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Police Force (Chinese Recruits)

Volume 484: debated on Wednesday 21 February 1951

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asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what has been the response by Chinese in Malaya to the invitation to join the Police Force.

I am unable to say exactly how many Chinese there are at present in the Police Force but the recruitment of Chinese for the uniformed branch has been encouraging. The first batch of recruits completed their training in December last and more are now under training. There has always been a good supply of Chinese candidates for the Detective Branch.