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MONDAY, OCTOBER 7,

1991

CLOSE HK/CHINA CO-OPERATION AGAINST MAJOR CRIMES IMPORTANT

HONG KONG SHOULD BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY OF THE TERRITORIES, CLOSELY CO-OPERATE WITH CHINA IN ITS EFFORTS AGAINST MAJOR CRIMES, THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR LI KWAN-HA, SAID TODAY (MONDAY) AT A DINNER RECEPTION HOSTED BY A GROUP OF BUSINESSMEN AND INDUSTRIALISTS.

MR LI SAID THAT APART FROM THE REGULAR TWICE-A-YEAR HIGH-LEVEL FREQUENT CONTACTS WERE AUTHORITIES, MEETINGS

THE CHINESE WITH

GROUP OVER LIAISON THE BORDER MAINTAINED THROUGH THE INTERPOL AND

MAJOR ISSUES THAT CONCERNED THE TWO TERRITORIES.

OCCASIONS SEVERAL

HE SAID THAT HE HAD ON MEETINGS IN CHINA WHICH WERE ATTENDED AND THAT HE WAS ASSURED

PARTICIPATED IN

BY SENIOR CHINESE OFFICIALS, THAT THROUGH THE NUMEROUS CONTACTS, THE EXCHANGE OF INTELLIGENCE AND THE CLOSEST CO-OPERATION WITH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES, MANY CRIMES WOULD BE EFFECTIVELY CONTAINED.

THE YEARS, REVIEWING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLICE FORCE OVER

MANUFACTURING MR LI SAID HONG KONG HAD GRADUALLY EVOLVED FROM A BASIC AND SERVICE-ORIENTED CENTRE TO A WORLD TRADE AND FINANCE CENTRE IN THE PAST 30 YEARS.

THE

THE INCREASING DEMAND OF "THIS CHANGE IN ROLE, COUPLED WITH

ΤΟ ADAPT TO NECESSITATED THE FORCE HAS GROWING POPULATION,

RESPECT OF TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT, CIRCUMSTANCES AND IMPROVE IN

TECHNIQUES," HE MANPOWER STRUCTURE, RESOURCES PLANNING, AND POLICING SAID.

IS AN EXAMPLE OFFICERS TO THE POPULATION, NOWADAYS 4.5 TO 1,000.

THE

IN INCREASE

THE WHICH IN 1957 WAS

OF RATIO 2.3 то 1,000

POLICE AND

MR

LI SAID

FORCE THE

HAD

ACHIEVED GOOD

IN RESULTS

ITS

TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT.

HE SAID THE

WIDESPREAD USE OF

THE

COMPUTERS HAD

GREATLY

ENHANCED EFFICIENCY IN THE FORCE.

"THE ACQUISITION OF NEW SYSTEMS HAS GREATLY FACILITATED

A MORE BROUGHT ABOUT

IN' THEIR OPERATIONS AND

TOWARD MANPOWER PLANNING AND PERSONNEL TRAINING.

"THE INTERFACE OF A NEW COMMUNICATION CENTRES WILL BRING THE FORCE INTO A NEW COMPUTER SYSTEMS TO FACILITATE

POLICE SYSTEMETIC APPROACH

SYSTEM IN ALL CONTROL ERA, AND THERE ARB NEW THE IDENTIFICATION OF FINGERPRINTS, VICTIMS, ECT AS WELL AS FOR THE FAST AND EASY RETRIEVAL OF CRIMINAL DATA, MR LI ADDED.

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HOWEVER, MR LI SAID DEVELOPMENT IN TECHNOLOGY HAD TO GO HAND IN

AND UP-TO-DATE WITH EFFECTIVE RESOURCES PLANNING

HAND

TECHNIQUES.

POLICING

/HE POINTED