"The move is part of the Government's on-going efforts to fight crime by stepping up liaison and co-operation with authorities overseas - this post is a new challenge for me as it is the first of its kind | |
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milestone in appointing its first overseas liaison officer to help fight commercial and other
serious crimes.
Chief Inspector Stanley Chung has taken up the post of CIP Overseas Liaison Sydney, to work with Australian authorities to fight commercial fraud, drug trafficking and money laundering. Mr Chung transferred from the Personnel Wing Discipline Section to Sydney on April 4. |
 G'day, mate: CIP Stanley Chung hard at work at the new overseas Police post in Sydney |
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Working from the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Affairs Office in the New South Wales capital, he is also studying technologies, techniques and tactics employed by Australian police in crime busting. It is the first such overseas liaison post set up under an Economic and Trade office. Mr Chung has so far had no time for the sightseeing, trips down to the clean Aussie beaches, or cuddling the country's cute koalas, which most Hong Kong visitors Down Under enjoy. He's been flat-out with work and the all-important and time-consuming accommodation hunt since his arrival. The Australian press has showed extensive interest in the new Police post in Sydney, and the country's Chinese-language press were especially interested in the friendly new officer from Hong Kong. "It is still my familiarisation period and I'm still getting used to the country, the people, style and the culture. The pace of life is not as tense here as in Hong Kong. For a start, all the shops close at 5 pm!" he said. "But it's been so far so good, apart from the weather from time to time. The officer has found the good old Australian sun hasn't been as friendly as during his previous visits. "We had a huge hailstorm a few weeks ago. I thought somebody was throwing stones at my window, so I went outside to see what it was and there were all these icy balls everywhere and damaged cars. It looked like snow! But apart from that the skies have been blue and there's plenty of fresh air and trees." Despite being in the land of abundant good food and wine, he said Sydney's Chinatown has been a Godsend for him. "I have been trying some Australian food and those of other ethnic cultures in Australia, but I still prefer Chinese. Having Chinatown close by is really quite convenient!" Apart from his wife and baby daughter, who arrive in Sydney later this month, Mr Chung said he missed his friends and Force colleagues, but was knuckling-down to do his best in the new post. "Please tell my colleagues in Hong Kong to look me up when they come." | |
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