Pennants presented to Sau Mau Ping police

Sau Mau Ping officers are presented with souvenir pennants
SHUN Lee Estate Area Committee chairman Lau Hon-man and Kwun Tong Provisional District Board members presented souvenir pennants to District Commander Sau Mau Ping Au Yiu-kwan and his officers during a ceremony held at the Sau Mau Ping Police Station Officers' Mess on May 12.

They were commended for the arrest of a man on April 25 in connection with a series of lift robberies. After a detailed investigation officers found the man was involved in similar crimes in Shun Lee and Sau Mau Ping Estates in March and April. The man was subsequently charged.

Long service medals and promotions
FOUR officers have received long service medals with seven others getting promotion letters.

Commissioner of Police Eddie Hui presented Hong Kong Police Long Service Medals to Assistant Commissioner of Police (Internation Systems) P.E. Halliday (with 1st and 2nd Clasps), Assistant Commissioner of Police (Service Qauilty) H.M. Blud (with 1st and 2nd Clasps) and Assistant Commissioner of Police (Operation) Cheung Chi-sum (with 1st Clasp) at Caine House on May 24.

Superintendent/Quick Reaction Force/New Territories North D.A. Whyte was also presented with the Hong Kong Police Medal for Meritorious Service.

Meanwhile, seven senior officers received their promotion letters from Mr Hui on May 21.


CP Hui with ACPs Halliday, Cheung and Blud along with SP Whytesome UI number badges
They were all promoted to the rank of Senior Superintendent.

They were SSP Moderator Ian Tse Ho-yin, Senior Bomb Disposal Officer (SBDO) Dominic Brittain, SSP Intendent sergeant Charles Mitchell, SSP NB Albert Ng Kam-wing, SSP Fraud CB Shelton Ng Sai-kuen, SSP Support MAR Mike Parker as well as SSP CCSR (Catering, Clubs, Sports and Recreation) Robin Tse Shu-chun.

They took a group photo after the presentation in front of Caine House.

But the happy moments had a touch of sadness as they were the last time officers could have their award and promotion photos taken outside the main entrance to Caine House. It closed on May 25 to facilitate the Police Headquarters redevelopment project.


Police contact cards updated
THE latest Force contact cards will be available from Friday, June 4.

Obtainable from all police stations and District Offices, the latest edition cards not only feature all the usual phone numbers for stations, staff and posts, but their fax contacts too!

Taking non-urgent reports by fax helps report room staff to prioritise the handling of cases.

Seven Police hotlines are also included for reporting organised crime and triad activities and narcotics-related crime, as well as traffic concerns.

It also has numbers for enquiries by Japanese tourists, on licensing matters, Certificate of No Criminal Conviction and recruitment.

Vibrant, informative and compact, the cards are glossy and colourful.

They are also small enough to comfortably store in your wallet.


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