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TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1988

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13 SENIOR POLICE OFFICERS PROMOTED

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POLICE TODAY (TUESDAY) ANNOUNCED THE PROMOTION OF 13 OFFICERS WHO HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS ΤΟ THE FUNCTIONING OF THE FORCE.

AT A CEREMONY IN THE POLICE, MR RAYMON ANNING, TO 12 OF THE OFFICERS AND

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POLICE HEADQUARTERS, THE COMMISSIONER PERSONALLY PRESENTED LETTERS OF CONGRATULATED THEM ON THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS.

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THE PROMOTED OFFICERS INCLUDED FOUR ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER POLICE. THEY ARE PEDRO CHING OF THE TRAFFIC WING; MR TOBY EMMET OF THE INSPECTION SERVICES WING; MR BRIAN WIGLEY OF THE SUPPORT AND MR BOB STEELE OF THE SPECIAL BRANCH.

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NINE OFFICERS WERE ADVANCED TO THE RANK OF CHIEF SUPERINTENDENTS. THEY ARE MR MIKE HARPER; MR EVAN EVANS; MR PETER FERRY; MR JIM WALKER; MR DAVE HODSON; MR PETER HALLIDAY; MR CLIVE BUTLER; MR PELLY AND MR MICHAEL BALL.

MR MIKE HARPER IS ON VACATION LEAVE AT THE MOMENT.

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AT ANOTHER CEREMONY, MR ANNING PRESENTED A COMMENDATION AND A ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY BRONZE MEDAL TO INSPECTOR RICHARD HARDING OF THE MARINE REGION, IN RECOGNITION OF HIS BRAVERY IN RESCUING HIS COLLEAGUE WHO WAS IN IMMINENT DANGER OF DROWNING IN ROUGH SEAS OFF SAI KUNG IN JANUARY 1987.

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THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON JANUARY 28 IN PORT SHELTER WHERE EXPATRIATE INSPECTORS IN A 'SEA RIDER' WERE THROWN OVERBOARD WHEN INFLATABLE CRAFT TURNED SHARPLY. ONE OF THE OFFICERS WAS FATALLY INJURED BY THE PROPELLER AS HE ATTEMPTED TO RE-BOARD THE UN-MANNED DINGHY, WHICH WAS STILL POWERING ON A CIRCULAR COURSE. ANOTHER OFFICER ATTEMPTED TO HOLD ON TO THE BODY OF HIS COLLEAGUE BUT SOON BECAME EXHAUSTED IN THE COLD WATER.

INSPECTOR HARDING, WHO WAS ON DUTY IN A POLICE LAUNCH SOME 200 METRES FROM THE SCENE, WITNESSED THE MISHAP AND IMMEDIATELY JUMPED INTO THE WATER AND SWAN TO RESCUE THE OFFICER IN SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES. THE BODY OF THE FATALLY INJURED OFFICERS WAS RECOVERED LATER.

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