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TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1990

MARINE POLICE WEST DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS OPENING

HEADQUARTERS

THE OPENING OF THE MARINE WEST DIVISIONAL IMPORTANT PART OF THE LATTER STAGE OF THE MARINE POLICE EXPANSION MODERNISATION PROGRAMME.

IS AN

AND

THIS WAS STATED BY POLICE REGIONAL COMMANDER (MARINE), MR

THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NEW MACDONALD, WHEN HE OFFICIATED AT MARINE POLICE BASE IN TAI LAM CHUNG TODAY (TUESDAY),

JOHN

OF

INCLUDE ONE NOTING THAT THE MARINE REGION HAD EVOLVED TO

PATROL VESSELS, THE WORLD'S LARGEST AND MOST SOPHISTICATED FLEETS OF

A VERY WIDE RANGE OF WITH RESPONSIBILITIES THAT COVERED

MARITIME THERE HAD BEEN AN ACTIVITIES, MR MACDONALD SAID THAT

ACCOMPANYING PROVIDE A MORE REQUIREMENT FOR GREATLY IMPROVED BASED FACILITIES TO APPROPRIATE

ADMINISTRATIVE, SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE FACILITIES.

OF

LEVEL OF

POLICE

THE LIFE "THE WESTERN WATERS HAVE ALWAYS PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN

TERRITORY, AND THE MARINE

HAVE THE

LONG HAD MAJOR ENSURING TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY, THE RESPONSIBILITIES IN RESPECT OF

THEIR RULE OF LAW AND THE SAFETY OF HONG KONG PEOPLE AS THEY GO ABOUT LAWFUL BUSINESS.

DRAMATIC CHINA, AND SAID THE

"THIS ROLE IS AS VITAL AS EVER, PARTICULARLY WITH THE INCREASE IN TRADE AND TRAVEL BETWEEN HONG KONG, MACAU AND WITH THE PROSPECT OF THE CHEK LAP KOK AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT, MARINE POLICE CHIEF SAID.

FROM

POINTING OUT THAT MARINE WEST DIVISION HAD BEEN OPERATING

SINCE 1962, MR THE SMALL BUILDING SITUATED ADJACENT TO THE NEW BASE

AND WELL-BEING OF THE 400 MACDONALD WAS CONFIDENT THAT THE MORALE

BY THE BRINGING PERSONNEL IN THE DIVISION WOULD BE GREATLY ENHANCED INTO SERVICE OF THE PURPOSE BUILT FACILITY.

THE NEW WITH

APART FROM STAFF CHANGING AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, BASE ALSO ACCOMMODATES A MODERN RADIO ROOM FULLY EQUIPPED COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND OTHER FRONT-LINE MAINTENANCE FACILITIES.

AT PRESENT, THE WEST DIVISION FLEET CONSISTS INSHORE COMMAND LAUNCH, FIVE PATROL LAUNCHES, FOUR WATER JET BOATS.

OF A DIVISIONAL CRAFT

THREE

AND

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