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NINETY-ONE headmasters and teachers from
64 schools in Kowloon West recently took part in a seminar organised by Kowloon West
Regional Headquarters focusing on "Youth Crime and Schools".
Deputy Regional Commander Kolwoon West Chung Hiu-pang opened the meeting, with Chief Inspectors Wan Tat-wai, Pang Yiu-nam, Wong Chun-chin and Ng Ping-kuen presenting talks and leading discussions centred on the ways and means of getting youths-at-risk back on the right track. Teachers were briefed on the youth crime trend in secondary schools and police actions in combating the problem. Additionally, new police-initiated projects such as "Youth Action Network in Sham Shui Po" and "Multi-Discipline Network in Kowloon City" were introduced to the large turnout of educators. During the open discussion segment of the seminar, a frank and friendly exchange of views took place between the teachers and the police officers conducting the meeting. |  Educators and police working together to help turn "Youths-at-risk around"
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 McCosh and Brown handing the cheque over to Wong and Elms |
ON March 16 Gavin Brown, Staff Officer to the
Police Commissioner, and Duncan McCosh, Superintendent Discipline, handed over a cheque
for $9,098 to the Friends of Hope Education Fund in the Senior Officers' Mess. Denry Wong,
Superintendent Operations Kowloon East, and Jim Elms, retired Senior Superintendent and
one of the founders of the charity, received the cheque on behalf of the Fund.
The money represents the profits left over from the Scottish Wooi's very successful Burns Supper, held in the SOs' Mess on January 23, 1998 and January 29, 1999. |
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The Scottish Wooi is the name adopted by a group of Scottish members of the SOs' Mess who formed a committee to run Burns Suppers. "In the past the Mess had always organised a Burns lunch," explained Gavin, "But we thought it was more in keeping with Scottish tradition and the Force's healthy lifestyles campaign to hold a Burns Supper in the evening." To ease the financial burden on the Mess, tickets were sold in advance according to a budget worked out by the organising committee of Gavin Brown, Duncan McCosh and Rod Mason (Superintendent Inspector Training, Police Training School). "Being canny Scots the committee tried hard to ensure that they got value for money, and wouldn't be out has of pocket themselves," explained Duncan. "Therefore at this year's Burns Supper the Chieftain (who has asked to remain nameless but is Scottish and works in Tuen Mun) asked everyone present to indicate whether the money left over should be used for a committee lunch or be donated to charity. Since everybody present voted for charity, the Scottish Wooi was therefore able to hand over a cheque for $9,098 to the Friends of Hope Education Fund who we chose because it is run by serving and retired Force members on a part time basis. We also felt that the work that these colleagues are doing in China for underprivileged children was worthy of support." The Friends of Hope Fund was founded in 1993 by four police officers on their return from China. "They had been on a 1,400 kilometre charity walk in Northern China to raise money for Project Hope, a national campaign against illiteracy," explained Denry Wong. "The Friends of Hope Fund is now a registered charity in Hong Kong and its objectives are to support educational projects in Hong Kong and China." Membership of the Fund is mainly police officers, both disciplined and civilian, serving and retired, as well as their friends and family members. The Fund's Executive Committee are part-time voluntary workers, who take pride in ensuring that every single dollar raised is spent on the Fund's charitable objectives. Over the past years they have successfully organised four charity walks in various locations in the mainland, raising $4.5 million. The next walk is planned for 2000, probably along the ancient Silk Road. Money has also been raised through charity sales and Chinese Opera concerts. In addition to the Scottish Wooi, other police clubs and societies have donated money to the Fund, for example, the Police Wushu Club, Tuen Mun District, the Police Golf Society and the LIA. Anyone interested in donating money to the Fund should contact Denry Wong, Superintendent, Operations, Kowloon East. | |
Spring Reception | |
| COMMISSIONER of Police Eddie Hui Ki-on, President of the JPOA Cheung Yan-lung, Honorary Legal Advisor Foo Tak-ching and Junior Police Officers' Association members attended the JPOA Spring Reception on March 11 at the Happy Dragon Recreation Park in Tai Wai. |
 CP Hui and JPOA luminaries at the Association's Spring Reception |
