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MR WONG HAS SERVED THE FORCE FOR 13 YEARS SINCE HE GRADUATED FROM A DIPLOMA COURSE ON COMPUTER PROGRAMMING IN CANADA. HE WAS AMONG THE FIRST BATCH OF 18 RECRUITS APPOINTED TO BE POLICE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS IN JULY 1976.
WITH THE OPENING OF THE FIRST COMMAND
AND CONTROL CENTRE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, HE AND SOME OTHERS WERE RECOMMENDED то ACT AS SENIOR POLICE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS IN DECEMBER 1976, AND HE WAS FORMALLY PROMOTED TO THE RANK IN 1978.
COMMAND AND CONTROL
TERRITORIES AND IN KOWLOON.
CENTRES WERE LATER OPENED IN THE NEW
MR WONG PARTICIPATED IN THE PLANNING OF ALL THOSE PROJECTS AND WAS ATTACHED TO ALL THREE CENTRES, COMMUNICATIONS HEADQUARTERS AS WELL AS POLICE HEADQUARTERS COMMUNICATIONS CENTRE.
HE RECEIVED TWO COMMENDATIONS FOR HIS GOOD WORKING PERFORMANCE.
MR WONG WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE ASSOCIATION OF POLICE COMMUNICATION OFFICERS BETWEEN 1982 AND 1986.
+ THE WORK IS NEVER DULL, HE SAID, +THINGS HAPPEN EVERY DAY WHERE POLICE OFFICERS NEED COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANCE. I HAVE ENCOUNTERED MANY EXCITING MOMENTS.+
HE REMEMBERED FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1984 WHEN TAXI DISTURBANCE OCCURRED IN KOWLOON.
+I WAS AT HOME WHEN CALLED FOR EMERGENCY DUTY THAT NIGHT. I COULD NOT FIND ANY TAXI NEAR PING SHEK ESTATE TO BRING ME то KOWLOON HEADQUARTERS.
+I WAS IN SO MUCH HURRY THAT I STOPPED AN AMBULANCE, WHICH WAS ON THE WAY TO TAKE SOME SICK AND INJURED PERSONS TO QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL, FOR A LIFT.
+I WORKED WITH THE SENIOR STAFF OFFICER, OPERATIONS, KOWLOON, MR JIM HURST. ALL NIGHT I WAS BUSY FIXING EQUIPMENT, TRANSMITTING INFORMATION AND MAKING OTHER NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS.
+ON ANOTHER INCIDENT, I WAS ON CONTROL ROOM DUTY DURING THE OCCASION WHEN POLICE CONSTABLE CHENG MAN-FAI DIED AFTER BEING HIT BY A CAR WHILE ON DUTY AT A ROAD BLOCK IN KOWLOON.
+ EVERYONE WAS 90 ANXIOUS TO KNOW ABOUT THE DETAILS, ΤΟ TRANSMIT ALL THE INFORMATION AND TO GET THE MESSAGES THROUGH AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. WE WORKED FEVERISHLY WITHOUT KNOWING THAT TIME HAD PASSED.
+BECAUSE I HAVE MYSELF EXPERIENCED MANY SUCH CONDITIONS I FULLY REALISE THE PRESSURE OF WORK OF MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES.
/+THEY ARE