THE MEASURES TAKEN BY GOVERNMEAL.
THE NERO MEDIA AND THE
- PUBLIC GENERALLY ENDORSED GOVERNMENT'S ACTION ALTHOUGH THERE
WAS SOME MILD CRITICISM OF THE USE OF CR 55.
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2. WHEN SOME OF THE POLICE OFFICERS AFFECTED EXAMINED THE
IMPLICATIONS OF RETIREMENT UNDER CR 55 MORE CLOSELY, THEY
CLAIMED THAT THEY HAD RECEIVED LEGAL ADVICE TO THE EFFECT
THAT THEIR CHANCES OF EMIGRATING FROM HONG KONG WOULD BF
PREJUDICED, THEIR DEPENDENTS WOULD BE UNLIKELY TO BE ACCEPTED
AS GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND SOME MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION
IN HONG KONG WOULD SUPPORT THEM IN APPEALING AGAINST THE USE
OF CR 55. NO APPEALS HAVE BEEN LODGED SO FAR.
3. THE FORCE AS A WHOLE AFFEARS TO HAVE TAKEN THE ACTION AGAINST
THE YAUMATE GROUP CALMLY AND THE JFOA HAS CONFINET ITS SUPPORT
10 LAWFUL MEASURES. MANY OF THOSE RETIRED AND RELIEVED THAT THE
ACTION TAKEN AGAINST THEM WAS LESS SERIOUS THAN THEY HAD
ANTICIPATED. THEY ARE UNLIKELY TO RESORT TO TACTICS WHICH MIGHT
DEPRIVE THEM OF THEIR PENSIONS AND OTHER BENEFITS.
4. DIVISIONS IN THE LEADERSHIP OF THE JPOA AS THE RESULT OF
PERSONALITY CONFLICTS AND DIFFERING VIEWS ABOUT THE MANAGEMENT
AND OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSOCIATION MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO PREDICT
FUTURE TRENDS BUT AT PRESENT THE INFLUENCE OF THE RADICAL
ELEMENTS IN THE ASSOCIATION APPEARS TO BE WANING,
5. THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON 27TH APRIL THAT ELEVEN NEW POSTS HAD BEEN
CREATED AT A SENIOR LEVEL IN THE POLICE FORCE WAS RECEIVED
CALMLY BY MEMBERS OF THE FORCE ALTHOUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT
OFFICER CADRE HAVE EXPRESSED SOME CONCERN ABOUT THE INTRODUCTION
OF OFFICERS FROM OUTSIDE HONG KONG ON THE SCALE PLANNED. THE
SUPERINTENDENT'S ASSOCIATION IS RESTRICTING ITS ACTION TO
EXPRESSING ITS VIEWS THROUGH OFFICIAL CHANNELS AND THE OTHER STAFF ASSOCIATIONS ARE LIKELY TO FOLLOW SUIT.
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