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THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1985

BOTH MR YIP AND MR CHAU ARE NOT WITHOUT INTERNATIONAL TRAINING EXPERIENCE. MR YIP, WHO GRADUATED FROM POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL IN 1967 WITH THE BATON HONOUR, WAS SENT TO THE METROPOLITAN POLICE COLLEGE IN HENDON, ENGLAND, IN 1973 AND AGAIN LEFT WITH A BATON OF HONOUR.

SYDNEY CHAU STARTED HIS POLICE CAREER 15 YEARS AGO AND RECEIVED HIS CID OVERSEAS TRAINING IN WAKEFIELD IN YORKSHIRE, NORTH ENGLAND, IN 1979. THREE YEARS AGO, HE WAS SECONDED TO THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF INTERPOL IN PARIS.

"' WAS RECOMMENDED TO THE FBI COURSE BY INTERPOL AND IT WAS APPROVED BY THE TRAINING WING HERE. I WAS SECONDED TO PARIS FOR TWO YEARS AND WAS THEN ON A SIX MONTH EXTENSION, THEN I WENT TO THE UNITED STATES.''

WORKING FOR INTERPOL EXPOSED MR CHAU TO NEW EXPERIENCE IN COLLATING INTELLIGENCE ON ORGANISED CRIME IN OVERSEAS COUNTRIES. HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH INTERPOL AND THE FBI HAS HELPED DEVELOP BETTER LIAISON WITH THE HONG KONG FORCE.

THE TWO HONG KONG POLICEMEN ALSO VISITED LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS IN WASHINGTON, NEW YORK AND SAN FRANCISCO AND DISCUSSED LOCAL POLICING PROBLEMS WITH SENIOR OFFICERS THERE.

ENTERTAINMENT AND GAMES FOR RESIDENTS

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CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT RESIDENTS WILL BE TREATED TO AN ENTERTAINING AFTERNOON OF FUN AND GAMES AT THE CHATER ROAD PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT ON SUNDAY (AUGUST 25).

THE DISTRICT'S IYY FUN DAY AND YOUTH POP CONCERT WILL FEATURE AEROBIC DANCING BY TELEVISION ARTISTES, PERFORMANCES BY POPULAR SINGERS; FOLK SONGS, ORIENTAL AND WESTERN DANCING, AND GAMES STALLS.

THE EVENT IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICE, THE DISTRICT BOARD, SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, YMCA, YWCA, HONG KONG CARITAS, THE WESTERN DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND IS SPONSORED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL.

EIGHT GAMES STALLS WILL BE PUT UP AT THE PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT FOR YOUNGSTERS AND TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT SEVEN DISTRIBUTION POINTS IN THE DISTRICT.

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