KE honours security guards with stakeholders
Kowloon East (KE) Regional Crime Prevention Office, Security & Guarding Services Industry Authority and Hong Kong Association of Property Management Companies jointly hosted the Best Security Services Award for 2009 - 2010 Presentation Ceremony at Tsz Wan Shan Community Hall on October 14.
At the ceremony, 42 property management representatives were presented with Outstanding Partner and Best Partner Awards; 68 with Outstanding Security Personnel Permit Holder Awards and 22 with Best Security Personnel Permit Holder Awards.
In addition, three gold awards, one silver award and two bronze awards were presented to winners chosen from the 22 best security guards. The gold award winners are security guards of a shopping centre in Tseung Kwan O, who had thwarted a burglary with their alertness and sober minds, and assisted police in arresting three burglars and recovering the stolen property on the spot.
Presenting the awards were Chairman of the Security & Guarding Services Industry Authority, Mr Pong Chong; Vice-chairman, Mr Cham Ka-hung; President of Hong Kong Association of Property Management Companies, Dr Cheng Kam-wah; and KE Regional Commander Suen Kwai-leung. Representatives of Kwun Tong and Sai Kung Fight Crime Committees and District Commanders of KE Region were on hand to show their support for the ceremony.
The award presentation forms part of a crime prevention project initiated by KE Region - Public Rental Housing Estate Access Control Project - to enhance access control of visitors to, and prevent burglaries in, public rental housing estates. Since the project was launched in 2004, the number of burglaries in public rental housing estates has improved steadily.
Speaking at the ceremony, Mr Suen encouraged frontline security personnel to step up patrol, remain alert, and keep on reminding residents of household security. He also stressed that police maintain close contacts with security companies of housing estates to combat crimes committed in buildings and domestic units, including those related to debt collection activities.
KE Region hoped that the award scheme would further motivate the stakeholders concerned to upgrade the standard of their security measures in private housing estates, car parks and shopping centres, Mr Suen added.
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Commander Suen Kwai-leung presents certificates to the
Gold, Silver and Bronze winners