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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1990
WK
"I HAVE
ASKED THAT THERE SHOULD BE A MEETING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH THE DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEES' CHAIRMEN, AND THAT WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION TO THEM ON THE MEASURES WHICH ARE BRING TAKEN TO DEAL WITH THE PRESENT SITUATION IN TERMS OF OPERATIONS, OUR PROPOSALS FOR MORE PUBLIC CO-OPERATION AND OUR RIFORM IN THE LAW, HE ADDED.
"
POLICE
"WE WILL BE VERY INTERESTED TO HEAR THEIR VIEWS OBVIOUSLY, ANY IDEAS WHICH THEY HAVE, HE SAID.
AND
COMMENTING ON YESTERDAY'S ROBBERY AT THE RESIDENCE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, SIR DAVID SAID: "I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT THERE IS NO SUGGESTION WHATSOEVER THAT THIS WAS A CHALLENGE TO POLICE AUTHORITY. IT WAS A CRIME, A REGRETTABLE CRIME, BUT IT WAS NOT SPECIFICALLY AIMED AT THE POLICE FORCE, OR INDEED, AT THE COMMISSIONER HIMSELF."
"THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT THE ROBBERS CONCERNED KNEW THAT THEY WERE ROBBING THE HOUSE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE. I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF THAT CASE WILL HAVE AN EFFECT ON PEOPLE IN HONG KONG. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IT SHOULD BE SAID IN THAT CONTEXT, HE ADDED.
ASKED ABOUT MORALE IN THE POLICE FORCE AND JUNIOR OFFICERS' DISSATISFACTION WITH THE RECENT PAY REVIEW, THE CHIEF SECRETARY THAT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THESE TWO ISSUES SEPARATE.
SAID
THE
"THIS POINT WAS MADE VERY STRONGLY BY THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER TO US THIS MORNING THAT YES, THERE IS SOME UNHAPPINESS WITHIN POLICE FORCE AND HAS BEEN ANYWAY ABOUT THEIR CONDITIONS AND PAY, BUT THAT THERE HAS NOT IN ANY WAY AFFECTED THEIR ABILITY TO FIGHT CRIME IN HONG KONG, SIR DAVID SAID.
"THE TWO ISSUES ARE TOTALLY SEPARATE. HE MADE THE POINT, AND I ABSOLUTELY ENDORSE IT THAT IT IS NOT IN ANY WAY A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO. THAT TO SUGGEST THAT ON THE ONE HAND THE POLICE UNHAPPINESS WITH PAY SHOULD HAVE AN EFFECT ON THEIR CRIME FIGHTING ABILITY, 18 SOMETHING WHICH I THINK THEY RESENT MOST STRONGLY AND FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT IT," HE ADDED.
"I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO SEE WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IB BETWEEN SOMEONE WHO IS UNSETTLED ABOUT HIS PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE, AND ALLOWING THAT PROFESSIONALLY TO AFFECT THE WAY IN WHICH HE DOES HIS WORK, SIR DAVID POINTED OUT.
"I THINK THE POLICE FORCE AS A WHOLE WOULD ACCEPT THEY HAVE HAD SOME DIFFERENCES OVER THE QUESTION OF PAY, AFFECTED THEIR ABILITY TO DEAL WITH CRIME IN HONG KONG, SUGGESTION WHATSOEVER THAT THEIR EFFICIENCY HAS BEEN SAID.
THAT ALTHOUGH THAT HAS NOT THERE IS NO IMPAIRED,
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