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QUESTION 3: HOW MANY OVERSEAS OFFICERS ARE THERE AT THE CHIEF

#INSPECTOR LEVEL ?

ANSWER 3 : THERE ARE 193 OUT OF A TOTAL OF 473.

QUESTION 4: WHAT DOES THE BRITISH SIDE MEAN BY BRINGING FORWARD *N TUME THE CREATHON OF ADDITIONAL POSTS ?

ANSWER 4 : THERS MEANS THAT HE THE POLICE WILL NEED ADDITIONAL GAZETTED OFFICER POST #N, SAY, 1990 (E.G. FOR A DEVELOPING NEW TOWN), THE POSTS MIGHT BE SOUGHT MIN 1986 SO AS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CHANNEL OF PROMOTION FOR LOCAL PROMOTED GAZETTED OFFICERS. WHEN THE TIME COMES FOR THE POSTS TO BE USED FOR OPERATIONAL PURPOSES, CARE WILL BE TAKEN TO MAKE SURE THAT NO EXPATRIATES, WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN PROMOTED TO IT ON MERINT, HAVE IN FACT BEEN

PASSED OVER.

QUESTION 5: HOW MANY OVERSEAS OFFICERS AT GAZETTED OFFICER RANKS AND CHIEF MNSPECTOR ARE ON AGREEMENT TERMS ?

ANSWER 5 : AT GAZETTED OFFICER RANKS 70 OUT OF SOME 300 OVERSEAS OFFICERS ARE ON AGREEMENT TERMS. AT THE CHIEF INSPECTOR LEVEL 102 OUT OF SOME 193 OVERSEAS OFFICERS ARE ON AGREEMENT TERMS.

QUESTION 6: #HS THE BRITISH SIDE CONFIDENT THAT HKG WILL BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE BASIC AM SET OUT ?

ANSWER 6: YES. DETAILED STUDIES HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE STRATEGY AS POSSIBLE AND THE EFFECT OF IT. BECAUSE OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF VARIABLES INVOLVED IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO PUT FIGURES ON HOW MANY OVERSEAS OFFICERS MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE THEIR CONTRACTS NOT RENEWED OR TO BE COMPULSORILY RETIRED. BUT HKG DOES NOT BELIEVE THE MEASURES PROPOSED WILL LEAD TO A DETERIORATHON HN THE EFFICIENCY OF THE FORCE.

QUESTMON 7: HOW WILL THESE CONCERNS BY ALLAYED ?

ANSWER TO 7: BY CAREFULLY PLANNING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 'STRATEGY AND BY BEING SEEN TO BE STUCKING TO HIT.

QUESTION 8 1 HOW MANY OFFICERS ARE THERE IN THE GAZETTED OFFICER RANKS AND HOW MANY OVERSEAS OFFICERS MIGHT BE AFFECTED ?

ANSWER 8 : THERE ARE CURRENTLY SOME 430 GAZETTED OFFICERS OF WHICH 272 ARE OVERSEAS OFFICERS. HIT HIS (NOT POSSIBLE)TO GIVE A REASONABLE ESTIMATE OF HOW MANY MAY BE AFFECTED,

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QUEST ON 9: WHAT ARRANGEMENTS WITH REGARD TO LOCALISATION ARE BEING MADE FOR THE SPECIAL BRANCH OF THE POLICE FORCE ?

ANSWER 9 : SPECIAL BRANCH STAFF ARE COVERED BY THESE ARRANGEMENTS.

QUESTION 10: MIS HKG CONCERNED THAT RAPWDLY PROMOTED LOCAL OFFICERS

MAY SUBSEQUENTLY TRY AND RETRE EARLY?

ANSWER 10 : HKG HS EXAMINING HOW THHIS EVENTUALITY MIGHT BE

COUNTERED.

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