TNAG-1584-FCO40-2158-Localisation-of-the-Hong-Kong-police-force-1986 — Page 7

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MY SECOND #PT : JLG MY LOCALISATION OF POLICE FORCE.

FOLLOWING IS DRAFT SPEAKING NOTE ON THE LOCALISATION OF THE POLICE FORCE.

BEGINS

and LOOKING FORMER AHEAD

WE ENVISAGE

LOCALISATION IN THE POLICE FORCE

DRAFT SPEAKING NOTE

# SHOULD LIKE TO BRIEF THE CHINESE SIDE ON THE PROGRESS MADE ON HKG'S PROPOSALS FOR CREATING A HIGHER PROPORTION OF LOCAL OFFICERS MIN THE GAZETTED OFFICER RANKS AS MR RENTON MENTIONED TO MR ZHOU NAN EARLIER THIS YEAR, CONSULTATIONS HAVE TAKEN PLACE WITH THE POLICE FORCE ON HOW TO DEVELOP THE POTENTIAL OF LOCAL OFFICERS AND TO ADVANCE THEM THROUGH THE FORCE SO THAT BY THE END OF 1990S THERE WILL BE MORE LOCAL GAZETTED OFFICERS THAN OVERSEAS ONES.

2) VS

THIS CONSULTATION HAS NOW FINISHED AND THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN SATMISFACTORY SHOULD NOW LIKE TO GIVE THE CHINESE SIDE MORE DETAILS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROPOSALS.

WITHIN THE GAZETTED OFFICER RANKS (THAT IS SUPERINTENDENT AND ABOVE SOME 70 PERCENT OF THE OFFICERS ARE FROM OVERSEAS (QUESTION 1). IN THE INSPECTORATE RANKS, AT THE CHIEF INSPECTOR LEVEL 59 PERCENT ARE LOCAL OFFICERS AND IT IS BY USING THIS POOL, AND THE OFFICERS AT THE SUPERINTENDENT LEVEL (WHERE 38 PERCENT ARE LOCALS), THAT THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF LOCAL OFFICERS AT THE HIGHER RANKS (QUESTIONS 2 AND 3).

The

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THE HKG/HAS DECIDED THAT IT WILL AIM TO ACHIEVE A LOCAL COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND AT LEAST ONE LOCAL AND AT LEAST ONE

EXPATRIATE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE HIN 1995, LFURTHER, THE AM

THAT

S THAT BY THE YEAR 2000, THE PROPORTION OF LOCAL OFFICERS WIN THE GAZETTED OFFICER RANKS SHOULD BE HIGHER THAN THE PROPORTION OF

Mont

OVERSEAS OFFICERS.

THENS END) WILL BE ACHIEVED IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER · 8

Prockss

(A) BY IDENTIFYING SUITABLE LOCAL OFFICERS FOR PROMOTION:

(B) BY DEVELOPING THE POTENTIAL OF SUCH OFFICERS BY MEANS OF SPECIAL TRAINING COURSES: AND

(C) BY ADVANCING SUCH OFFICERS THROUGH THE POLICE FORCE.

FIVE POSSIBLE WAYS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR ADVANCHING SUITABLE OFFICERS. THESE, UN DESCENDING ORDER OF PRIORITY AND PREFERENCE,

ARE :

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