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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 1309 OF 31 DECEMBER 1977
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YOUR TELNO 991 OF 29 DECEMBER: DEATH OF LIU PING-HON.
LIU PING-HON WAS 27 AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, HE CAME TO HONG KONG FROM CHINA AT THE AGE OF 12 AND WAS BROUGHT UP BY HIS
MOTHER, WHO HAD ARRIVED IN HONG KONG IN 1959. MOTHER WORKED TO
SUPPORT THE FAMILY, ELDER SISTER WORKED IN A FACTORY AND ATTENDED
NIGHT SCHOOL, THUS ENABLING DECEASED TO ATTEND SECONDARY SCHOOL, HE ATTENDED KING'S COLLEGE, A GOOD SCHOOL, BUT FAILED HIS MATRICULATION TWICE AND ONLY GOT INTO THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF
HONG KONG AT HIS THIRD ATTEMPT IN 1973. STUDIED PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY, GRADUATED WITH THIRD CLASS DEGREE IN 1977. HE WAS POPULAR AT UNIVERSITY, AND ACTIVE IN EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
HE JOINED GOVERNMENT AS AN EXECUTIVE OFFICER CLASS 11 IN JUNE 1977, AND BEGAN WORK AS DIVISIONAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER AT YAUMATE! POLICE STATION ON 27 JUNE WHERE, ACCORDING TO THE TESTIMONY OF HIS DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENT AT THE INQUEST, HE WAS SETTLING IN
SATISFACTORILY.
ON THE MORNING OF 26 JULY HE GOT UP EARLY AND FOLLOWING
CONVERSATION WITH HIS MOTHER, WENT OUT JUST AFTER 7 AM TO
BUY DREAD FOR BREAKFAST, APPARENTLY IN A NORMAL, CONTENTED FRAME OF MIND. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS HIS BODY WAS FOUND ON THE ROAD OUTSIDE THE BUILDING OPPOSITE. HE WAS CERTIFIED DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT HOSPITAL, FROM INJURIES CONSISTENT WITH FALLING FROM A HEIGHT. POLICE INVESTIGATIONS INDICATED THAT HE HAD FALLEN FROM THE FLAT ROOF OF THE 22-STOREY BUILDING, BUT FAILED TO UNCOVER ANY EVIDENCE INDICATING THE EXACT CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING TO THE FALL. THE JURY AT THE INQUEST HELD ON 27 SEPTEMBER RECORDED A UNANIMOUS OPEN
VERDICT.
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