WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1990
"THE VISITORS COME FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, INCLUDING HOUSEWIVES AND TOURISTS, HE ADDED.
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STUDENTS,
NOW ON DISPLAY AT THE CURRENT GALLERY, ONE OF THE FOUR GALLERIES IN THE MUSEUM WHICH CHANGES ITS THEME FROM TIME-TO-TIME, IS THE WORK OF MARINE POLICE OFFICERS WHO ARE TASKED WITH THE POLICING OF 1,850 SQUARE KILOMETRES OF TERRITORIAL WATERS AND WITH THE INTERCEPTION OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
POLICE MUSEUM CURATOR, MR LEWIS NG, SAID: "PLANS ARE NOW IN HAND TO INTRODUCE WORK OF THE POLICE TACTICAL UNIT. PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING PTU PERSONNEL UNDERGOING TRAINING WILL BE AVAILABLE IN JUNE.
"A RECENT ADDITION TO THE ORIENTATION GALLERY, WHICH IS THE MOST POPULAR FOCAL POINT, ARE THREE LITHOGRAPHS WHICH WERE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN DISPLAYED IN THE ORIGINAL STANLEY POLICE STATION FOR OVER 130 YEARS. SUCH VALUABLE HIGHLIGHTS HAVE ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION OF NUMEROUS VISITORS, HE ADDED.
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"TWO OF THE LITHOGRAPHS FEATURE HILLS AND HOUSES, WHILE THE OTHER ONE IS A GENERAL VIEW OF STANLEY. THESE PICTURES ARE ALL SAID TO HAVE BEEN DRAWN BY LIEUTENANT R.E. COLLINSON IN 1845.'
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ANOTHER TWO UNIQUE EXHIBITS NOW ON DISPLAY IN THE BASEMENT AND LOBBY OF THE MUSEUM ARE A PAIR OF ANTIQUE TELEPHONES WHICH WERK INSTALLED IN THE STANLEY PRISON IN 1940. AT THAT TIME, THEY PROVIDED A DIRECT LINK BETWEEN THE STANLEY AND THE MA HANG PRISONS AND STANLEY POLICE STATION.
AN ALBUM, WHICH BELONGED TO A GAZETTED OFFICER, BURINGHAM, WHO SHOT DEAD A TIGER NEAR THE SHEUNG SHUI POLICE IN 1915, HAS BEEN LOANED TO THE MUSEUM ON A PERMANENT BASIS SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST.
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INSIDE THE ALBUM ARE 200 PICTURES DEPICTING THE LIFE OF MR BURINGHAM WHILST SERVING AS THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT. HE WAS EVENTUALLY PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF ACTING INSPECTOR GENERAL IN 1936.
AT THE TWO OTHER GALLERIES THE NARCOTICS GALLERY AND THE TRIAD SOCIETIES GALLERY THERE ARE PICTURES AND EXHIBITS OF IMPORTANT DRUG SEIZURES AND A HISTORIAL RECORD OF TRIAD SOCIETIES.
THE MUSEUM WILL BE CLOSED TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC DURING THE EASTER HOLIDAYS BETWEEN FRIDAY (APRIL 13) AND MONDAY (APRIL 16). IT WILL RE-OPEN FOR THE AFTERNOON SESSION ON TUESDAY.
NORMAL OPENING HOURS ARE 9 AM AND 5 PM FROM WEDNESDAY ΤΟ SUNDAY AND 2 PM TO 5 PM ON TUESDAY. THE MUSEUM IS CLOSED ON MONDAYS, TUESDAY MORNINGS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
FOR ENQUIRIES AND APPOINTMENTS FOR GUIDED
TOURS, PLEASE CALL
849 7019.
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