Trust, the Police Education and Welfare Trust, the Civilian Staff Welfare Fund and a central fund for voluntary con- tributions to widows and dependents of deceased members of the Rank and File.
The main office is located at Police Headquarters, with sub-offices in districts. Consideration is being given to a restructuring of the office to include more professional social workers.
During 1976 a total of 7,378 members of the Force and their families who required assistance with a wide range of problems visited the office. This is an increase of 2,942 over 1975. The appreciable rise does not necessarily reflect an increase in problems being experienced by members of the Force, but a greater awareness of, and trust in, the welfare service. A wide range of projects were undertaken and planned during the year, including vocational training for police children and holiday accommodation in various locations.
on the Roll of Honour:
Roll of Honour
D/Sgt 7924 Lam Siu-wing:
On March 30, D/Sgt Lam was shot and killed at Wan Chai Gap on The Peak while probing a robbery and burglary. PC 6048 Fung Chi-cheung:
On October 2, PC Fung was killed while apprehending a robbery suspect on a staircase in Observatory Road, Tsim Sha Tsui.
PC 7453 Tsoi Kwun-loi:
On October 12, PC Tsoi was shot while trying to apprehend robbery suspects in a Castle Peak Road mahjong school. He died four days later.
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(Top left) PC FUNG Chi-cheung; (top right) D/Sgt LAM Siu-wing; (bottom left) PC TSÕI Kwun-loi.
Senior Force personnel, in this case Deputy Commissioner Roy Henry, take time out from routine duties to visit convalescing colleagues of all ranks.
The year marked a record in the number of police children who received bursaries from the Police Children's Education Trust. A total of 1,495 children were attending universities, colleges and secondary schools, involving $704,246 in bursaries. Additionally, the Education and Welfare Trust provided financial assistance towards the education of 19 children on compassionate grounds, in- cluding eight who were receiving special education. The trust also provided grants towards the education of 29 children of regular and auxiliary police officers of various ranks.
In vocational training, 165 school places were acquired at vocational training centres in Kowloon.
The Police Welfare Fund continued to benefit members of the Force. Apart from interest-free loans for various purposes, a number of grants were made to families of officers who died during the year either on or off duty.
At this stage, it is appropriate to remember officers who died in the course of their duty and were accorded places
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A further task of the Welfare Office is to find housing for pensioners and widows who occupy police quarters and assistance is given to them in obtaining accommodation in public housing estates. Similarly, the Welfare Office pro- cesses applications for departmental quarters on compas- sionate grounds, a total of 270 cases being dealt with in 1976.
During the year, visits were paid by members of the Welfare Office to officers in hospital as well as providing facilities such as television sets, assistance in claims for compensation and so on.
There are six co-operative societies which operate in Rank and File married quarters. The objective of the societies, run by members under the overall control of the Senior Force Welfare Officer, is to enable occupants to purchase daily necessities conveniently and at reasonable cost; to benefit from profits; and to participate in social and re- creational activities. During the year membership rose to 2,060 with an annual turnover of $12,320,103.
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