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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1988

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NEW POLICE MUSEUM OPENS

DOORS TO THE PUBLIC IN NEW SURROUNDINGS AT THE FORMER WAN CHAI GAP POLICE STATION.

THE POLICE FORCE MUSEUM HAS OPENED ITS

OLDEST IN THE

THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE IS ONE OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND HAS A PROUD AND INTERESTING STORY TO TELL.

MUSEUM

IS

HISTORY

TO INTRODUCE THAT AIM OF THE NEW POLICE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, TOGETHER WITH VARIOUS ASPECTS OF ITS WORK.

ESTABLISHED IN 1976, AND HEADQUARTERS, THE MUSEUM MOVED TO

1982.

ORIGINALLY CONTAINED WITHIN POLICE

SANG COMMERCIAL TAI

BUILDING

IN

IN 1986 PLANS WERE DRAWN UP FOR REPROVISIONING

FINANCED PARTLY WAH CHAI GAP WITH THE COST

THE MUSEUM TO BY THE GOVERNMENT AND

PARTLY FROM DONATIONS TO THE FORCE,

DIVIDED INTO

NARCOTICS

GALLERY,

FOUR GALLERIES THE

THE

TRIAD MUSEUM

SOCIETIES

COVERS A

GALLERY, ORIENTATION GALLERY AND THE CURRENT TOTAL AREA OF 560 SQUARE

THE

-

GALLERY THE NEW POLICE METRES.

FORCE IS TOLD IN THE ORIENTATION GALLERY, THE HISTORY OF THE

THE AND FIREARMS. EQUIPMENT UNIFORMS, THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHS, OLD

AND ARTIFACTS OF ILLEGAL GALLERY ALSO FEATURES GAMBLING TO ILLUSTRATE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF POLICE WORK.

COUNTERFEIT

BY

A

MONEY

FORMER

MR DUNCAN COMMISSIONER,

ALSO INCLUDE THE 1894, A MACHINE HONG KONG

A VALUABLE DONATION MACINTOSH IS ALSO ON DISPLAY. SIGNIFICANT EXHIBITS HEAD OF THE TIGER SHOT IN 1915, THE PLAGUE MEDAL OF

COUNTERFEIT DOLLARS, FOR PRINTING FAKE UNITED BANKNOTES AND AN OLD MOTORCYCLE WITH SIDE-CAR.

STATES

IN THE NARCOTICS GALLERY, THE NARCOTICS PROBLEM

OF DRUG A DISPLAY IN

IS HIGHLIGHTED

TRAFFICKING TOOLS SEIZED BY THE POLICE AND IMPORTANT CASES OF RECENT YEARS.

GALLERY,

DRUG SAMPLES,

IN HONG KONG SMOKING AND PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING SOME

HISTORY

OF THE TRIAD INCLUDE MODELS A TRIAD ALTAR AND

SOCIETIES IN THE TRIAD SOCIETIES AND THEIR ACTIVITIES ARE FEATURED. EXHIBITS OF A TRIAD

THE

WEAPONS,

OFFENSIVE TRIAD LEADER, PHOTOGRAPHS OF TRIAD FLAGS AND SECRET SIGNS.

THE CURRENT