CHRIS PATTEN VISITS PHQ FOR LAST TIME AS GOVERNORRecently, Christopher Patten paid a final formal visit to the RHKP Headquarters in his capacity as the last UK Governor of Hong Kong. Apart from being updated and briefed in-depth on security and crowd control measures for the Farewell and Handover ceremonies on 30 June, Governor Patten was also given a tour of the Criminal Intelligence Bureau and the Ballistics and Firearms Identification Bureau. Here are some of the images from
that visit ......
End of an era: His Excellency Governor Christopher Patten signs the PHQ
visitor's book for the last time as Hong Kong Governor
CSP SD Tang King-shing outlines the security plans for the Farewell and
Handover Ceremonies for Mr Patten
Governor Patten asks Dick Lee Ming-kwai to clarify a point concerning
security during the Farewell Ceremony
Mr Patten
examines two spent bullets through the Ballistics and Firearms
Identification Bureau's state-of-the-art computerised comparison microscope
Both CP Eddie Hui Ki-on and Governor Patten
listen to the facts behind
the weaponry seized in crime cases at the Ballistics and Firearms Identification Bureau
The Governor was extremely impressed with the CIB's highly sophisticated
Criminal Intelligence Computer System
Equal Opportunities - women and men training side by side at PTUOn a hot and cloudy afternoon, in an ex-army camp in Sek Kong, 13 women police were among 170 officers of the PTU Yankee Company to receive internal security training.Crowd control was the main theme of the day as female officers learned different tactics in dealing with passive resistance and demostrators. They also had the chance to feel the heat of a petrol bomb ...... 
Easy identification: Women Officers of PTU Yankee Company welcomed the Introduction
of orange-coloured stripes on their helmets
Who is who?: When officers are in full riot gear during training, it is
hard to distinguish women from men, except by the orange stripes on their
helmets
Anti Riot Tactics: The burning flames from a Molotov Cocktail fail to deter
women officers from moving forward and carriying out
their duty
Crowd Control: Dealing with passive resistance is one of the skills that
women officers have to learn
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