Members of the PVSC teams contributed a total of 102,423 hours in 2008 in providing a great variety of volunteer services. Among the teams, the Police Rainbow Volunteer Group chalked up the highest total of 18,700 hours.

The Police Rainbow Volunteer Group was formed in 2002 with about 30 members mainly coming from specialist units in the Force to deliver services to youth-at-risk. After years of working closely with Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) and the Social Welfare Department, the Group's membership has grown to about 170 and it has extended services to help youths to stay away from drugs, victims of domestic violence, the elderly and the physically handicapped.

The Group has also extended its volunteer work to students in mountainous areas in Yunnan, as well as the elderly and orphans in Shenzhen.

The Group's contributions to volunteer services in Hong Kong also gained recognition outside Hong Kong when Group members were invited to give talks on volunteer work to, and shared their volunteer work experiences with, the undergraduates at Sun Yat-sen University.

The Group's leader, Sai Kung Divisional Commander Chan Kin-kwok, was awarded a Certificate of Recognition of the Third Hong Kong Volunteer Award by the Agency for Volunteer Service in November last year. At the 2009 Presentation Ceremony, retired Police Constable (PC) Liu Chi-man and his wife, retiring WPC Or Hing-chun, also received the Family Volunteer Award.

Mrs Liu has been an active volunteer worker for over 40 years, while her husband, for over 15 years. This police couple always brings their son and daughter along when they take part in volunteer work in order to set role models for them. Besides volunteer work, Mr Liu is also assisting NGOs in training volunteer workers.

In December 2008, the couple was presented with the Gold Award Certificate for Volunteer Service, signed by the Volunteer-in-Chief, Mrs Selina Tsang, and the then Director of Social Welfare, Mr Stephen Fisher, for contributing 200 hours of volunteer service to the community in 2008.

In the same month, Sergeant (SGT) Chan Cheuk-ying from Emergency Unit New Territories North was presented with a Long Service Certificate signed by Mrs Tsang and Mr Fisher for contributing 20 years of volunteer work to the community.

In 1983, SGT Chan started participating in fund raising for Africa, and gradually played an increasingly active role in other volunteer services, such as those for hospital patients and elderly home inmates. Besides volunteer work with NGOs, he is now playing an active role as a member of the Tuen Mun District Police Volunteer Group.

Like the police couple, SGT Chan also hopes to set a good example for his children's upbringing when he embarks on volunteer work.

Besides their enthusiasm for volunteer work, all officers share one belief in mind - "having a great sense of satisfaction in helping the less fortunate in our midst".

Sergeant Chan Cheuk-ying's community services know no bounds