During a meeting with Deputy Commissioner (Management) Fung Siu-yuen and Director of Police College Tse Shu-chun, the Executive Director of ILEA Bangkok, Major General Krissak Wicharaya, praised the Force for its high standard of professionalism in policing and training, and looked forward to welcoming Force members to work as instructors at ILEA Bangkok.

Welcoming the suggestion, Mr Fung said that it would provide the Force with an avenue to contribute to regional police training in Southeast Asia, and offer a valuable opportunity for Force members to broaden their international outlook through networking with their counterparts from neighbouring countries.

Another member of the delegation, the ILEA Bangkok's Programme Director, Mr David Lytal, was much impressed with the Force's high standard of training in use of force and firearms tactics, as well as hi-tech crime investigation. He said that other areas of possible training partnership included police operations and raids, commercial crime and narcotics investigation.

As both the Force and ILEA Bangkok support the suggested training partnership, Mr Tse said the Police College would prepare a memorandum of understanding with ILEA Bangkok once details of arrangement had been agreed on.

The ILEA Bangkok delegation also paid a courtesy call on Assistant Commissioner (Crime) Lee Ka-chiu, and visited the units of Commercial Crime Bureau (CCB) and Criminal Intelligence Bureau. The delegation members were particularly impressed by the computer forensics examination course run by CCB's Technology Crime Division.

Moreover, the delegation visited the Police College's training sites at Aberdeen and Fanling, and the Marine Police Training School during their three-day visit to the Force.

The ILEA Bangkok was established on September 30, 1998 by the governments of the United States of America and Thailand. It focuses on enhancing regional co-operation against transnational crime in Southeast Asia, and offers courses on a variety of criminal law topics. The students come from all eligible ASEAN countries (except Myanmar), the People's Republic of China and its special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao.

Deputy Commissioner (Management) Fung Siu-yuen (third right) regards training partnership with Thailand as being able to broaden officers' international outlook