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SECRETARY FOR

SECURITY:

Yes, Sir, the standards are

something which is

is constantly under review by the police

themselves and from time

from time to time changes are made in the

standards required for people to join the police force.

At the moment, it is not intended that there should be any

As regards the attraction of

change in this.

applications both

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both for Constable posts and for Inspector le.

posts, this is something which is also in hand. Measures

include increased publicity, more visits to tertiary

institutions, and the introduction of a system of postal

applications and there has, in fact, been a marked

improvement as a result of these efforts by the Royal Hong

Kong Police Force. For Inspector posts, for instance,

there have been 308 applications in the first few months

of this year which, in fact, is

is a

a 55 per cent increase

over the same period last

year. AS far as Police Le

tonstal

onstable posts are concerned, the remedial measures that

have been introduced have had an immediate effect as well:

for the first two months of the current year, there have

been 1,923 applications compared with 996 for the same

period last year. This is a 93 per cent increase.