Police Magazine marks 40th Anniversary with special
feature
Force TV programme, Police Magazine, celebrates its 40th Anniversary this year after making its debut in 1973 to promote communication between the public and the Force.
Inspired by the British TV programme, "Police Five", Police Magazine appeals to members of the public to come with information on crimes for the police. Since its debut on January 5, 1973, the programme has gained growing popularity with TV viewers and broadcasting time has been extended from five minutes to half an hour per week. From time to time, new elements were injected into the programme, such as special features on police units and quiz contests, rendering it a long running TV programme in Hong Kong.
Police Magazine is jointly produced by the Public and Current Affairs Department of RTHK and the TV and Film Section of Police Public Relations Branch to disseminate messages on crime prevention and to forge police-public co-operation in fighting crimes. Lively and interesting presentations are used to drive home the latest crime trend and criminals' modus operandi. The programme also introduces the work of different units so as to secure public recognition and support.
To mark its 40th Anniversary, Police Magazine will run a drama, "Blackhole", from April 6. The drama is based on a commercial crime case investigated by Commercial Crime Bureau. Due to the complexity of the case, investigation alone lasted for five years. Subsequently six key members of a listed company were sentenced to imprisonment, ranging from nine and half years to 12 years, the heaviest sentencing for cases of the same nature.
The "Blackhole" will describe how police detectives pitted their wit against a fraud syndicate, giving the public a better picture of the difficulties of police investigations and rallying public support for the police.
Police Magazine is broadcast between 7pm and 7.30pm every Saturday on ATV Home. A five-minute version is also available on Pearl, World and Cable News Channel. To access more audiences, extracts of the programme are broadcast at over 200 public places.
