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TO PRIORITY F.C.O TELNO.205 OF 22 FEBRUARY 78,
INFO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
JUNIOR POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION (JPOA).
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1. THE FIRST STAGE OF THE JPOA ELECTIONS VOTING FOR UNIT
REPRESENTATIVES - WAS COMPLETED ON 21 FEBRUARY, 92 REPRESENTATIVES
WERE DULY DECLARED ELECTED. IN ONE DISTRICT, THERE WAS A TIED VOTE, AND NEW ELECTIONS TO RESOLVE THIS WILL BE HELD TODAY.
2. THE 92 REPRESENTATIVES SO FAR ELECTED COMPRISE 32 STATION
SERGEANTS, 29 SERGEANTS AND 31 CONSTABLES. SIX MEMBERS OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE HAVE BEEN ELECTED, INCLUDING THE CHAIRMAN, S/SGT MICHAEL CHUNG NAM-KEUNG, AND THE FORMER PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER, SGT SHUM LO-SANG. THE OTHER MEMBERS WERE EITHER
INEGLIGIBLE BECAUSE THEY ARE UNDER INTERDICTION, OR FAILED TO
OBTAIN SUFFICIENT VOTES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE UNITS.
3. PRESS INTEREST HAS BEEN KEEN WITH BOTH THE CHINESE AND ENGLISH
LANGUAGE PRESS EMPHASISING THE NEED FOR AN ASSOCIATION WHICH IS
GENUINELY REPRESENTATIVE AND CONCERNED WITH THE WELFARE OF THE
FORCE.
4. THE SIX DISTRICT COMMITTEES INTO WHICH THE 93 UNIT REPRESENTAT-.
IVES ARE DIVIDED WILL NOW EACH ELECT THREE OFFICE-BEARERS.
THESE WILL CONSTITUTE THE EIGHTEEN MAN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
WHICH WILL THEN ELECT ITS OWN OFFICE-BEARERS. THIS PROCESS
SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
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MR.CORTAZZI MR.MURRAY
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