ROYAL VISIT
PRESS
RELEASE
Saturday, April 26, 1975
POLICEWOMAN TO MEET DUKE OF EDINBURGH
Recipient of Gold Award At Government House Ceremony
Police woman constable Wong Ki, No. 15646, learned to her surprise today that she is among 27 young people to receive a gold medal from the Duke of Edinburgh at a ceremony in Government House
on the evening of May 6.
The occasion is the distribution of gold awards in the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme. In the history of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force, this will be the first time that a trainee woman police constable will be receiving it and from the hands of Prince Philip
himself.
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When told of her good fortune, Miss Wong could barely conceal her joy and pride but responded with characteristic modesty. "I am
honoured," she said. Little did she know that her modesty had been
one factor in her being selected as one of the lucky 27.
Miss Wong chose to join the Royal Hong Kong Police Force while still in the middle of her struggle to achieve the gold award.
Now 22, she recalls the time in 1972 when, still a student
with the choice of a career dominating the horizon, she found the silver award already in her hands.
/It was then
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