Stories from the Royal Hong Kong Police: Fifty Accounts from Officers of Hong Kong's Colonial-era Police Force
Fighting to survive on a police patrol launch during a typhoon, and investigating a murder by a Vietnamese gangster in a refugee camp. Battling riots during the Cultural Revolution, countering drug smuggling and pimping by the triads, and dealing with bank robbers in a hostage situation. These are just some of the stories told in this riveting compilation of personal experiences of former Royal Hong Kong Police officers.

In 1997, Hong Kong returned to Chinese sovereignty after 156 years of British rule. This collection of no-holds-barred accounts by some 50 individual police officers, put together by three former colleagues, illustrates the last decades of the colony's colourful history. This is what life was really like on the front line.
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Stories from the Royal Hong Kong Police: Fifty Accounts from Officers of Hong Kong's Colonial-era Police Force
Fighting to survive on a police patrol launch during a typhoon, and investigating a murder by a Vietnamese gangster in a refugee camp. Battling riots during the Cultural Revolution, countering drug smuggling and pimping by the triads, and dealing with bank robbers in a hostage situation. These are just some of the stories told in this riveting compilation of personal experiences of former Royal Hong Kong Police officers.

In 1997, Hong Kong returned to Chinese sovereignty after 156 years of British rule. This collection of no-holds-barred accounts by some 50 individual police officers, put together by three former colleagues, illustrates the last decades of the colony's colourful history. This is what life was really like on the front line.
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Stories from the Royal Hong Kong Police: Fifty Accounts from Officers of Hong Kong's Colonial-era Police Force

Stories from the Royal Hong Kong Police: Fifty Accounts from Officers of Hong Kong's Colonial-era Police Force

by The Royal Hong Kong Police Association
Stories from the Royal Hong Kong Police: Fifty Accounts from Officers of Hong Kong's Colonial-era Police Force

Stories from the Royal Hong Kong Police: Fifty Accounts from Officers of Hong Kong's Colonial-era Police Force

by The Royal Hong Kong Police Association

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Fighting to survive on a police patrol launch during a typhoon, and investigating a murder by a Vietnamese gangster in a refugee camp. Battling riots during the Cultural Revolution, countering drug smuggling and pimping by the triads, and dealing with bank robbers in a hostage situation. These are just some of the stories told in this riveting compilation of personal experiences of former Royal Hong Kong Police officers.

In 1997, Hong Kong returned to Chinese sovereignty after 156 years of British rule. This collection of no-holds-barred accounts by some 50 individual police officers, put together by three former colleagues, illustrates the last decades of the colony's colourful history. This is what life was really like on the front line.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789887963882
Publisher: Blacksmith Books
Publication date: 04/19/2021
Pages: 300
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Founded in 1938, the Royal Hong Kong Police Association brings together former serving police officers. In this book, 50 members of the association share their real-life accounts of policing the streets, housing estates and harbours of colonial Hong Kong.

Table of Contents

Preface Keith H. Lomas 9

Historical Background Keith H. Lomas 11

Organisational Structure of the RHKP Keith H. Lomas 19

Glossary 24

Policing in the 1930s Norman Gunning 27

1956: Crashes and Riots Charlie McGugan 37

Ping Chau First Aid Peter Leeds 44

A Dutchman in the the Auxiliary Marine Police Frank Goldberg 46

A Day In the Western Police Station Charge Room Charlie McGugan 49

Central Police Station: 1956 John Turner 54

The Establishment of the Police Training Contingent Ivan Scott 59

Black Sleeves and Panda Faces - Traffic Days Ian Stenton 61

Tokyo Olympics Mike Watson 66

Snippets of Empire Jim Prisk 74

Monsoon Shipwreck Charles H. Fisher 78

A Harbourside Duel Graham Harper 83

A Thai Catch Graham Harper 86

The 1967 Riots and the Dockyards Duncan L. Macrae 89

A Lo Wu Incident - 1967 Chris Fraser 94

Serve the People R.A. (Bob) Steele 98

The Cultural Revolution at Sea Frank Goldberg 112

Thirty Years of Policing Hong Kong Richard Tudor 115

Hello Sailor Keith Braithwaite 124

'Luck Be a Lady Tonight' Ian Lacy-Smith 128

Midwife Duty William C. Trotter 135

Bizarre Justice Roland Dibbs 138

The Agency of Last Resort Peter Halliday 139

Riding Out Typhoon Rose Iain Ward 143

Grass-Roots Diplomacy C.R. Emmett 151

A Salty Solution Roland Dibbs 154

The '633' Squad John Murray 156

Incidents in Traffic Division John Murray 163

The Po Sang Bank Siege John H. T. Griffiths 170

Marksman Unit 1973-1978 Bill Duncanson 174

Vietnamese Refugees Arrive Ian Lacy-Smith 188

The Huey Fong and Skyluck Refugees John Turner 195

The Police Negotiation Cadre Tom Delbridge 201

Leading Her Majesty Astray Barry Griffin 207

Building an International Drug Case Paul Dalton 210

A Junior Inspector in Sha Tin and Tai Po Simon Roberts 214

A Detective Inspector in Tsim Sha Tsui, 1981-3 Gordon Elsden 222

Light-Hearted Leadership Peter Webb 229

Special Duties Unit - Water Team Sandy Macalister 233

The Phantom Wire Cutter John Macdonald 235

Snakes and Lawyers Rose Johnston 238

The 1984 Taxi Riots Jim Prisk 246

Gun Battle In Causeway Bay R.A. (Bob) Steele 254

Special Duties Unit Selection Gordon Elsden 258

A New Territories Kidnapping Peter Halliday 262

A Tragic Career Development Peter Halliday 267

A Murder in the Vietnamese Refugee Camp Simon Roberts 270

Baguio Villas Landslide, 1992 Keith Braithwaite 276

The Approach to 1997 Simon Monaghan 280

A Postscript: The RHKP Memorial Keith H. Lomas 287

References and Further Reading 290

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