREPAREDNESS OF THE FORCE WHEN RESPONDING TO A QUESTION ON "THE SO-CALLED IDEA OF VIGILANTE SQUADS".

"THE LAW DOES NOT ALLOW PEOPLE TO ARM THEMSELVES AND USURP THE FUNCTIONS OF THE POLICE FORCE, HE STRESSED.

"YOU HAVE A VERY GOOD POLICE FORCE IN HONG KONG,

THEY WELL EQUIPPED AND I AM CONFIDENT

ARE CAPABLE ORDER. IT IS THEREFORE QUITE IMPROPER FOR PEOPLE TO THE LAW INTO THEIR OWN HANDS."

WELL MANNED, OF MAINTAINING

ILLEGALLY TAKE

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