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SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1990

POLICE TO FACE OTHER CHALLENGES

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APART FROM THEIR TRADITIONAL DUTIES, POLICK OFFICERS HAVE TO FACE UP TO OTHER CHALLENGES, SOME OF WHICH WILL STEM FROM THE VERY PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES OF HONG KONG ITSELF AT THIS TIME.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, MAJOR OENERAL PETER DUFFELL, WHEN HE TOOK THE SALUTE AT A PASSING OUT PARADE AT THE POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL IN WONG CHUK HANG TODAY (SATURDAY).

MAJOR GENERAL DUFFELL POINTED OUT THAT POLICE OFFICERS MIGHT FIND THEMSELVES DEALING WITH SMUGGLING AND TRIAD ACTIVITIES, DEMONSTRATIONS AND CROWD CONTROL, OR THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY THE INFLUX OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE OR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

NOTING THAT THE FORCE WOULD SOON START TO TAKE OVER NEW DUTIES ON THE BORDER FROM THE MILITARY, HE TOLD THE GRADUATING OFFICERS THAT HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT THE SORT OF QUALITIES FIRST INSTILLED IN THEIR BASIC TRAINING WOULD STAND IT IN GOOD STRAD AS IT DID 90.

"YOUR WHOLE RANGE OF DUTIES WILL TEST YOUR PHYSICAL COURAGE AND MENTAL ROBUSTNESS, YOUR RESTRAINT AND PATIENCE, YOUR JUDGEMENT AND COMPASSION," HE SAID.

"IF YOU ACT WITH COMMON SENSE, APPLY THE PRINCIPLES THAT YOU HAVE LEARNT DURING TRAINING AND USE YOUR CONSIDERABLE POWERS WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOUR, YOUR CONDUCT CAN ONLY BARN THE RESPECT AND TRUST OF THE COMMUNITY YOU SERVE.

POINTING OUT THE

MAINTAINING OF LAW AND ORDER AND THE PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUALS RIGHTS AND PROPERTY WERE AT THE HEART OF

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A POLICE OFFICER'S DUTIES, THE CBF SAID THAT THEIR ACHIEVEMENT WAS A FUNDAMENTAL REQUIREMENT OF A CIVILISED SOCIETY - THEY WERE NEEDS THAT THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG CARED ABOUT VERY MUCH INDEED.

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IN CONCLUSION, MAJOR GENERAL DUFFELL ADVISED THE GRADUATES TO RISE TO THE CHALLENGE THAT THEY WOULD FACE IN THE COMING YEARS AND SERVE THE FORCE AND THE TERRITORY WITH COURAGE AND HONOUR.

ON PARADE TODAY WERE 32 INSPECTORS AND 113 CONSTABLES WHO COMPLETED THEIR TRAINING.

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STUDENTS SEE WORLD OF WORK

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MORE THAN 720 STUDENTS FROM 25 SECONDARY SCHOOLS HAD A FIRST- HAND EXPERIENCE ON THE REAL WORKING LIFE OF HONG KONG IN THE PAST MONTHS THROUGH VISITS ARRANGED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

SINCE APRIL, THEY HAD VISITED SECTORS UNDER THE SECOND PHASE OF THE PROGRAMME THIS YEAR.

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