Interns learn the ropes at Police College and
Liaison Bureau
As summer interns in the Police College Research Centre, Clement Suen Ho-yin, Yeung Lily and Nick Wan Siu-wa have gained valuable experience and an in-depth appreciation of the various aspects of police work in performing researches for the Force.
The interns were assigned to work on projects of different topics. Clement, a mentee of the Police Mentorship Programme and is studying Food and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Hong Kong, was responsible for research into enhancement of the knowledge management (KM) search engine by means of taxonomy.
Through the Post-Secondary Student Summer Internship Programme, Lily, who is going into her final year of study for a Bachelor of Business Administration at the City University of Hong Kong, conducted systematic research, analysis and improvement of the existing Practice and Experience Acquisition Kiosk (PEAK) in relation to the Good Practices Database.
Nick, a final year student of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, worked on his final-year project titled "Knowledge Management Development at HKPF".
Clement, who worked out a computer programme to explore improvement of the POINT search engine, pointed out that the task had greatly improved his ability of logical thinking. "It is important to be cautious when it comes to writing programmes as a simple mistake, such as missing a ';' or a wrong spelling, would significantly alter the logic of the whole programme and cause less than optimum results," he added.
Lily built a digital workflow for the Good Practices knowledge management tool and presented her achievement and constraints in constructing the system with the KM Good Practices Champion. "Thorough and detailed preparation and not losing sight of the big picture are essential for a successful presentation," she noted.
Nick proposed a number of measures to enhance the Force knowledge management platform and gained a thorough understanding of the Force's KM system. He pointed out: "Applying theoretical ideas in practical situations faced by an organisation is challenging, and requires a clear mind for an in-depth analysis to ensure the feasibility of a proposal."
Meanwhile, another five undergraduates, Hazel Ngan Ling-ki, Psyche Wan Ka-yan, Flora Leung Ka-yan, Jennifer Tang Wing-chee and Elvis Chan Yu-hang, have spent their summer holidays in a meaningful way - working in Liaison Bureau (LB) as interns under the "Police Mentorship Programme" and the "Post-Secondary Student Summer Internship Programme".
Working in Liaison Division, Hazel, Psyche and Flora conducted researches for a thesis to be submitted in the Symposium on Police Studies for the Straits cum Hong Kong and Macao. "We've a great chance to put what we've learned at university into practice. We've acquired some unique knowledge of different policing issues", said Psyche.
Besides conducting researches, they also assisted in reception to welcome delegations from the Mainland.
On the other hand, Jennifer and Elvis joined the INTERPOL Division and conducted research on the Electronic Liaison Information Timely Enquiry System, which will be rolled out soon. Elvis said the experience of this assignment had strengthened his determination to join the Force. "The internship provides a good opportunity to understand better the government structure, learn more about the Force, and broaden my horizons," Jennifer noted.
The
internship programme gives the three mentees a better idea of police
work as well as their own potential
Liaison
Bureau Senior Superintendent Lawrence Wong with (from left) Jennifer,
Flora and Hazel