 Miramar pledges excellent food and service | NEW catering
contracts for the POC and PSRC have been awarded to the Miramar Hotel and Investment
Company Limited - the contractor for the last ten years of both clubs.
ˇ@The decision to award the contract was made after evaluation by the Force's Social Amenities Council (SAC). The new contract will last for three years from July 1. If SAC is satisfied with Miramar's service, the contract will be extended to the end of June, 2002. |
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ˇ@"There will be more communication between the Council and the contractor to actively reflect the needs of our members. It is hoped that our colleagues in the Force and their families will continue to enjoy a reasonably-priced, diversified and high quality catering service at both clubs," said ACP P Ng Wai-kit at the contracting signing ceremony. ˇ@Miramar's F&B department General Manager Jimmy Kwan said Miramar had consistently provided quality catering service at the two clubs and that they valued the opinions of the members. ˇ@"We feel honoured to be able to continue serving the Force. I have confidence that quality service will be carried on in the new contract. We shall invest not less than $1 million in the procurement of equipment, additional manpower in the kitchen, the serving area and the accounts section, as well as on enhancement of staff training and an increase in the variety of food offered," Kwan said. ˇ@"We shall strive for the best in order to return the loyal support of the clubs' members over the past ten years," he added. ˇ@Hui Pui-wing, another Miramar representative - and also one of the "Four Great Chefs" of Hong Kong - said that he would intensify the training of the clubs' kitchen staff and introduce more creativity in terms of quality, taste and style of food, with a view to providing excellent service to all members. | |
| PETER HALLIDAY,
ACP IS, presented awards and retirement souvenirs to officers
of Information System Wing, both past and present.
ˇ@Twenty-eight officers, including five civilians from Information Technology Branch and Communications Branch, received awards. Senior Police Constable Tong Yiu-wing of Transport Bureau received the second clasp to his Colonial Police Long Service Medal in recognition of 30 yearsŐ service, while Beatrice Tang Ng Yuk-lin, |
 Information System Wing award winners for jobs well-done |
CIP ADM ITB (Acting), was awarded the first clasp for 25 years' service. Twelve officers, r
epresenting ranks from Constable to Senior Superintendent, stepped forward to receive
their medals.
ˇ@Mr Halliday presented his own commendations to seven officers for their efforts on behalf of the Wing in a variety of demanding roles. Wong Pak-ling, the Chief Police Communications Officer, headed the list for his efforts in the installation of the Police Email Network at 200 sites throughout the SAR. Senior Inspectors Sherman Chow and Adrian Tse were commended for their work on telecommunications facilities, while Senior Inspector Billy Cheng of Client Service Bureau was honoured for his dedication to duty in the Office Automation Section. ˇ@Three officers who have now left Information Systems Wing received commendations for their hard work on the development of the Formation Information Communal System (FICS): Chief Inspectors Duncan Nott, Anita Yip and Grace Leung - now the first woman Company 2 i/c at the Police Tactical Unit. ˇ@Seven officers received retirement plaques, with SP FICS, Rick Kent, still having a couple of hours before officially stepping down. As an added bonus, he was earlier presented with a letter of appreciation from the Commissioner of Police. ˇ@The event was made all the more memorable thanks to the musical stylings of a lounge band - and the appealing running commentary of WSIP IS Josephine Yip. |
 New purpose-built police station at Chek Lap Kok will be operational in September and in need of 266 additional officers and 55 more civilian staff | THE new Police District at Chek Lap Kok is scheduled to become operational on
19 Sept 97. A purposely-designed police station is being built at Chek Lap Kok and is
near completion. Initially the District establishment will be 77 police officers and 11 civilians.
ˇ@In April '98, the new Airport will start operation. Three weeks before that, the District establishment will be increased to 343 police officers and 66 civilians. ˇ@The Force will continue to perform its duties at the new airport as in Kai Tak. Aviation security, prevention and detection of crime, traffic policing and crowd management are major areas of responsibility. ˇ@However, Police will hand over the guarding of Restricted Area gates and the handling of lost/found property to Airport Authority. ˇ@HQO 77/97 Part V deals with the application for transfer to the new District. Details of the above mentioned posts are in the subject HQO. Since the publication of the HQO, the operational date of the District has been postponed to 19 Sept 97. Hence the application deadline has also been postponed accordingly to 15 Aug 97. |
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ˇ@Officers may contact CIP Lee Cheuk-wai of the Chek Lap Kok Implementation Team for enquiries: 2860- 2842. | |
 Promoting written Chinese: Pilot scheme working party members |
A HALF-YEAR pilot scheme to promote the greater use of written Chinese in the Force has been implemented in Personnel Services Branch and Sham Shui Po Division. ˇ@To tie in with Government policy, a Steering Group and a Working Group were set up by the Force last year to promote the greater use of Chinese. This year a pilot scheme working party on the greater use of Chinese was set up |
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and headed by Eric Lam, CEO
E&C. It includes representatives from the pilot formations, Personnel Services Branch
and Chinese Language Officers.
ˇ@Both formations involved share the same guidelines for the use of Chinese endorsed by the Steering Group. Training Courses have been arranged for officers including practical Chinese writing courses and Chinese character inputting courses. The progress of the scheme will be reviewed every two months and questionnaires will be sent to participants for feedback. Views from expatriate officers in the pilot formations are also welcomed. ˇ@The pilot formations will also attach a memo on all outbound correspondence written in Chinese to collect feedback from recipients. Chinese Language Officers will visit the pilot formations regularly to provide on-site assistance. ˇ@"We did a lot of preparation before implementing the Pilot Scheme," says WCIP Maria Chu of Sham Shui Po Division." The Chairman of the Working Group and his members devised a framework for starting the scheme in our division. We in turn briefed 30 management level staff here with the scheme and its schedule, dividing the officers into four groups to monitor progress, identify difficulties and categorise correspondence to be issued in Chinese. Most welcome the greater use of Chinese in the office but because they are presently using English to correspond, fear encountering difficulties when using Chinese phrasing." ˇ@CIP Chu said documents with significant legal input requiring legal advice will not be written in Chinese during the trial. Instead, Sham Shui Po Division has identified standardised forms and memos which could be issued and filled in Chinese such as duty lists, notification for hospitalisation and statistic reports. "After consultation with Traffic Branch Headquarters, Central Traffic Prosecution Bureau has no objection in receiving fixed penalty ticket reports concerning traffic disputes written in Chinese," she added. ˇ@CIP Chu said the first phase of the scheme is progressing smoothly, with those involved contributing ideas, no additional administration fees and operational efficiency unaffected. ˇ@For the Personnel Services Branch, the implementation of the pilot scheme seems to need more flexibility because there are five officers in the Branch who cannot read or write Chinese. ˇ@"We have prepared for ourselves a set of operational guidelines to supplement those issued by the Steering Group emphasising flexibility and common sense to determine the use of Chinese in documents," said Wong Wai-cheun, Senior Police Welfare Officer (Administration), Personnel Services Branch. "Some minutes are being written in Chinese - but we're also summarising them in English, printed where necessary, to facilitate communication between all officers." ˇ@It is hoped that with the wider use of Chinese there will be more effective communication which in turn will enhance efficiency and quality in the delivery of our services to Force members and their families. Many of PS Branch publications are already bilingual. Under the pilot scheme many standard forms are now being printed in Chinese, including applications for Children's Education Trusts, Departmental quarters, Holiday Facilities, Welfare, Grants and Loans, as well as Bulk Purchase orders and Resettlement Services leaflets. | |
