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SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1992

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NEW DIRECTOR OF TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT APPOINTED

THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT, MR CHOW CHE-KING, HAS BEEN APPOINTED ΤΟ SUCCEED DR NIP KAM-FAN AS DIRECTOR.

DR NIP, AGED 59, RETIRED ON JULY 20, THIS YEAR.

HE JOINED THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE AS AN APPRENTICE ENGINEER IN 1956 AND WAS PROMOTED TO PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT ENGINEER 1981 AND TO DIRECTOR OF EIGINEERING DEVELOPMENT IN 1986.

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IN 1989 HE WAS APPOINTED AS DIRECTOR OF TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT.

ON HIS RETIREMENT, DR NIP HAS COMPLETED 35 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE GOVERNMENT.

MR CHOW, AGED 58, JOINED THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE AS A JUNIOR ASSISTANT ENGINEER IN 1955.

HE WAS PROMOTED TO GOVERNMENT ENGINEER IN 1980 AND ΤΟ PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT ENGINEER TWO YEARS LATER.

MR CHOW HAS ACTED AS DIRECTOR OF TERRITORY PREVIOUS OCCASIONS.

POLICE TO FACE CHALLENGES AHEAD

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DEVELOPMENT ON

THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL BRANCH, MR DON WATSON, TOOK THE SALUTE FROM 226 PASSING OUT POLICE OFFICERS AT THE WONG CHUK HANG POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING.

REVIEWING THE POLICE OFFICERS ON PARADE, MR WATSON SAID HUMAN RIGHTS WOULD COME MORE SHARPLY INTO FOCUS AND WOULD INCREASINGLY AFFECT THE WAY THEY CONDUCT THEMSELVES PROFESSIONALLY,

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**POLICE POWERS AND PROCEDURES, LONG TAKEN FOR GRANTED, CHALLENGED AND MAY BE REVOKED IN ORDER ΤΟ ENSURE THAT WE DO NOT INADVERTENTLY VIOLATE THE SACRED RIGHTS OF EVERY CITIZEN, HE SAID.

MR WATSON SAID POLICE OFFICERS WOULD WITNESS HISTORIC CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES IN THIS TERRITORY AND BE EXPECTED BY THE COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO POLICE HONG KONG ACCORDING TO THE RULE OF LAW AND TO NO LESS THAN THE VERY HIGH STANDARDS OF IMPARTIAL POLICING.

"YOU WILL BE CALLED UPON то DEAL WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF SITUATIONS WHICH WILL CALL UPON EVERY OUNCE OF TRAINING, EXPERIENCE, TACT AND COMMON SENSE YOU POSSESS,' HE TOLD THE OFFICERS ON PARADE.

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