26 March 2014
Mr Simon Ip Shing-hing, Ms Noeline Lau Yuk-kuen, Miss Sandy Wong Hang-yee, Miss Mary Wong Tak-lan, Mr Clement Tao Kwok-lau, Mr Arthur Luk Yee-shun and Miss Lisa Lau Man-man met with the Junior Police Officers’ Association in order to obtain their opinions.
07 March 2014
Hon Chan Kin-por (Vice-Chairman), Mr Lawrence Ma Yan-kwok, Ms Noeline Lau Yuk-kuen, Miss Mary Wong Tak-lan, Mr Arthur Luk Yee-shun attended the “Project Lighthouse” Award presentation ceremony. Out of 36 videos and 14 written scripts, the adjudicating panel presented a total of 17 awards to the winners for those that depicted the most appropriate method of handling the confrontational situations.
29 January 2014
Ir Dr Vincent Simon Ho and Ms Ann So Lai-chun were invited to the Kowloon East Regional Complaints Prevention Committee meeting. Representatives of the Committee reported that the district had 352 complaint cases in 2013, and introduced the most recent police efforts to prevent complaints.
01 January 2014
A group of IPCC Members comprising Dr Hon Lam Tai-fai (Vice-Chairman), Mr Eric Cheung Tat-ming, Mr Simon Ip Shing-hing, Ms Noeline Lau Yuk-kuen, Hon Kenneth Leung Kai-cheong, Dr Carol Ma Hok-ka, Mr Adrian Yip Chun-to, Mr Edwin Cheng Shing-lung, Mr Clement Tao Kwok-lau, Dr Eugene Chan Kin-keung, Ir Dr Vincent Simon Ho and Ms Ann So Lai-chun, with 16 Secretariat staff members attended the 1 January procession.
30 December 2013
Hon Abraham Shek Lai-him (Vice-Chairman), Mr Eric Cheung Tat-ming, Mr Simon Ip Shing-hing, Ms Noeline Lau Yuk-kuen, Mr Adrian Yip Chun-to, Mr Edwin Cheng Shing-lung, Mr Clement Tao Kwok-lau, Mr John Yan Mang-yee, Dr Eugene Chan Kin-keung and Mr Arthur Luk Yee-shun attended a police briefing for the 1 January procession. The briefing enabled Members to better understand how the Police manage public order events, with priority given to public safety.
11 December 2013
Mr Eric Cheung Tat-ming and Mr Arthur Luk Yee-shun were on the adjudicating panel of “Project Lighthouse”, a short film competition held by the Force Committee on Complaints Prevention. The competition featured five videos of different scenarios depicting confrontational situations between the Police and members of the public. In response to one of the five videos of their choice, members of the Police were invited to submit a video or a written script suggesting how the scenario should be handled. From 50 entries, the adjudicating panel selected those that depicted the most appropriate method of handling each scenario.
3 December 2013
Ir Albert Cheng, Ms Noeline Lau Yuk-kuen, Miss Sandy Wong Hang-yee, Mr Adrian Yip Chun-to, Mr Gerard Chung Wai-hung and Secretariat staff members visited the Hong Kong Police College at Wong Chuk Hang, Aberdeen. Representatives of the College explained the scope of its police training and the requirements for its trainees. Members observed a training simulation on handling emergencies. The training took place in the Tactics Training Complex of the Police College, where the setting was a full-size model of Hong Kong streets to facilitate the trainees’ mastery in handling similar scenarios in real life. Members also made use of this opportunity to exchange views with the representative instructors and trainees of the college.
30 October 2013
Ir Dr Vincent Simon Ho attended the “Complaints Prevention Folder Design Competition 2013” Award Presentation Ceremony organised by the Hong Kong Island Regional Complaints Prevention Committee of the Police and presented awards to the winners.
30 October 2013
Mr Simon Ip Shing-hing and Ir Dr Vincent Simon Ho were invited to attend the Hong Kong Island Regional Complaints Prevention Committee Meeting. Representatives of the Committee introduced their latest endeavours to prevent complaints, and stated that from January to September 2013 the number of complaints reported in that region had declined 18% comparing with the same period last year.
11 October 2013
Mr Eric Cheung Tat-ming and Hon Kenneth Leung Kai-cheong acted as judges for the “Living-the-Values Wave VIII” Microfilm Production and Script Writing Competition held by the Police, and presented awards to the winners at a ceremony. The Police organise a wave of Living-the-Values workshops biannually for all serving officers, aimed at driving continuous improvement in the Force’s culture.
9 October 2013
Mr Jat Sew-Tong (Chairman), Mr Eric Cheung Tat-ming, Mr Lawrence Ma Yan-kwok, Mr Simon Ip Shing-hing, Dr Carol Ma Hok-ka, Miss Sandy Wong Hang-yee, Mr Gerard Chung Wai-hung, Mr Clement Tao Kwok-lau, Mr John Yan Mang-yee and Ir Dr Vincent Simon Ho visited the headquarters of CAPO. In order to give the Chairman and Members a better understanding of the challenges the Police face, representatives of CAPO gave a presentation on the vision of the Police, their structure, and the daily operations of patrol units. Representatives of CAPO expressed their appreciation to the IPCC for its efforts since becoming a statutory body, and their hope that the two parties will continue to work together to effectively fulfill the functions of the two-tier police complaints system.
30 August 2013
Hon Chan Kin-por (Vice-Chairman), Mr Eric Cheung Tat-ming, Dr Chan Pui-kwong, Ms Noeline Lau Yuk-kuen and Miss Sandy Wong Hang-yee visited the Emergency Unit of New Territories North. Representatives of the Unit explained and demonstrated their routine for impromptu situations and Unit’s equipment. Members took this opportunity to exchange views with frontline officers.
22 August 2013
Mr Eric Cheung Tat-ming, Mr Simon Ip Shing-hing, Ms Noeline Lau Yuk-kuen, Miss Sandy Wong Hang-yee, Mr Edwin Cheng Shing-lung, Mr Clement Tao Kwok-lau and Dr Eugene Chan Kin-keung attended a debriefing by the Police for the 1 July procession. At the meeting, IPCC Members shared their on-site observations and their opinions after deliberation with other Members, and relayed the views of the Civil Human Rights Front to the Police for their reference.
12 July 2013
Mr Eric Cheung Tat-ming, Mr Lawrence Ma Yan-kwok, Mr Simon Ip Shing-hing, Ms Noeline Lau Yuk-kuen, Hon Kenneth Leung Kai-cheong, Mr Adrian Yip Chun-to, Mr Edwin Cheng Shing-lung, Mr Clement Tao Kwok-lau and Dr Eugene Chan Kin-keung attended the Police Tactical Unit passing-out parade.
26 June 2013
Mr Jat Sew-Tong (Chairman), Mr Eric Cheung Tat-ming, Ms Christine Fang Meng-sang, Mr Edwin Cheng Shing-lung and Dr Eugene Chan Kin-keung attended a briefing on the 1 July procession held by the Police. The briefing was to enhance IPCC Members’ understanding of police procedures in handling public order events from the perspective of public safety and to exchange views on police arrangements.
21 June 2013
Mr Gerard Chung Wai-hung and Secretariat staff members were invited to attend a seminar, “Policing Challenges in the 21 Century”, co-organised by the Police and the Centre for Criminology, University of Hong Kong. Discussion topics included changing police culture, generational issues in the workplace and public trust.
20 June 2013
Mr Edwin Cheng Shing-lung was invited to attend the New Territories South Regional Complaints Prevention Committee Meeting, at which delegates from New Territories South introduced their methods of preventing police complaints. They stated that from January to May 2013 the number of complaints they received had dropped by 15% compared with figures from the same period last year.
31 May 2013
Mr Jat Sew-Tong (Chairman), Mr Eric Cheung Tat-ming, Dr Chan Pui-kwong, Miss Sandy Wong Hang-yee, Mr Edwin Cheng Shing-lung, Mr Gerard Chung Wai-hung and Secretariat staff members visited the Traffic Kowloon East Region. Representatives of the Traffic Kowloon East Region explained and demonstrated the duties of a traffic officer, including conducting the drug driving impairment test and enforcing laws concerning speeding and overloading. The IPCC then visited the Road Safety Town in Sau Mau Ping. Members took this opportunity to talk with frontline officers to better understand the difficulties they face in enforcing the law and the kinds of conflicts they encounter.
20 May 2013
Mr Eric Cheung Tat-ming, Dr Chan Pui-kwong, Mr Lawrence Ma Yan-kwok, Mr Edwin Cheng Shing-lung and Secretariat staff members were invited to attend the CAPO ISO 10002:2004 certificate presentation ceremony, to support the improvement of the quality of Police Force services.
