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MEANWHILE IN KOWLOON THERE WAS SOME FALLOFF IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGAINST HAWKERS AND TRAFFIC OFFENDERS.
6. THE CONCLUSIONS OF THIS SMALLER GATHERING REFERRED TO IN PARA 4 COMPRISING ABOUT 200 WAS REPORTED LATER WHEN THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE MET REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION, THE EXPATRIATE INSPECTORS ASSOCIATION, THE LOCAL INSPECTORS ASSOCIATION AND THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE JUNIOR POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION.
7. THIS MEETING HAD BEEN CALLED TO ADVISE THE ASSOCIATIONS OF THE TERMS OF THE PARTIAL AMNESTY AND TO ANSWER ANY POINTS ON IT AND THE ICAC COMPLAINTS MACHINERY. IT ALSO ENABLED THE COMMISSIONER TO TELL THOSE PRESENT THAT IT WAS NOW THE DUTY OF THE FORCE TO COMPLY WITH THE GOVERNMENTS DECISIONS AND CARRY OUT ITS FULL DUTIES.
3. THE MEETING DID NOT GO WELL AND A WALK OUT BY THE 18 MEMBERS OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE JUNIOR POLICE ASSOCIATION WAS ONLY PREVENTED BY MEMBERS OF THE LIA URGING RESTRAINT.
9. THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE JUNIOR POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION SAID THAT THE FORM OF AMNESTY WAS UNSATISFACTORY AND WHOLLY UNACCEPTABLE. THEY CLAIMED THAT IT SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO ALL, INCLUDING EVEN THOSE NOW BEFORE THE COURTS, THE MEETING THEN ADJOURNED.
10. THE CP THEN SAW THE CHAIRMEN OF THE REMAINING 3 ASSOCIATIONS WHO PROMISED HIM THEIR SUPPORT.
11. IN THE AFTERNOON THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND HIS DISTRICT POLICE AND FORMATION COMMANDERS DEVELOPED PLANS TO ISOLATE THOSE WHO WERE INTERDICTED AND THE TROUBLE MAKERS FROM THE FORCE AS A WHOLE. THEIR ASSESSMENT WAS THAT AS NEWS OF THE TERMS OF THE PARTIAL AMNESTY SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE FORCE, THOSE WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM IT WOULD QUICKLY SEE THE ADVANTAGES OF ACCEPTING IT.
12. TO CONSOLIDATE THIS PROCESS OF ACCEPTANCE, MEETINGS WERE HELD WITH ALL SUPERINTENDENTS ON THE EVENING OF 6 NOVEMBER TO
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