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MONDAY, MAY 2, 1994

GOVERNOR PLEDGES SUPPORT TO POLICE

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE

WHOLE

COMMUNITY ITS

EVERYTHING

THE

DO WILL REQUIRED TO SUPPORT THE POLICE FORCE IN

WORK. THE GOVERNOR, RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, SAID THIS (MONDAY) MORNING.

GUARD

MR PATTEN MADE THE PLEDGE DURING A RECEPTION FOLLOWING A

THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF HONOUR CEREMONY AT EDINBURGH PLACE TO MARK OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE.

IN PRAISING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE POLICE FORCE, SAID IT HAD MADE HONG KONG ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN WHICH TO LIVE AND BRING UP A FAMILY.

THE

THE GOVERNOR WORLD IN

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE OVERALL CRIME RATES OF THE TERRITORY SINGAPORE, HAD BEEN DECLINING SINCE 1990 AND WERE LOWER THAN THAT OF

THE LEVEL TOKYO OR TORONTO; ROBBERIES AND THEFTS WERE LESS THAN HALF IN TOKYO, WHILE THE MURDER RATE WAS LESS THAN HALF THAT OF TORONTO.

A SAFE CITY. "I AM CONFIDENT THAT HONG KONG WILL LONG REMAIN

SERVICE THE TRADITION OF PROFESSIONALISM,

AND RESOURCEFULNESS THAT YEARS THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE HAS BUILT UP OVER THE LAST 150

MAY FUTURE IS A FIRM FOUNDATION FOR WHATEVER THE SAID.

THE GOVERNOR

ALSO EXPRESSED

HOLD,

MR

PATTEN

HIS SINCERE

ΤΟ GRATITUDE

THE AND ALL. HIS SENIOR OFFICERS

COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR LI KWAN-HA, FOR THEIR EXCELLENT LEADERSHIP AND PERFORMANCE.

MORE THAN GREAT

THE "THEY CARRY OUT THE DEMANDING TASK OF MANAGING 30.000 OFFICERS AND CIVILIANS WHO MAKE UP THE POLICE FORCE WITH EFFICIENCY, DEDICATION AND GOOD SENSE. HE SAID.

THANKING THE GOVERNOR AND THE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR WHOLEHEARTED

L1 POLICE. MR

SAID THAT OVER ITS 150 SUPPORT TO THE

YEARS OF CONSTABULARY OF DEVELOPMENT, THE POLICE FORCE HAD GROWN FROM A SMALL ONLY A HANDFUL

OFFICERS OF

POLICE LARGF MODERN

FORCE ANY OF THE TOP LAW COMPARABLE IN SIZE, CAPABILITY AND CAPACITY TO ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE WORLD.

INTO A

"THERE HAVE BEEN UPS AND DOWNS;

THE FORCE

HAS GONE THROUGH

THICK AND THIN, HE SAID.

"I AM PLEASED TO SAY THAT WITH DEDICATION. PROFESSIONALISM, AND ABOVE ALL, TEAM SPIRIT, MEMBERS OF MY FORCE HAVE ACTED IN CONCERT, RODE OUT THE STORMS AND EMERGED EVER STRONGER.

BE WORKING WITH SUCH "IT GIVES ME PARTICULAR PLEASURE TO FINE BODY OF MEN AND WOMEN AT THIS HISTORIC TIME.

A

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AT THE GUARD OF HONOUR MOUNTED BY THE POLICE

THAN 100 OFFICERS TODAY COMPRISED MORE

FROM THE

SCHOOL.

EDINBURGH PLACK POLICE TRAINING

THE CELEBRATION

ALSO FEATURED A

BY SAIL-PAST

MODERN POLICE GOVERNMENT

LAUNCHES AND HIGH-SPEED CRAFT AS WELL AS A FLY-PAST BY THE FLYING SERVICE.

/THE GOVERNOR