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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1990

THE GOVERNOR SAID HE EXPECTED TO GET THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON DISCIPLINED SERVICES SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICES IN THE NEAR FUTURE: "THEN THE GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE A DECISION ON THAT AS SOON AS WE CAN.

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"I HOPE THAT IT WILL DO SOMETHING TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THB PROBLEMS WHICH ARE THERE FOR THE JUNIOR POLICE OFFICERS IN THE FORCE, サ SIR DAVID SAID.

GOVERNOR OPENS NEW POLICE TACTICAL UNIT DEPOT

THE GOVERNMENT IS DETERMINED THAT HONG KONG SHOULD REMAIN A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY} WHEN HE OPENED THE NEW POLICE TACTICAL UNIT (PTU) DEPOT IN FANLING.

STRESSING THAT THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG RELIED HEAVILY ON THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE, HE SAID THAT EVERY EFFORT MUST AND WOULD BE MADE TO STAMP OUT VIOLENT CRIME AND ATTEMPTS AT INTIMIDATION BY ORGANISED GROUPS.

SIR DAVID CITED THE RECENT SHOOTING CASES IN CENTRAL, THE FIRE BOMB ATTACK IN HUNG HOM AND OTHER INCIDENTS INVOLVING FIREARMS TO HIGHLIGHT THE WIDESPREAD CONCERN WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

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"THE MAIN BURDEN OF THIS EFFORT WILL OF COURSE FALL ON ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE, THE GOVERNOR REMARKED. "ITS MEN WOMEN DO A FIRST RATE JOB, OFTEN UNDER CONSIDERABLE PRESSURE AND IN DANGEROUS CIRCUMSTANCES. '

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POINTING OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT, AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, RECOGNISED THE NEED FOR THESE HEAVY RESPONSIBILITIES AND WORKING CONDITIONS TO BE REFLECTED IN THE PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF THE FORCE, THE GOVERNOR SAID HE HOPED THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE PAY OF JUNIOR POLICE OFFICERS SOON TO BE MADE KNOWN WOULD HELP ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE FELT BY MEMBERS OF THE FORCE.

TURNING TO THE POLICING OF THE BORDER, THE GOVERNOR WHEN MEMBERS OF THE FIELD PATROL DETACHMENT TOOK UP THEIR THEY WOULD OPEN AN IMPORTANT CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF PTU THE FORCE AS A WHOLE.

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BY 1992 THE POLICE WILL HAVE TAKEN BACK FROM THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FULL LENGTH OF THE BORDER, FROM MAI PO TO

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