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5. SUGGESTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Q.1.
A.
Q.2.
A.
Q.3.
A.
Q.4.
A.
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO HONG KONG BEFORE, HOW CAN YOU ADVISE ?
THE RHKP HAS MUCH IN COMMON WITH POLICE FORCES IN THE U.K
AND MY JOB IS TO ADVISE AND HELP THE VARIOUS POLICE AUTHOR-
ITIES IN THE U.K. THIS SHOULD ENABLE US TO GIVE USEFUL
ADVICE TO THE COMMISSIONER.
WILL YOU PRODUCE A REPORT AT THE END OF YOUR VISIT ?
NO. WE ARE HERE TO ADVISE AND ASSIST RATHER THAN TO WRITE REPORTS. OUR RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE PUT FORWARD AS WE PROCEED WITH OUR WORK.
ARE YOU SAYING YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS WILL NOT BE MADE PUBLIC ?
WILL
WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT ANY RECOMMENDATIONS WE HAVE WILL BE
MADE TO THE C.P AND GOVERNOR. IT IS NOT FOR ME TO DECIDE
WHETHER OR NOT ANY OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE PUBLISHED.
I SHOULD ADD THAT WE DO NOT EXPECT TO SUBMIT ANYTHING IN THE
NATURE OF A WRITTEN REPORT TO THE COMMISSIONER OR THE
GOVERNOR.
WILL YOU BE ADVISING ON THE SUCCESSION OF SENIOR POLICE
OFFICERS, IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT SEVERAL OF THEM ARE
RETIRING IN THE NEAR FUTURE ?
NO.
THIS IS NOT WHY WE ARE HERE. (IF ASKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT REPLACEMENT OF C.P: ''EMPHATICALLY NO'.)
Q.5. WILL YOU BE RECOMMENDING BRINGING IN REPLACEMENT OFFICERS
FROM OVERSEAS ?
A.
Q.6.
IT IS FAR TOO EARLY FOR ME TO FORM ANY VIEW ABOUT THIS.
IN THE PRESS RELEASE, REFERENCE WAS MADE TO THE FACT THAT YOU WILL BE EXAMINING POLICE RELATIONS WITH THE ICAC AND ICAC
PROCEDURES ? WOULD YOU COMMENT ON THIS ?
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