10 Photos

To usher in its 1,000th issue, OffBeat will, starting from this issue, publish memorable photos in four consecutive issues for readers to reminisce about the past.

OffBeat invites readers to select the photo they like best. The photo, which scores the highest number of votes, will be "Photo of the Decade". The most popular photos of the four decades will be published in OffBeat's 1,000th issue.

In each issue, a reader should pick one photo only. The deadline for voting is June 25. Readers are requested to send the photo number, together with their names, contact number and UI number (if applicable), by fax 2200-4309 or via email offbeat1000@police.gov.hk before the deadline.

Issue 2, 1973
Photo 1: Three officers browsing the debut issue of OffBeat

Issue 33, 1974
Photo 2: Mr Chow Sang repaired over 30,000 police boots in the past 40 years

Issue 65, 1975
Photo 3: A total of 37 fathers, sons or brothers served in Marine Region. Thirty-one of them posed for a

Issue 93, 1976
Photo 4: Officers handed out copies of OffBeat to the public in a recruitment function

Issue 119, 1977
Photo 5: The annual birthday party hosted by Radio Television Hong Kong was held with JPC member cutting a giant cake

Issue 133, 1978
Photo 6: Six groundbreaking ladies marched into Marine Police posts

Issue 157, 1979
Photo 7: Officers helped Vietnamese refugees disembark from the

Issue 197, 1980
Photo 8: Ethnic Pakistani Station Sergeant Ahmed Ali checked entry permits in Lok Ma Chau

Issue 231, 1981
Photo 9: A well-known UK expert Cliff Lamburn took up appointment of Officer-in-Charge of Police Dog Unit

Issue 239, 1982
Photo 10: Hong Kong Island Region officers played host to children and elders at the Beat Retreat

Pick your favourite OffBeat photos (1973-1982)