TNAG-1584-FCO40-2158-Localisation-of-the-Hong-Kong-police-force-1986 — Page 15

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REPLACEMENT.

ON BOTH ISSUES EXCO EXPRESSEN AGREEMENT WITH WHAT WAS PROPOSED IN

THE PAPERS PUT BEFORE THEM.

2. IN RESPECT OF PLANNING FOR THE SENIOR RANKS OF THE POLICE FORCE,

THE IP ADVICE WAS THAT -

(A) THE OBJECT SHOULD BE TO ACHIEVE A LOCAL COMMISSIONER OF POLICE

AND AT LEAST ONE LOCAL DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE IN 1995 AND

BY THE YEAR 2000 THE PROPORTION OF LOCAL OFFICERS IN THE GAZETTED

OFFICER RANKS SHOULD BE HIGHER THAN THE PROPORTION OF OVERSEAS

OFFICERS: AND

(B) THE OBJECT SHOULD BE ACHIEVED BY MEANS OF THE PROPOSALS OUTLINED

IN THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMORANDUM.

(C) THAT CONSULTATIONS WITH THE FORCE COULD NOW COMMENCE ON THIS

ISSUE.

3. IN RESPECT OF THE REPLACEMENT FOR THE GAPRISON THEY ADVISED

THAT

(A) FURTHER CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO EXPANDING THE POLICE

TACTICAL UNIT AND BACKING IT UP WITH HONG KONG'S EXISTING VOLUNTEEP

ORGANISATIONS RECONSTITUTED AND PE-ORGANISED AS NECESSARY:

(B) THE STEERING GROUP SHOULD DRAW UP DETAILED PROPOSALS AS TO HOW

LARGE THE PEPLACEMENT SHOULD BE AND THE SPEED AT WHICH IT COULD BE

BUILT UP: AND

(C) THERE SHOULD BE NO PUBLICITY UNTIL HMG'S AGREEMENT TO THE PROPOSALS HAS BEEN OBTAINED: AND THE PPCG HAS REEN INFORMED OF

THE COURSE TO BE PURSUED. THEREAFTER ALL PUBLICITY ON THIS ISSUE

SHOULD BE CAREFULLY CO-ORDINATED AND CONTROLLED.

4. IN RESPECT OF SENIOR STAFF PLANNING FOR THE FOLICE FORCE, MEMBERS' MAIN CONCERN WAS TO MAINTAIN THE MORALE OF THE FORCE AS A WHOLE. THEY APPRECIATED THAT OUP PLANS HAD BEEN DEVISED WITH THIS END IN

MIND AND THAT WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING WOULD HOPEFULLY HAVE THE DESIRED EFFECT. BEHIND THEIR COMMENTS WAS THE HOPE THAT THERE WOULD STILL BE A SIGNIFICANT EXPATRIATE ELEMENT IN THE POLICE FOPCE WHEN

SOVEREIGNTY CHANGED HANDS.

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