Commissioner Siu Chak-yee inspected a passing-out parade as the reviewing officer at the Hong Kong Police College on November 27. He hoped the graduates would serve the public with empathy and professionalism when performing frontline duties, so as to win public respect and recognition and subsequently garner their support.

In his speech, the Commissioner shared that some people, influenced by fake news and once held prejudice against the Force, were later touched by the Police’s professionalism after interacting with officers in person and understanding the work of the Force. There was a case in which a little girl felt scared after being robbed. Her parents were deeply moved by the police officers’ genuine care shown to their daughter during investigation. He also mentioned that there was a taxi driver who saw how a frontline officer handled a case with empathy. With a “never give up” attitude, the police officer successfully rescued a baby girl in shock with multiple cardiopulmonary resuscitation attempts to save her life.

Putting yourself in people’s shoes

The Commissioner said that more thank-you letters from the public to the Force had been published in the latest Special Edition of OffBeat. Each thank-you letter proved that as long as police officers show more empathy to the citizens, the more support the Force will get. He called on the graduates to put themselves in the shoes of the public. “Try to think about how you want colleagues to protect the people around you, then you will know how to protect the public when you put on your uniform to discharge duties,” he added.

Achieving reputation of best Police Force with blood and sweat

The Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council Mr Xia Baolong praised the Hong Kong Police Force as a team that “deserves the reputation of being the best Police Force in the world.” The Commissioner believed that this honour was hard to come by, and was achieved by the predecessors’ blood and sweat. He encouraged graduates to live up to the Country’s support and do their best to maintain national security as well as social order and rule of law in Hong Kong.

Last but not least, the Commissioner paid tribute to Chief Inspector (Posthumous) Lam Yuen-yee who died heroically in September this year, praising her for fully demonstrating the Force’s spirit of “Serving Hong Kong with Honour, Duty and Loyalty”.

A total of 24 probationary inspectors and 86 recruit police constables passed out that day.

Please visit the following link to watch the video of the passing-out parade：（https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=430582851941940）.