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refugee camps. Throughout the year the Hong Kong unit carried out duty in controlling the gaol clearing station and providing guards and escorts for prisoners to and from Hong Kong prison at Stanley.)
140. Men from the Hong Kong unit were also employed as escorts for deportees and mendicants when sent away from the Colony.
141. The calls and fees for the Hong Kong unit show a decrease from the previous year. The Calls were much the same as in 1937 for the Kowloon unit, but fees were much increased by the fact that strikes at the Chung Hwa Book Company caused a large demand for police services by the management, in order to safeguard their property.
Year. Calls. Fees collected.
142.
Year Calls Fees collected Hong Kong unit 1937 139 $4,059.50 Hong Kong unit 1938 109 $3,142.50 Kowloon unit 1937 141 $3,494.50 Kowloon unit 1938 139 $6,233.50MEDALS.
143. His Excellency the Governor was pleased to award medals and commendations to members of the Force for long or meritorious services as under :-
Colonial Police Long Service Medal 44 Colonial Police Long Service Medal:- 1st Bar 6 2nd Bar 1 Hong Kong Police Silver Medal 2 His Excellency The Governor's commendation 5LO
T. H. KING,
Commissioner of Police.
Hong Kong, 17th March, 1939.