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HEAD 52 POLICE FORCE: HONG KONG POLICE

Estimate 1961/62

$68,096,800

Revised estimate 1960/61

62,946,000

Approved estimate 1960/61

68,816,500

Actual expenditure 1959/60

53,659,279

1960/61

1961/62

Difference

Permanent staff

Supernumerary staff

9,552

9,728

+ 176

18

14

Net increase

New posts

4 Senior Superintendents (2*)

1 Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent*

68 Senior Inspectors*

19 Inspectors

1 Staff Sergeant Class II

9 Sergeants (2*)

29 Corporals

181 Constables

3 Women Sergeants

4 Women Corporals

22 Women Constables

1 Administrative Officer

1 Executive Officer

3 Radio Mechanics

1 Force Welfare Officer

1 Senior Driving Test Examiner

9 Driving Test Examiners

26 Clerical Assistants

6 Messengers

172

Existing posts deleted

1 Senior Superintendent†

4 Chief Inspectors (1†)

2 Senior Inspectors†

1 Woman Staff Sergeant

100 Inspectors (34†)

10 Sergeants*

23 Constables†

5 Executive Officers†

44 Clerkst

9 Typists†

6 Clerical Assistants†

16 Messengers†

5 Stokers Class II†

5 Engineers Class IV†

3 Motor Mechanics

21 Labourers

411

1 Superintendent or Assistant

Superintendent

Supernumerary Staff

1 Senior Superintendent†

2 Secretary Stenographers

2 Confidential Assistants

239

* Approved by Special Warrant during the year.

† Immigration establishment: see paragraph 3 of memorandum under Head 54.

Of the four Senior Superintendent posts, three are for the Special Branch, two of which were approved by Special Warrant during 1960/61, and the fourth is required for senior staff duties in the Establish- ment Branch at Headquarters. These increases are offset by the transfer of one post to the Immigration Department. One post of Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent (Deputy Force Communications Officer) was approved by Special Warrant during 1960/61 and is offset by the reduction of one post of Chief Inspector. A further post of Chief Inspector is transferred to the Immigration Department and another two posts are replaced by two Senior Inspector posts. As a result of the approval of the new Rank Structure there are 68 new posts of Senior Inspector. Two of these posts are transferred to the Immigration Department. The establishment of Inspectors is reduced by sixty-six posts upgraded to Senior Inspector and thirty-four posts transferred to the Immigration Department. An increase of nineteen was approved for normal Force expan- sion. Two hundred and forty-nine rank and file were approved for normal Force expansion but this is