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GOVERNOR CONGRATULATES LU PING FOR HIS NEW APPOINTMENT

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HOU,

THE

ANNOUNCEMENT OF SIR GOVERNOR,

IN RESPONSE TO PRESS QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE

MR LI THE RETIREMENT OF MR JI PENGFEI AND DAVID WILSON SAID:

IN

BOTH MR JI PENGFEI AND MR LI HOU HAVE BEEN CLOSELY INVOLVED

VERY HONG KONG AFFAIRS AT A

IMPORTANT

THE STAGE IN

TERRITORY'S PAST FEW YEARS HISTORY. I HAVE APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY OVER THE

THE TO DISCUSS WITH BOTH OF THEM THE LAYING OF A SOUND FOUNDATION FOR

I CONGRATULATE MR LU FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION.

AS DIRECTOR OF PING ON HIS APPOINTMENT

THE HONG KONG AND MACAU CLOSE WORKING AFFAIRS OFFICE OF THE STATE COUNCIL. I HAVE LONG HAD A

AND DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING IT IN HIS NEW APPOINTMENT.

POLICE MANPOWER PROBLEM CAUSED BY TIGHT LABOUR MARKET

PROBLEMS OF

FACES FORCE EVIDENCED BY THE RELATIVELY THE POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL POOR MORALE, EQUATE THAT

ALTHOUGH THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, AS CLEARLY SMALL NUMBER OF OFFICERS PASSING OUT AT TODAY,

OVER-SIMPLISTIC TO IT IS THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

WITH

SCHOOL, ADDRESSING A PASSING OUT PARADE AT THE POLICE TRAINING

STEMMED PRIMARILY FROM MR ASPREY SAID THAT THE PROBLEMS HAD IN FACT

TURN FROM A THE VERY TIGHT LABOUR MARKET IN HONG KONG, RESULTING IN VERY BUOYANT ECONOMY AND INEVITABLE DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES.

AND

"SIMILAR PROBLEMS ARE FACED BY ALL SECTORS OF OUR ECONOMY,

ANY ONE SECTOR COULD BR IT IS PERHAPS UNREALISTIC TO BELIEVE THAT ENTIRELY IMMUNE, HE SAID.

म

THE POLICE FORCE FACED POINTING OUT THAT THE PROBLEMS WHICH

THE WERE RECOGNISED AND WERE BEING ADDRESSED, MR ASPREY STRESSED THAT

ENJOY SALARIES GOVERNMENT IS DETERMINED THAT THE POLICE FORCE SHOULD

THE SPECIAL DEMANDS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE WHICH FULLY RECOGNISE

AND THE THE JOB,

POLICE

THE

OF

OF A

RESPONSIBILITIES PARTICULAR PERSONAL QUALITIES REQUIRED OF POLICE OFFICERS.

CAREER,

MR

IMPLIED

ASPREY

THE THAT

ALSO REFUTED

FORCE CARRIED

HALF-HEARTEDLY AND INEFFECTUALLY,

NOT THE CASE.

ASSURING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT THE

ITS DUTIES WITH

OUT

ΤΟ CARRY

PROFESSIONALISM, DEDICATION, THAT "THAT IS THE DETERMINATION AND COURAGE, THE SECURITY CHIEF SAID TRUE MEASURE OF MORALE,"

POOR ALLEGATIONS

OUT ITS DUTIES SAYING THAT IT WAS

OF

MORALE WHICH

RELUCTANTLY, EMPHATICALLY

FORCE WOULD CONTINUE

/HE ALSO