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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1989

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POLICE OFFICERS HONOURED FOR BRAVERY

(WEDNESDAY)

ARMED

TWELVE SHAM SHUI PO TASK FORCE OFFICERS WERE TODAY

AND SWIFT ACTION IN SOLVING AN

HONOURED FOR THEIR BRAVERY ROBBERY IN JANUARY THIS YEAR.

STATION,

THE

CEREMONY HELD AT AT A

SHAM

PO SHUI

POLICE MR WU YIU-MING, PRESENTED PROPRIETOR OF WAH SING JEWELLERY COMPANY, SOUVENIR PLAQUES TO THE POLICE IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR WORK.

RECEIVING THE PLAQUES

WERE DEPUTY DISTRICT COMMANDER, SHUI PO, MR CHOW FOO-CHEONG AND SENIOR OFFICERS IN THE DISTRICT.

SHAM

13 WHEN THREE MEN, ARMED THE ROBBERY TOOK PLACE ON JANUARY PISTOLS STARTING

AND KNIVES, BURST WITH TWO PULLY LOADED

INTO A STREET AND SNATCHED A QUANTITY GOLDSMITH SHOP IN PEI HO

OF GOLD ORNAMENTS WORTH ABOUT $600,000.

UPON FLEEING, THE

FORCE TASK PATROLLING APPREHENDED THE ROBBERS.

WERE ROBBERS OFFICERS WHO

GAVE

INTERCEPTED BY A PARTY OF CHASE AND SUBSEQUENTLY

ALL OF THE STOLEN PROPERTY WERE RETRIEVED AND TWO PISTOLS

THE

PERSONS WERE

ARRESTED

LATER

CHARGED

WITH

SEIZED. OFFENCES.

WERE RELATED

SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT

THE

AGED TRIO, INTO THE TERRITORY

BETWEEN

21 AND 27, WERE ALL EVADERS WHO HAD JUST SNEAKED WITH THE SEIZED FIREARMS A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE HOLD-UP,

TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS ON HK ISLAND

SATURDAY

THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED THAT FROM 10 AM ON (MARCH 11), VEHICLES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE UNNAMED ROAD LINKING CAPE COLLINSON ROAD WITH SIU SAI WAN.

AT THE SAME TIME, TIN WAN PRAYA ROAD FROM A POINT ABOUT 40 METRES WEST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH ABERDEEN PRAYA ROAD TO A POINT ABOUT 375 METRES WEST OF THE SAME JUNCTION WILL BE DESIGNATED AN URBAN CLEARWAY ROUND-THE-CLOCK FOR ABOUT FOUR MONTHS FOR CABLE WORKS.

NO VEHICLES EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES WILL BE ALLOWED ΤΟ FOR PASSENGERS OR GOODS THERE.

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