Police-1957-1958 — Page 16

32. Rewards granted to members of the public for special services totalled $7,345 and to members of the Force $37,213. There were 4,242 men in receipt of Good Conduct Allowances at the end of the year.

PART III

RECRUITING AND TRAINING

STANDARDS FOR ENLISTMENT

33. All persons joining the Force are required to be of sound physique and with normal eyesight without glasses.

34. Overseas probationary Sub-Inspectors, who are recruited in the United Kingdom by the Crown Agents, are required to be single, between the ages of twenty and twenty seven years, not less than five feet eight inches in height and of good general education.

35. Local probationary Sub-Inspectors are recruited locally on selection by a Board consisting of the Deputy Commissioner and the Commandant, Police Training School. They are required to be between the ages of twenty and twenty five years, not less than five feet six inches in height and in possession of a Hong Kong School Certificate.

36. Recruit Constables are selected by the Commandant, Police Training School from applicants between eighteen and twenty five years of age. They are required to be not less than five feet five inches in height and able to read and write Chinese fluently.

RECRUITMENT

37. During the year thirty six overseas and seventeen local officers were recruited by direct entry to the inspectorate and twenty three members of the Rank and File were promoted to that rank. The number of applications for direct entry both locally and in the United Kingdom was disappointingly small, but the standard of those appointed continu- ed to be satisfactory and in respect of overseas officers the Force is greatly indebted to those responsible in the office of the Crown Agents who have shown a very clear appreciation of the requirements of this Force and have made the most strenuous efforts to meet them.

38. Of eleven vacancies in Gazetted Rank ten were filled by appointment from the inspectorate and one by transfer from another Colony.

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