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10. IT IS LIKELY TO TAKE TIME TO CURE AND I THINK THE MULTIPLE
APPROACH ADOPTED THE MOST PROMISING. IN THE LONG RUN ONE'S FEARS
OF THIS SORT OF ABUSE SHOULD BE REDUCED BY THE PROGRESSIVE INTAKE
INTO THE CONSTABULARY OF THE MUCH BETTER EDUCATED YOUNG PEOPLE
WHO ARE NOW COMING FORWARD OR BEING PRODUCED BY THE POLICE CADET
SCHOOL ON THE ONE HAND, AND BY MEASURES OF IMPROVED ADMINISTRATION
AND SUPERVISION RECOMMENDED BY MR CRANE ON THE OTHER.
11. I SUSPECT MRS ELLIOTT'S MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO FIND AN ISSUE
ON WHICH SHE CAN BAS A CALL FOR AN OUTSIDE ENQUIRY. THIS HAS BEEN
HER AIM, WHETHER ON CRIME, CORRUPTION OR A MULTITUDE OF OTHER ISSUES, OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. NATURALLY TO SUBJECT THE POLICE
TO YET A FURTHER INQUISITION AT THIS STAGE WOULD BE DISASTROUS.
12. IN THE LONG-TERM I AM SURE THAT A VERY CONSIDERABLE
CONTRIBUTION COULD BE MADE BY LOCALISATION OF THE MAGISTRACY AND
JUDICIARY. UNFORTUNATELY THE SCALE OF RENUMERATION IN THE PRIVATE
SECTOR MAKES THIS IMPOSSIBLE AT THE MOMENT WITHOUT REPERCUSSIONS
THROUGHOUT THE SALARY SCALES OF THE CIVIL SERVICE. EXPANSION OF
THE LEGAL FACULTY AT THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY SHOULD HELP IN
TIME, BUT THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE MAJOR PROBLEMS WHICH THE NEW
CJ WILL HAVE TO TACKLE.
13. I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHAT REPLY I PROPOSE TO SEND.
MACLEHOSE
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