TNAG-1733-FCO40-2446-Minutes-and-Hansards-of-the-Legislative-Council-of-Hong-Kong-1988 — Page 203

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SECRETARY FOR SECURITY :

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detailed statistics on early retirements and

resignations from the Royal Hong Kong Police over the

past five years are difficult to present orally.

the afhendic. have therefore set them out in an andex attached to

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The figures indicating the scale and pattern of

early retirements have been stable at a low level

over recent years and are not a cause for concern.

As for resignations, there has been an increase in respect of Inspectors and Junior Police Officers

in 1987 and the first five months of 1988. I am

satisfied, however, that although this trend must be

watched closely, these resignations have not

seriously affected the expansion plans designed to

enable the police to resume the anti-illegal

immigration duties at present undertaken by the

British garrison. Recruitment will, of course, play an

important part in this expansion but I am informed by

the Commissioner of Police that recruitment targets

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