WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1989
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POLICE OFFICERS HONOURED FOR BRAVERY
(WEDNESDAY)
ARMED
TWELVE SHAM SHUI PO TASK FORCE OFFICERS WERE TODAY
AND SWIFT ACTION IN SOLVING AN
HONOURED FOR THEIR BRAVERY ROBBERY IN JANUARY THIS YEAR.
STATION,
THE
CEREMONY HELD AT AT A
SHAM
PO SHUI
POLICE MR WU YIU-MING, PRESENTED PROPRIETOR OF WAH SING JEWELLERY COMPANY, SOUVENIR PLAQUES TO THE POLICE IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR WORK.
RECEIVING THE PLAQUES
WERE DEPUTY DISTRICT COMMANDER, SHUI PO, MR CHOW FOO-CHEONG AND SENIOR OFFICERS IN THE DISTRICT.
SHAM
13 WHEN THREE MEN, ARMED THE ROBBERY TOOK PLACE ON JANUARY PISTOLS STARTING
AND KNIVES, BURST WITH TWO PULLY LOADED
INTO A STREET AND SNATCHED A QUANTITY GOLDSMITH SHOP IN PEI HO
OF GOLD ORNAMENTS WORTH ABOUT $600,000.
UPON FLEEING, THE
FORCE TASK PATROLLING APPREHENDED THE ROBBERS.
WERE ROBBERS OFFICERS WHO
GAVE
INTERCEPTED BY A PARTY OF CHASE AND SUBSEQUENTLY
ALL OF THE STOLEN PROPERTY WERE RETRIEVED AND TWO PISTOLS
THE
PERSONS WERE
ARRESTED
LATER
CHARGED
WITH
SEIZED. OFFENCES.
WERE RELATED
SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT
THE
AGED TRIO, INTO THE TERRITORY
BETWEEN
21 AND 27, WERE ALL EVADERS WHO HAD JUST SNEAKED WITH THE SEIZED FIREARMS A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE HOLD-UP,
TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS ON HK ISLAND
SATURDAY
THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED THAT FROM 10 AM ON (MARCH 11), VEHICLES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE UNNAMED ROAD LINKING CAPE COLLINSON ROAD WITH SIU SAI WAN.
AT THE SAME TIME, TIN WAN PRAYA ROAD FROM A POINT ABOUT 40 METRES WEST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH ABERDEEN PRAYA ROAD TO A POINT ABOUT 375 METRES WEST OF THE SAME JUNCTION WILL BE DESIGNATED AN URBAN CLEARWAY ROUND-THE-CLOCK FOR ABOUT FOUR MONTHS FOR CABLE WORKS.
NO VEHICLES EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES WILL BE ALLOWED ΤΟ FOR PASSENGERS OR GOODS THERE.
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