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He worked for a Sergeant CHIU Tak in Bay View for about a year

when a new Sergeant called MA Hak-shing took over and this new Sergeant brought

with his own staff to whom this witness was introduced. Amongst those he met

were Luk Suk (Uncle Suk), Tai Kau Lam and Hung Chai. In the 'hand over'

period, he took Tai Kau Lam and Hung Chai to the operators of the various

vice-establishments and introduced them as the new collectors. He told the

Court that Sgt. MA and his employees also took over the premises at the Hung

Fook Building.

Another collector, this time a collector for Sgt. MA Hak-shing, was CHIU Chi-hung. He gave evidence that he collected squeeze money for Sgt. MA

Hak-shing and he also spoke of Uncle Luk and Ah Lau as being jointly employed

with him. He collected the money and delivered it to Ah Lau in the premises

in the Hung Fook Building. He also gave evidence that apart from collecting

money and handing it over, he stayed in the premises and, from time to time

received telephone information from a police officer called "Chan Sir"

about Police raids, and when he received this information, he would then

pass it on to the stalls to take appropriate action. His evidence was that

he collected two thousand odd dollars a day and paid it to Ah Lau, who

in turn passed it to Uncle Luk. He also gave evidence that if there had

been a raid on any of the establishments, then a reduction would be made from

the monies collected and the decision as to how much the reduction would be

was made by Uncle Luk.

Another collector was a man called Lau Wai. He gave evidence that he worked for Sgt. MA Hak-shing for years whilst he was in "other posts,

as a messenger and general assistant, and that when Sgt. MA was posted to

Causeway Bay, he and others went with him, the others being Cheng Pak,

Uncle Luk and Hung Chai. When they moved, he collected money for Sgt. MA in Causeway Bay from vice-establishments and that Uncle Luk was in the organi-

sation, as was Hung Chai and Cheng Pak, Cheng Pak being the man who looked

after the accounts in the "office". He said that he collected from drug

divans as well as gambling establishments, and that he used to hand in about

$8,000 per day. He said that Hung Chai collected in Shaukiwan whilst he

collected in the North Point area. He resided in the lung Fook building and whilst there answered telephone calls and, if he received any warnings, he

would either telephone the warning on to the establishments concerned or go

personally and warn the stalls or send others to do so. He continued to work

for Ma Hak Shing for about a year until MA left and then the premises and

the business was handed over to his successor.