Two of the interns have worked in Commercial Crime Bureau (CCB), Jess Chau Yik-lai from the University of Hong Kong and Queenie Au Yeung Hang-ki from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. They have worked on three projects of CCB's publicity campaign for 2009/10 as project managers.

They played execution roles in the Fight IT Crime Ambassador Workshop for 360 Fight IT Crime Ambassadors from nine uniformed groups on June 13. Describing themselves as "blank sheets" at the beginning, they quickly picked up their jobs within two weeks, finding a lot of excitement and novelty from the jobs. "We never know police work is so wide-embracing," they quipped. "The 'interaction' between the Police and the community is much more than making arrests. There's no anti-climax because the next blockbuster was coming."

On June 30, an interview with former CCB Chief Superintendent Chan Yiu-kwok on the corporate governance scheme of the CCB publicity campaign was aired on TV. Commenting on the news, the interns said: "We have police from different fields investigating local and overseas crimes with their professional background." Later they helped out with researches and proposals for promoting good practices of corporate governance in Hong Kong.

They planned and executed the "Lateral Thinking Method Sharing Workshop" on the evening of July 10, in which former Government Forensic Chemist Dr Wong In-jea, who is an Honourary Advisor to the Police College, introduced lateral thinking techniques, a disciplined process for creative problem-solving, to the audience, including off-duty CCB officers and mentees from the Police Mentorship Programme.

"During the planning and execution process, we learned that discipline and communication are vital for a successful function, and probably, we guess, a successful operation," they said.

At the workshop, CCB Superintendent Ho Ying-foo presented a certificate of appreciation to Dr Wong.

As their job attachment concluded, the interns noted: "We are lucky because we have put our ability to good use in the field we like, have had a fruitful summer and gained valuable experience in CCB."

Summer interns have put their abilities to good use in CCB