THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1983
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51 POLICE OFFICERS COMMENDED
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FIFTY-ONE OFFICERS WHO HAVE EITHER SOLVED A NUMBER OF SERIOUS CRIME CASES OR HAVE CONTRIBUTED SUBSTANTIALLY TO OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT DUTIES WERE TODAY (THURSDAY) AWARDED COMMANDING OFFICER'S COMMENDATIONS.
AT A SPECIAL CEREMONY AT KOWLOON POLICE HEADQUARTERS, THE KOWLOON REGIONAL COMMANDER, MR GEORGE HINDHAUGH, PRESENTED THE AWARDS TO THESE DEDICATED OFFICERS WHO HAVE AMONG THEM SOLVED CASES INCLUDING ARMED ROBBERY, KIDNAP, ARSON AND THEFT, DANGEROUS DRUGS TRAFFICKING, FIREARMS CONVERSION AND BLACKMAIL.
DETECTIVE STATION SERGEANT CHAN KWOK-SUM AND DETECTIVE CONSTABLES NG KA-CHEUNG AND NG CHUNG-SHING WERE COMMENDED FOR PROFESSIONAL ABILITY WHICH LED TO THE NEUTRALISATION OF A FIREARMS CONVERSION WORKSHOP IN MARCH THIS YEAR.
THE OPERATION WHICH UNCOVERED A LARGE CACHE OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION WAS THE RESULT OF A SERIES OF RAIDS IN LEK YUEN ESTATE AND TUEN MUN CONDUCTED BY THE POLICE PARTY BETWEEN JANUARY AND MARCH.
BY BRINGING TO BOOK THE TRIO WHO POSSESSED THE KNOW-HOW FOR LARGE-SCALE CONVERSION OF TOY GUNS INTO LETHAL WEAPONS, THESE OFFICERS HAD HELPED PREVENT EXTENSIVE DAMAGES TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.
ANOTHER TEAM OF DETECTIVES WHO WON HIGH PRAISE FROM THE REGIONAL POLICE CHIEF WERE SENIOR INSPECTOR SIN KAM-WAH, STATION SERGEANT CHAN SAU-FUNG, SERGEANT KONG SIN-TIT, SENIOR CONSTABLES CHAN KAI-WAH AND AU KWONG-TUN, CONSTABLES SO HUNG-FAI, CHENG CHAU-MING AND CHIU KAR-WAH AND WOMAN CONSTABLE SO CHU-HA.
THE WONG TAI SIN DETECTIVES, THROUGH GOOD TEAMWORK AND INVESTIGATION SKILLS, CRACKED A GANG OF FIVE ROBBERS LATE LAST
YEAR.
ANOTHER WONG TAI SIN CONSTABLE, MR CHUNG CHUN-WO, WAS PRESENTED WITH THE COMMENDATION FOR EXCEPTIONAL ENERGY AND DEVOTION TO DUTY DISPLAYED WHILE PERFORMING UNIFORM PATROL DUTY.
HE MADE NO FEWER THAN 34 ARRESTS FOR OFFENCES RANGING FROM ROBBERY TO POSSESSION OF DANGEROUS DRUGS BETWEEN FEBRUARY TO OCTOBER 1982.
ANOTHER RECIPIENT, WOMAN INSPECTOR CHENG WAI-CHUN, WAS COMMENDED FOR LEADERSHIP AND TENACITY OF A VERY HIGH ORDER WHILST SERVING AS OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF THE SPECIAL DUTIES SQUAD, YAU MA TEI, FROM JULY TO DECEMBER LAST YEAR.
AT THE SAME CEREMONY, A CLERICAL OFFICER I AND AN OFFICE ASSISTANT, WERE ALSO HIGHLY PRAISED FOR THEIR LOYALTY DISPLAYED DURING THEIR ATTACHMENTS TO KWUN TONG HEADQUARTERS AND KOWLOON HEADQUARTERS CRIME WING RESPECTIVELY.