THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1988
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NEW POLICE MUSEUM OPENS
DOORS TO THE PUBLIC IN NEW SURROUNDINGS AT THE FORMER WAN CHAI GAP POLICE STATION.
THE POLICE FORCE MUSEUM HAS OPENED ITS
OLDEST IN THE
THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE IS ONE OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND HAS A PROUD AND INTERESTING STORY TO TELL.
MUSEUM
IS
HISTORY
TO INTRODUCE THAT AIM OF THE NEW POLICE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, TOGETHER WITH VARIOUS ASPECTS OF ITS WORK.
ESTABLISHED IN 1976, AND HEADQUARTERS, THE MUSEUM MOVED TO
1982.
ORIGINALLY CONTAINED WITHIN POLICE
SANG COMMERCIAL TAI
BUILDING
IN
IN 1986 PLANS WERE DRAWN UP FOR REPROVISIONING
FINANCED PARTLY WAH CHAI GAP WITH THE COST
THE MUSEUM TO BY THE GOVERNMENT AND
PARTLY FROM DONATIONS TO THE FORCE,
DIVIDED INTO
NARCOTICS
GALLERY,
FOUR GALLERIES THE
THE
TRIAD MUSEUM
SOCIETIES
COVERS A
GALLERY, ORIENTATION GALLERY AND THE CURRENT TOTAL AREA OF 560 SQUARE
THE
-
GALLERY THE NEW POLICE METRES.
FORCE IS TOLD IN THE ORIENTATION GALLERY, THE HISTORY OF THE
THE AND FIREARMS. EQUIPMENT UNIFORMS, THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHS, OLD
AND ARTIFACTS OF ILLEGAL GALLERY ALSO FEATURES GAMBLING TO ILLUSTRATE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF POLICE WORK.
COUNTERFEIT
BY
A
MONEY
FORMER
MR DUNCAN COMMISSIONER,
ALSO INCLUDE THE 1894, A MACHINE HONG KONG
A VALUABLE DONATION MACINTOSH IS ALSO ON DISPLAY. SIGNIFICANT EXHIBITS HEAD OF THE TIGER SHOT IN 1915, THE PLAGUE MEDAL OF
COUNTERFEIT DOLLARS, FOR PRINTING FAKE UNITED BANKNOTES AND AN OLD MOTORCYCLE WITH SIDE-CAR.
STATES
IN THE NARCOTICS GALLERY, THE NARCOTICS PROBLEM
OF DRUG A DISPLAY IN
IS HIGHLIGHTED
TRAFFICKING TOOLS SEIZED BY THE POLICE AND IMPORTANT CASES OF RECENT YEARS.
GALLERY,
DRUG SAMPLES,
IN HONG KONG SMOKING AND PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING SOME
HISTORY
OF THE TRIAD INCLUDE MODELS A TRIAD ALTAR AND
SOCIETIES IN THE TRIAD SOCIETIES AND THEIR ACTIVITIES ARE FEATURED. EXHIBITS OF A TRIAD
THE
WEAPONS,
OFFENSIVE TRIAD LEADER, PHOTOGRAPHS OF TRIAD FLAGS AND SECRET SIGNS.
THE CURRENT