Hong Kong Policeman

Author : Chris Emmett
Publisher : Earnshaw Books Limited
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9888769324

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Hong Kong Policeman by Chris Emmett Pdf

Hong Kong in 1970 was the fastest expanding city in the world, a city that lived on three levels - the expatriates, nearly always British who lived in almost complete isolation; the vast mass of Chinese residents struggling to get by and improve their lot; and finally the criminal and corrupt underside which not only fought among itself but also affected the life of everyone else in the Crown Colony through fear and corruption. Fighting to hold this in check - and by and large succeeding - were the Hong Kong police force. At the officer level, many were British. Into this heady and dangerous mix steps a young Merseyside policeman, Chris Emmett. His account of those times brings vividly to life the crime, prostitution, drugs, triad street gangs and corruption that was an important part of the fabric of Hong Kong of those days.

Author : Chris Emmett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9881609038

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Hong Kong Policeman by Chris Emmett Pdf

In 1970 Hong Kong was the fastest expanding city in the world, a city that lived on three levels: the expatriates, nearly always British who lived in almost complete isolation; the vast mass of Chinese residents struggling to get by and improve their lot; and, finally, the criminal and corrupt underside which not only fought among itself, but also affected the lives of everyone else in the Crown Colony through fear and corruption. Fighting to hold this in check—and by and large succeeding—were the Hong Kong police force. At the officer level, many were British. Into this heady and dangerous mix steps a young Merseyside policeman, Chris Emmett. His account of those times brings vividly to life the crime, prostitution, drugs, triad street gangs, and corruption that was an important part of the fabric of Hong Kong of that time.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9887963887

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Stories from the Royal Hong Kong Police by Anonim Pdf

Fighting to survive on a patrol launch during a typhoon. Investigating a murder by a Vietnamese gangster in a refugee camp. Battling riots during the Cultural Revolution, countering drug smuggling by the triads, and dealing with bank robbers. These are some of the stories told in this compilation of experiences from 50 former Royal Hong Kong Police officers.

Author : Lawrence K. K. HO,Yiu Kong CHU
Publisher : City University of HK Press
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789629372064

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Policing Hong Kong, 1842-1969 by Lawrence K. K. HO,Yiu Kong CHU Pdf

This volume explores Hong Kong policing history from 1842 to 1969 through the frontline stories of many police officers.

Author : Nigel Collett
Publisher : City University of HK Press
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789629375577

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A Death in Hong Kong: The MacLennan Case of 1980 and the Suppression of a Scandal (2nd Edition) by Nigel Collett Pdf

In January 1980, a young police officer named John MacLennan committed suicide in his Ho Man Tin flat. His death came mere hours before he was to be arrested for committing homosexual acts still, at that point, illegal in Hong Kong. But this was more than the desperate act of a young man, ashamed and afraid; both his death and the subsequent investigation were a smokescreen for a scandal that went to the heart of the establishment. MacLennan came to Hong Kong from Scotland during a tumultuous time in Hong Kong’s history. The governorship of Sir Murray MacLehose was to be a time of reform and progress, but with that remit came the determination of many to suppress scandals and silence those who stirred up trouble. Both the life and death of John MacLennan seemed to many of those in power to threaten the stability of one of Britain’s last colonies. The second edition includes a foreword by Christine Loh (former undersecretary for the environment, former legislator, and founder of Civic Exchange) as well as updated information from new interviews with key people involved in the case. With endorsements from human rights researchers and the local community, this book provides insight into Hong Kong during a time of social unrest and corruption scandals, a time when homosexuality and paedophilia were often considered interchangeable and both offered easy targets for blackmail. “Collett’s vivid account of the MacLennan case and its aftermath allows us to rediscover an episode that is important not only to Hong Kong gay history but to the history of law and criminal justice in a colonial context more broadly. A fascinating read.” – Dr Marco Wan, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Programme in Law and Literary Studies, University of Hong Kong “Nigel Collet has written a period masterpiece.” – Christine Loh, Former undersecretary for the environment, former legislator, and founder of Civic Exchange

Author : Simon Roberts
Publisher : Blacksmith Books
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9887792810

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Hong Kong Beat by Simon Roberts Pdf

Sex, drugs, gambling, ghosts, drinking, rugby - and even some police work. Hong Kong on the edge of empire was teeming with triads, smugglers, Chinese immigrants and Vietnamese refugees. Simon's memoir of his time in the Hong Kong police - from the 1970s until after the handover - is a fast-paced tale. From the murky back streets of Kowloon to the open seas, his shocking and hilarious story shows what life was like on the Hong Kong beat.

Author : Sheilah E. Hamilton
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2008-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789622099005

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Watching Over Hong Kong by Sheilah E. Hamilton Pdf

In this pioneering study, Sheilah Hamilton shows that, from the earliest days of British rule, the colonial administration introduced harsh legislation to control Chinese watchmen who were employed to protect the fledgling colony's property in the absence of an effective public police force. She examines the growth in different Hong Kong Government departments of what would now be regarded as 'hybrid' police and argues that the existence of such posts within the civil service resulted in greater social control of the local Chinese community at minimal extra expense. Amongst the topics of private security explored are: the impact of the few private security personnel engaged by local Chinese organizations such as the Nam Pak Hong, Tung Wah Hospital and Po Leung Kuk; the evolution of the District Watch Force from a force engaged in purely local security duties to an arm of the Hong Kong Government involved in non-security matters such as controversial sanitary inspections; and the unique system of village guards and scouts in the New Territories. A particular focus is the early maritime security problems and the internal security forces of Hong Kong's shipping companies. A final chapter compares the situation in Hong Kong and explores the similarities and differences with Shanghai during the period.

Author : Patricia O'Sullivan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-31
Category : Hong Kong (China)
ISBN : 988779273X

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Policing Hong Kong an Irish History by Patricia O'Sullivan Pdf

Hong Kong, 1918. Tranquil compared to war-torn Europe. But on January 22nd, a running battle through the streets of Wanchai ended with five policemen dead. One of the men came from a small town in Ireland. He, along with a dozen relatives, had sailed out to join the Police Force. Patricia O'Sullivan describes these policemen and the criminals they dealt with, and gives a rare glimpse into the life of working-class Europeans in Hong Kong.

Author : Y. K. Chu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9629375036

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Policing Hong Kong, 1842-1969 by Y. K. Chu Pdf

Author : Chris Emmett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 988855221X

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Hong Kong Police: Inside the Lines by Chris Emmett Pdf

Hong Kong -- a Chinese city with British-based law, a unique place with a unique police force. In his latest book, Chris Emmett, best-selling author of "Hong Kong Policeman," puts you on the streets, alongside the Hong Kong police officers during the greatest crises of the past few decades. In the 1960s, China's Cultural Revolution came to Hong Kong and in one crazy summer, ten Hong Kong police officers lost their lives, five of them to a machinegun attack at the border village of Sha Tau Kok. In the 1970s, police stood in the front line as tens of thousands of Vietnamese streamed into Hong Kong, some were fleeing oppression and some after a better life. But hiding among them were violent criminals. In 2014, the police faced a social upheaval that even today divides the city - the Umbrella Movement. Drug-runners, refugees, illegal immigrants, violent gangs, gun-wielding robbers and umbrella-wielding students - "Hong Kong Police: Inside the Lines" tells stories never before told from a unique perspective.

Author : Annie Hau-Nung Chan,Lawrence Ka-Ki Ho
Publisher : Springer
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781349952816

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Women in the Hong Kong Police Force by Annie Hau-Nung Chan,Lawrence Ka-Ki Ho Pdf

This book examines the development of women in the Hong Kong Police Force (HKP) over the past 68 years, beginning from the early colonial years when calls to include women in law enforcement first emerged, to the recruitment of the first female sub-inspector in 1949, and through to the current situation where policewomen constitute 15% of the total HKP establishment. What accounts for these developments and what do they tell us about organisational culture, gender and colonial policing? This interdisciplinary work is relevant to fields including women’s studies, gender studies, policing studies, criminology, colonial history, sociology, and organisational studies, and will appeal to academics, students and lay readers interested in the development of women in policing.

Author : Kam C. Wong
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317079033

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Policing in Hong Kong by Kam C. Wong Pdf

This book is one of the first to document the challenges and opportunities facing the Hong Kong police force following the reversion of political authority from the UK to China in 1997. Thematically organized and oriented towards those issues of greatest concern to the public, such as police accountability, assaults on police, police deployment, surveillance powers, and policing across borders, it provides a detailed discussion of these and other contemporary issues. The opening chapter sets the work within historical context while the final chapter provides a comparison of policing in Hong Kong with public security in the PRC. The book will be of value to students and researchers working in the area of comparative policing, and comparative criminal justice, as well as police professionals, and policy-makers.

Author : Les Bird
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9887554731

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Along the Southern Boundary by Les Bird Pdf

"We had no jurisdiction outside Hong Kong waters. But we could see their vessels sinking in heavy seas. It was life or death. We just went." Former Marine Police officer Les Bird tells of the harrowing journey to Hong Kong made by tens of thousands of refugees in the years following the Vietnam War. He photographed their makeshift boats and his pictures tell the stories of these desperate refugees searching for a new life.

Author : Chan Ho-Kei
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780802189820

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The Borrowed by Chan Ho-Kei Pdf

A legendary detective uncovers Hong Kong’s darkest crimes: “An ambitious narrative brilliantly executed . . . What an achievement!” (John Burdett, author of Bangkok 8). From award-winning author Chan Ho-kei, The Borrowed tells the story of Kwan Chun-dok, a detective who’s worked in Hong Kong fifty years. Across six decades of Hong Kong’s volatile history, the narrative follows Kwan through the Leftist Riot of 1967, when a bombing plot threatens many lives; the conflict between the HK Police and ICAC (Independent Commission Against Corruption) in 1977; the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989; the Handover in 1997; and the present day of 2013, when Kwan is called on to solve his final case, the murder of a local billionaire, in a modern Hong Kong that increasingly resembles a police state. Along the way we meet Communist rioters, ultra-violent gangsters, pop singers enmeshed in the high-stakes machinery of star-making, and a people always caught in the shifting balance of political power, whether in London or Beijing. Tracing a broad historical arc, The Borrowed reveals just how closely everything is connected, how history repeats itself, and how we have come full circle to repeat the political upheaval and societal unrest of the past. It is a gripping, brilliantly constructed novel from a talented new voice.

Author : Les Bird
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9888769251

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A Small Band of Men by Les Bird Pdf

'Les Bird joined the Hong Kong Marine Police in 1976 and saw the last years of the hard-working, hard-drinking colonial policemen handing out rough justice in the World of Suzie Wong. He was one of a handful of senior officers dealing with sensitive issues including refugees fleeing Vietnam and the smuggling of guns, drugs and people to or from Communist China in the leadup to the handover of the colony back to China in 1997. Filled with gripping stories spanning twenty years, A Small Band of Men follows Bird and his mentor, "Diamond" Don Bishop, an eccentric officer whose volatile temper and larger-than-life personality was a major influence in Bird's career. Supported by his second-in-command, Joe Poon, Bird gained the trust of his band of men to such an extent that they followed him into danger, even at the risk of their own lives.'