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The Royal Hong Kong Police Force has developed into one of the world's best equipped and most efficient law enforce- ment agencies in the past 135 years. In 1842, the year the force was set up, it had just 34 men to police an infant entrepot of 30,000; today it has an authorised strength of more than 18,000 to maintain law and order in a leading industrial and financial centre that has become home to 4.5 million. Because of the problems created by so many people living in what is largely a high-rise environment, the force has, through necessity, become an innovator rather than an imitator in the crime- fighting field. Its most recent innovation is a $30 million beat radio and computer network regarded as the most modern and effective in the world today. The force has gone to great lengths over the past few years to bring the police closer to the people. This has been achieved through the opening of a network of Neighbour- hood Policing Units and reporting centres and through the appointment of 16 com- munity relations officers tasked with pro- moting closer ties with all levels of society. In addition, the force produces weekly police reports for Chinese and English television, as well as radio and TV shows for Junior Police Call, a youth organisa- tion that has attracted more than 200,000 members in just three years.

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Previous page: Woman Police Constable on beat duty with a male counterpart reflects the degree of integration that women have achieved in the Royal Hong Kong Police Force. Left (from top): Modern divisional police station in Kwai Chung; the force's Honorary Commandant, Princess Alexan- dra, at the Police Cadet School; a fleet of 45 launches patrols the 1,872 square kilo- metres of Hong Kong waters.