Corruption
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Commissioner of Police
Strength of Hong Kong Police Force
liates of Pay
There have been cases of corruption as in any other Police Force. But the Hong Kong Government is very alive to the dangers of this threat and is constantly seeking new measures of combetting it.
A great deal of "information" is received on the subject of corruption, most of which is unreliable and much of which comes
from dubious sources.
I have seen the transcript of the television film in
question. In my view it is a grossly biased production seeking to present the Police as a body indulging in corrupt activities on p wide scele. It makes little or no attempt to give ary credit for the cutstanding services that the Force has
rendered over the yea u and it does no credit whatsoever to the
producers of the programme.
The present Commissioner of Tolice, Hong Kong, will be leaving the Colony on retirement next month. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in 1968.
At the end of 1968, the total strength of the Hong Kong Police Force was 11,468 all ronks. Expatriate members of the Force represent approximately 5% of this total. The total strength. of the Auxiliary Police Force is approximately 2,100.
The present rates of pay for the Force are in gencral considered to be adequate. I have no knowledge of any dissatis- faction over them within the Force. Recruitment is generally
satisfactory.
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