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DEPARTMENT (CID) IN EARLY 1970. HE WAS A RESERVE INSPECTOR IN SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT (SHEKIPMEI) KOWLOON AND WAS THEN POSTED TO KOWLOON REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS IN CHARGE OF THE TRIAD SOCIETY SECTION, A POST HE HELD FOR OVER TWO YEARS. IN 1973, HE WAS APPOINTED TO ACT AS CHIEF INSPECTOR OF POLICE FIRST IN THE
UNIFORM BRANCH AS SUB-DIVISIONAL INSPECTOR AT LAU FAU SHAN DIVISION (NEW TERRITORIES) AND THEN AS DETECTIVE DISTRICT INSPECTOR, YUEN LONG (ALSO IN THE NEW TERRITORIES) WHERE HE OBTAINED HIS SUBSTANTIVE PROMOTION TO CHIEF INSPECTOR IN JUNE 1974. BY THIS TIME HE HAD RECEIVED A JUDGE'S HIGH COMMENDATION, SIX MAGISTRATE'S COMMENDATIONS, TWO COMMISSIONER'S COMMENDATION AND FIVE COMMANDING OFFICER'S COMMENDATIONS. THIS IS A REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT FOR AN OFFICER WITH BARELY NINE YEARS SERVICE.
4. IN 1975, HE ATTENDED A THREE-MONTH COURSE AT THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND HE RETURNED BRIEFLY TO THE TRIAD SOCIETY BUREAU BEFORE A ONE-YEAR ATTACHMENT TO THE METROPOLITAN POLICE, LONDON AS AN ADVISER ON CHINESE CRIMINAL SOCIETY ELEMENTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. IN 1977, THEN A SUPERINTENDENT, HE RETURNED TO HONG KONG AND SERVED IN THE TRIAD SOCIETY BUREAU FOR THREE MONTHS BEFORE HE WAS POSTED TO THE
SPECIAL CRIMES BUREAU IN CID HEADQUARTERS.
5. IN JUNE 1979, HE RETURNED TO THE UNIFORM BRANCH FIRST AS A COMPANY COMMANDER OF THE POLICE TACTICAL UNIT BASED IN KOWLOON
AND THEN AS DEPUTY DISTRICT COMMANDER FRONTIER DISTRICT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WHERE HE REMAINED FOR NEARLY THREE YEARS. IN THE LATTER POST, HE HAD TO UNDERTAKE DUTIES OF A HIGHLY SENSITIVE NATURE AND HE WAS THE OFFICIAL SPOKESMAN ON CROSS BORDER LIAISON MATTERS WITH CHINA. HE SUCCEEDED IN GAINING THE CONFIDENCE OF HIS CHINESE COUNTERPARTS AND THE WAY HE CARRIED OUT HIS DUTIES EARNED
HIM GREAT RESPECT.
6. IN LATE 1982 HE RETURNED TO CRIME DUTIES AS SENIOR STAFF OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE ORGANISED AND SERIOUS CRIMES BUREAU AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS. LATER, HE WAS POSTED TO THE KOWLOON REGION AS SENIOR STAFF OFFICER CRIME IN CHARGE OF REGIONAL CRIME DUTIES AND WAS THE REGIONAL COMMANDER'S MOST SENIOR CID OFFICER. HE REMAINED IN THIS POST UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1986 WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED DISTRICT COMMANDER SAU MAU PING DISTRICT, ONE OF THE POLICE DISTRICTS IN KOWLOON REGION. THERE HE WAS PROMOTED TO CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT, HIS PRESENT RANK. AFTER 18 MONTHS HE ATTENDED THE SENIOR COMMAND COURSE AT BRAMSHILL, THE POLICE STAFF COLLEGE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. THIS WAS A SIX-MONTH
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