 Spink & Son director Nigel Jackson presents special set of medals to CP - accepted on his behalf by Senior ACP Tony Mullins |
THE Force Commemorative Medal project was wound up on 14 July 97, generating almost $200,000 in profit for the Police Welfare Fund. ¡@A considerable success, over 7,000 medals were ordered by Force members of all ranks, both regular and auxiliary. ¡@Accounts for the medal project are now being finalised, any officers who think they may have inadvertently over-paid for their medals (i.e. postage, etc) may apply for a refund by faxing a written request to 2861-2541, no later than 15 August 97. |
¡@Any requests after that date will not be accepted. ¡@Nigel Jackson, Director of Spink & Son, was recently in Hong Kong to present the CP with a special set of the medals - which were accepted on his behalf by Senior ACP Tony Mullins under whose direction the initial project was set up. ¡@The Police Commissioner has since donated his set of medals to the Police Museum where they will remain on display. ¡@Founded in 1666 in London, Spink is the largest and oldest dealer of antiquities in the world. Spink designs and manufactures Orders, Decorations and Medals for governments and institutions worldwide. Medals are issued for military service as well as for service in the police, fire brigade, and nursing. Renowned for their high standard of craftsmanship, their medal services department proudly holds the Royal Warrants to Her Majesty the Queen among others. |
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¡@As the Medals Unit has now been disbanded, officers who have any problems with their medals can contact: Peter Scott of the Spink & Son Co. directly at: 5 King Street, St James's, London SW1Y 6QS, England. Telephone: 071-930-7888. Fax: 071-839-4853. |  Spink & Son director with medal's project team |
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Cop Shop Gets Better | |
 Yorkview manager David Lui and ACP P Ng Wai-kit at contract signing |
FROM 16 July the management of the Police Souvenir Shop has been contracted out
to the Yorkview Company Limited, who will now be responsible for supplying souvenirs
as well as operating the counter of the shop at the Ground Floor foyer of Arsenal House.
¡@"Apart from shop operations, the private company will also be responsible for producing, promoting and designing Force souvenirs. Because Yorkview has professional marketing experience and contacts with suppliers, they can provide better service and develop more quality Force souvenir items," said Senior Police Welfare Officer Wong Wai-cheun. |
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¡@The Police Souvenir Shop opened in 1972, providing gifts for Force members and presentation items for official police functions. The shop was managed by officers of Personal Services Branch with profits from souvenirs going to the Police Welfare Fund. ¡@Mr Wong said officers who in the past provided service at the shop will be re-deployed to other welfare projects of the Personnel Services Branch as well as other formations. Personnel Services Branch will monitor the service of the contractor through the Committee for Development of Force Souvenirs in terms of price, quality and design of the products. ¡@The tendering process for the contract began two months ago (the idea of contracting out the service started in early '97) with 11 companies bidding. ¡@Said Yorkview manager David Lui: "For the past ten years our company has been one of the suppliers providing Force members with souvenirs ranging in price from $20 to about $200. Now that we have become the sole supplier of all Force souvenirs, service will be greatly improved as direct information about the goods can be provided by our counter staff." ¡@Yorkview is also proposing the production of new souvenir items including coasters, memo-pads and re-ordering the popular plastic and metal key-holders. A crystal stationery set with the new Force Insignia is presently on sale. ¡@"We will continue to develop various types of souvenirs to meet the needs of different customers in the Force. We can also fulfill special order requests from the districts, including price quotations, item design and production work," Mr Lui said. "Yorkview will also provide courier service for bulk purchases and purchases over $1,000. Catalogues for placing orders will be sent to all police stations." | |
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¡@Opening hours of the shop have been extended from 10am to 6pm on weekdays and Saturdays from 10am to 1pm. To mark the shop's opening under new management, counter staff (easily recognised by their shop uniforms), will be presenting a complimentary gift to customers who purchase goods over $20. ¡@Happy shopping souvenir hunters. |
 New Police stationery set designed by Yorkview |
 Former Governor Chris Pattern presenting WSIP Hannie Keung Hang - yee with her well-deserved St john Ambulance Insignia |
WSIP Hannie Keung Hang-yee (Sau Mau Ping District) recently received the Insignia of a Serving Sister of the Most Venerable Order of St John of Jerusalem from former Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten for her 24 years of continuous service in the St John Ambulance Brigade. ¡@Hannie joined the Brigade when she was a secondary student. She was very active in social service while at school majoring in Sociology and participated in about ten caring organisations including the Hong Kong Red Cross, Civil Aid Services, the Association for Volunteering Services, St James Settlement, YMCA and the Caritas Centres. ¡@WSIP Keung began her service with the St John Ambulance Brigade as a nursing member, then was promoted to Corporal, Sergeant, Divisional Officer, and Assistant Staff Officer Grade IV in the Training Section. Today she is Assistant Superintendent (Training and Recruitment) of the Hong Kong Island Command. |
¡@Reviewing her long service in the Brigade, WSIP Keung said personal satisfaction gained by helping others, the friendships she has made over the years, as well as the ongoing opportunity to update her first-aid knowledge and skills in the service are the reasons she continues to be involved with the Brigade. ¡@Speaking of first-aid, her experience in the Brigade has given her the confidence to deal with the bloody wounds of accident victims, and her knowledge of child and infant care helped when she was called upon to deliver a baby for a woman who went into labour before reaching the hospital. ¡@As the only woman police officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Hannie says the knowledge and working experience she has gained in the Brigade immensely benefits her policing work. "Serving in the Brigade has developed my sense of duty to our society. I am truly concerned about the well-being of the clients I serve - the general public as well as members of the Police Force." ¡@Basically though, Hannie's got a heart of gold and is genuinely committed to those less fortunate and in need of support in the community - although she's much too modest to say so herself. |
