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SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 1989

"I AM PLEASED TO BE POSTED TO A KOWLOON DIVISION." MR BRYDGES SAID. "I ENJOYED WORKING WITH LONDON'S CHINESE COMMUNITY AND FOUND THEM VERY CARING AND FRIENDLY. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CHALLENGES HERE AND THE EXPERIENCE I CAN CONTRIBUTE AND LEARN.

"THIS IS A LARGE AND DIVERSE POLICE FORCE AND 1 AM CERTAIN I SHALL GO BACK WITH EXPERIENCE THAT WILL BE USEFUL TO MY OWN FORCE.

"1 MET PAUL TO AT MY FAREWELL

PARTY AND HE'S SETTLING DOWN

WELL."

HORSE RACING TOWN OF EPSOM IN AS "HAPPY VALLEY WITHOUT

MR BRYDGES COMES FROM THE SURREY. SOUTH ENGLAND. WHICH HE DESCRIBED THE HIGH RISES".

SUM.

MR KING. NOW DIVISIONAL COMMANDER, TIN

WAS SUB-DIVISIONAL COMMANDER AT DUNSTABLE. A BEDFORDSHIRE MARKET TOWN OF ABOUT 60.000 POPULATION.

A POLICE OFFICER FOR 21 YEARS. MR KING WILL FIND A DIFFERENT SCENE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES FROM THAT SURROUNDING DUNSTABLE.

RELATED TO

"THE MAIN PROBLEM WE HAVE THERE IS PUBLIC DISORDER ALCHOHOL ABUSE." HE SAID. "I KNOW THAT WON'T BE A PRIME CONCERN IN TIN SUM."

MR KING COMES TO THE FORCE WITH SEVERAL READY MADE FRIENDS. MR CYRIL LEY OF POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL WAS MR KING'S DIRECTOR OF STUDIES AT AN INTERMEDIATE TRAINING COURSE IN 1974: MR BILL FULLERTON ALSO OF PTS STAFF. WAS HIS DRILL AND WEAPONRY INSTRUCTOR IN THE GRENADIER GUARDS AND MR JOHN HUI WAS HIS COURSE INSTRUCTOR AT A JUNIOR COMMAND COURSE AT BRAMSHILL POLICE STAFF COLLEGE.

"I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THEM ALL AGAIN." HE SAID.

THE

MR WILSON WAS SUB-DIVISIONAL COMMANDER AT SHREWSBURY. THE COUNTY TOWN OF SHROPSHIRE NEAR

ENGLISH BORDER

HE

JOINED THE POLICE AS A CADET IN 1964.

WITH

WALES.

MAIN POLICING PROBLEMS FOR HIM тоо WERE FOOTBALL CROWDS, STREET VIOLENCE AND ROWDYISM.

"THIS PLACE IS HOT AND BUSY. HE REMARKED. "BUT IT'S VERY ORDERLY AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS NO DRUNKENESS OR ROWDYISM."

FROM

"I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO STARTING WORK AS WESTERN DIVISIONAL COMMANDER AND HOPING I CAN CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING AS WELL AS LEARN BEING HERE.

"PATRICK TSANG

IS

NOW BASED IN OSWESTRY. SHROPSHIRE. FINDING IT VERY DIFFERENT FROM KOWLOON EAST EMERGENCY UNIT,

AND

"WE ARE ALL VERY PLEASED TO BE HERE. WE'VE BEEN LOOKED VERY WELL AND HAVE RECEIVED EXCELLENT HOSPITALITY."

AFTER

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