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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1990

THEY

POLICE

LEAVING THE

AND CORRECTIONAL ·

WERE EXPECTED TO RETREAT TO AREAS OF SAFETY, RESTORATION OF ORDER TO SPECIALLY TRAINED SERVICES DEPARTMENT UNITS.

THE

IN IMPLEMENTING SIMILARLY, PROGRAMME, STAFF WITH THE APPROPRIATE SKILLS DEPLOYED IN SUFFICIENT NUMBERS TO ENSURE THE MR BARNES ADDED.

MANDATORY

REPATRIATION

AND TRAINING WOULD BE CONCERNED, SAFETY OF ALL

GOVERNOR PAYS TRIBUTE TO SECRETARY FOR SECURITY

THE

EXCELLENCY HIS

SIR

WILSON, GOVERNOR,

TODAY DAVID

THE SECRETARY (WEDNESDAY) PAID TRIBUTE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO

WHO IS RETIRING AFTER 20 YEARS' FOR SECURITY, MR GEOFFREY BARNES, SERVICE IN THE GOVERNMENT.

BARNES HAD

SIR DAVID SAID THAT AS SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR HAD TO GRAPPLE WITH A GREAT MANY CONTROVERSIAL AND SENSITIVE ISSUES.

HAS

DOMINATED

"THE MOST TIME-CONSUMING AND THE MOST DIFFICULT, I'M SURE, BEEN THE PROBLEM OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE WHICH MUST HAVE HIS LIFE OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS,

1.

HE SAID.

BOAT PEOPLE

THE GOVERNOR SAID MR BARNES' INVOLVEMENT IN THE SITUATION INCLUDED THE GREAT TASK OF MAKING PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR LOOKING AFTER BOAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG AS WELL AS TRAVELLING ABROAD.

"HE

HAS

TASKS OUT ALL THOSE CARRIED DETERMINATION AND EVEN TEMPO," SIR DAVID SAID.

WITH

IMMENSE VIGOUR,

"I WOULDN'T LIKE, IN SPEAKING ABOUT HIS WORK ON VIETNAMESE BOAT ACTIVE AND PEOPLE, ΤΟ LET PASS THE FACT THAT HE HAS ALSO BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN DEALING WITH THE PROBLEMS RELATING TO THE MAINTENANCE OF

HE ADDED. I AU AND ORDER, AND IN TACKLING THE DRUG PROBLEM,

"

A VERY POPULAR "SO POPULAR INDEED

THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT MR BARNES WAS ALSO MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, AND COMMENTED: THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO ASK HIM QUESTIONS. THE STATISTICS SHOW THAT DURING THE LAST SESSION HE HAD MORE QUESTIONS TO ANSWER OTHER OFFICIAL MEMBER."

THAN ANY

HE HAS MR BARNES JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN MAY 1970. HELD SENIOR POSITIONS IN A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE, THE FORMER COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT,

BRANCH. HE WAS ALSO THE HEALTH AND WELFARE BRANCH AND THE SECURITY COMMISSIONER OF THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION FOR MORE THAN THREE YEARS.

/MR BARNES

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