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SUNDAY, GTOBER 22. 1989

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PLANS FOR PROVISION OF MEALS TO POLICE 11 BORDER POSTS

PROVIDING THREE SQUARE MEALS A DAY FOR 1.000 POLICE OFFICERS ON BORDER DUTIES AFTER THE VITIIDRAWAL OF THE ARMY IS A PRIORITY IN POLICE FORCE PLANNING IN PREPARATION FOR THE PHASED MILITARY PULLOUT. DUE TO BE COMPLETED BY 1999.

AS THE BORDER DUTIES ARE RESUMED BY POLICE OF THE NEW FIELD PATROL DETACHMENT A SERIES OF BORDER KITCHENS WILL ALSO GO INTO ACTION TO PROVIDE MORALE BOOSTING GOOD FOOD.

PLANS FOR THE PROVISION OF MEALS TO POLICE AT BORDER POSTS INCLUDE THE INTRODUCTION OF MOBILE FOOD CONVOYS DELIVERING HOT BOXES CONTAINING A VARIETY OF CHINESE DISUFS AT OUTPOSTS STRUNG ALONG THE BORDER.

PLANS ALSO INCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY OF HELICOPTER FOOD DROPS AT MORE ISOLATED POSTS IN HILLY AND INACCESSIBLE AREAS.

MR ARTHUR LUKE OF THE FORCE CATERING UNIT IN WELFARE BRANCH HAS BEEN APPOINTED CHIEF STAFF INSPECTOR. CATERING. FIELD PATROL DETACHMENT. AND WILL WORK AT THE BORDER UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE DETACHMENT'S CHIEF STAFF OFFICER.

A TRAINING SECTION FOR THE FIELD PATROL DETACHMENT ΤΟ BE SET UP AT THE NEW TERRITORIES DEPOT WILL HAVE ITS OWN CANTEEN, AND THREE KITCHENS FOR THE PREPARATION OF DAILY HOT MEALS WILL BE BASED IN KITCHENS CURRENTLY OPERATED BY THE ARMY IN EAST. CENTRAL AND WEST SECTORS OF THE BORDER,

BACH KITCHEN WILL DISTRIBUTE FOOD TO 10 POINTS IN BACH SECTOR ALONG THE BORDER.

MR LUKE SAID: "THE CATERING SECTION WILL MOVE IN A9 THE ARMY MOVES OUT. STARTING WITH SHA TAU KOK, WHICH WE PROPOSE ΤΟ TAKE OVER TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT YEAR.

"FROM THAT BASE IN SHA TAU KOK VILLAGE WE SHALL CATERING SERVICES FOR THE 10 LOCATIONS IN THAT SECTOR. WE BASE CATERING SERVICE AREAS AT SANDY STUR AND MAN KAM TO."

CARRY OUT WILL ALSO

FOOD AND ΤΟ EIGHT THREE SHIFTS DAILY.

MR LUKE SAID THE PLAN WAS TO DELIVER HOT BOXES OF THERMAL INSULATED CONTAINERS OF HOT AND COLD DRINKS TO UP MEN MANNING EACH POST ON A ROUND THE CLOCK BAS13 SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

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'THERE WILL BE THREE DELIVERIES DAILY TO BACH POST ΤΟ PROVIDE THREE GOOD MEALS A DAY FOR EACH SHIFT. VANS WILL DROP FOOD AND COLLECT EMPTY CONTAINERS AND WE ARE CONSIDERING A SYSTEM OF SUPERMARKET-TYPE TROLLEYS FOR THE HOT BOXKG TO BE MOVED FROM POINTS TO THE BORDER POSTS,

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