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FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1992

GOVERNOR PLEDGES STAUNCH SUPPORT FOR POLICE

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GOVERNOR, THE RT HON (FRIDAY) THE POLICE WERE DOING AN BORDER.

CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT

SAID TODAY

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HE NOTED THAT WHILE MANY PEOPLE HAD SYMPATHY FOR THOSE WHOSE FAMILIES WERE SPLIT, THERE WAS NO SYMPATHY FOR THOSE WHO TRY ΤΟ JUMP THE QUEUE.

"IT IS UNFAIR AND PUTS CONSIDERABLE PRESSURES ON OUR COMMUNITY.

"SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE A FAIR AND TOUGH LINE AGAINST THOSE WHO SEEK TO ENTER OUR COMMUNITY ILLEGALLY. THERE WILL UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES BE ANY AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS."

ME PATTEN MADE THE REMARKS AFTER SPENDING THE WHOLE DAY VISITING THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE TO SEE FOR HIMSELF HOW THEY GO ABOUT THEIR DIFFICULT AND SOMETIMES DANGEROUS WORK.

IN HIS INAUGURATION SPEECH, THE GOVERNOR PLEDGED HIS STAUNCH SUPPORT FOR THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE, AND PLEDGED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD WORK ROUND-THE-CLOCK TO BEAT CRIME IN THE TERRITORY,

THE GOVERNOR'S EARLY VISIT TO THE POLICE FORCE DEMONSTRATES THE IMPORTANCE HE ATTACHES TO THEIR WORK, TO THE MAINTENANCE OF LAW AND ORDER AND TO FIGHTING CRIME.

THE GOVERNOR'S DAY BEGAN WITH A BRIEFING BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, AND THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR LI KWAN-HA.

POLICE

ACCOMPANIED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, THE GOVERNOR THEN VISITED THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS, INCLUDING THE HONG KONG ISLAND COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTRE. HE WENT ON TO VISIT WANCHAI STATION, WHERE HE INSPECTED STATION FACILITIES AND MET OFFICERS.

POLICE

THE GOVERNOR THEN VISITED THE POLICE TACTICAL UNIT HEADQUARTERS IN FANLING, WHERE HE HAD LUNCH WITH OFFICERS AND SAW A DEMONSTRATION OF VARIOUS TACTICS.

AFTER LUNCH, THE GOVERNOR TRAVELLED BY HELICOPTER TO THE BORDER, WHERE HE WAS SHOWN THE WORK OF THE FIELD PATROL DETACHMENT, IN PARTICULAR THEIR ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION ACTIVITIES.

HE TRAVELLED ALONG THE BORDER AREA IN A POLICE VEHICLE, AND VISITED BORDER HEADQUARTERS AT LO WU.

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FINALLY MR PATTEN VISITED THE MARINE POLICE NORTH DIVISION THEIR MEI SHA BASE, WHERE HE SAW A RANGE OF POLICE VESSELS, AND SEIZED FROM SMUGGLERS.

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