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(A) WHEREVER POSSIBLE, BY PROMOTION OF LOCAL OFFICERS ON MERMIT:

(B) SECOND PRIORITY WILL BE TO BRING FORWARD HN TAME THE CREATHON OF ADDITIONAL POSTS, AT THE GAZETTED OFFICER LEVEL, AND TO FILL

THEM BY PROMOTING LOCAL OFFICERS (QUESTHONS 4):

(C) THE THIRD PRIORITY WILL BE TO CREATE VACANCHES FOR PROMOTING

LOCAL OFFICERS BY NOT RENEWING THE CONTRACTS OF OVERSEAS

OFFICERS ON AGREEMENT TERMS, UNLESS THERE WERE COMPELLING REASONS

FOR DOING SO (QUESTION 5):

(D) THE FOURTH PRIORITY WILL BE TO CREATE THE NECESSARY VACANCHES

FOR LOCAL OFFICERS BY THE COMPULSORY RETIREMENT OF OVERSEAS

OFFICERS, WITH COMPENSATION. CLEARLY THIS OPTION IS NOT DESIRABLE BUT HE HIT HIS FOUND NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT IT, THE BASHC PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN DETERMINING WHICH OFFICERS ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED WILL

HAVE REGARD PRIMARILY TO ENSURING THE LEAST DISRUPTION TO THE FORCE, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE OFFICER'S PERSONAL CHRCUMSTANCES: AND

(E) THE FIFTH PRIORITY, WHICH WILL ONLY BE USED IN THE LAST RESORT, WWN THE HNTERST OF PRESERVING THE MORALE AND EFFICIENCY OF THE FORCE, HIS THE PASSING OVER FOR PROMOTION OF OVERSEAS OFFICERS WHO DESERVE PROMOTION BY LESS DESERVING LOCAL OFFICERS. THE POSSIBLINTY OF THIS HAPPENING WHEN ADDITIONAL, SPECHAL POSTS HAVE BEEN CREATED, HAS BEEN MENTIONED UNDER THE SECOND PRIORITY ABOVE,

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HKG CONSIDERS THAT THESE MEASURES WILL ENABLE THE BASHC AHM OF

HAVHING MORE LOCAL THAN OVERSEAS OFFICERS BY THE YEAR 2000 (TO BE ACHIEVED (QUESTION 6)). HKG WILL DEVOTE THE NEXT 2 1/2 YEARS TO

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AIDENTIFYING AND DEVELOPING SUITABLE LOCAL CANDIDATES FOR PROMOTION. THE CHINESE SIDE MAY BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THE GENERAL REACTION OF THE POLICE FORCE AFTER HAVING BEEN) BRIEFED ON THIS PROCESS OF LOCALANSATION. NONE OF THE RESPONSES SERIOUSLY QUESTIONED THE STRATEGY. THERE WERE CONCERNS OVER HOW THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POLICY WOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED. THERE WERE ALSO CONCERNS OVER COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS (QUESTIONS 7, 8, 9 AND 10). These CANERING WILL

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QUESTION 1: WHY SO MANY OVERSEAS OFFICERS IN THE INSPECTORATE

RANKS ?

ANSWER 1 : OVERSEAS OFFICERS ARE ONLY RECRUITED WHEN THERE ARE INSUFFICIENT SUITABLE LOCAL CANDIDATES TO FILL THE VACANCIES. UP UNTIL SOME YEARS AGO, DIFFICULT TO RECRUMT ENOUGH LOCALS. NOW MUCH BETTER. OVERSEAS OFFICERS ARE NOW NO LONGER RECRUITED ON PENS HBNABLE TERMS AND NEW OFFICERS MAY NOT TRANSFER TO PERMANENT AND PENSIONABLE TERMS.

QUESTION 2 : WHAT PERCENTAGE OF LOCAL OFFICERS ARE THERE ON THE WHOLE #INSPECTORATE RANKS ?

ANSWER 2 : 70 PERCENT.

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