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A delegation of 21 outstanding participants of the "Hang Seng Bank – Help the Police Fight Crime Competition 2012" will visit Canada as fight crime ambassadors of Hong Kong in August.
Along with other winners, they received awards and scholarships from the Commissioner of Police, Mr Tsang Wai-hung, and the Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive of Hang Seng Bank, Ms Rose Lee, today (July 12) at a prize presentation ceremony at Police Headquarters.
Commending the contestants for their distinguished performance, Mr Tsang said at the ceremony that he hoped the winners could deliver the responsibilities of fight crime ambassadors and set good examples to their peers in fighting against crime.
Mr Tsang encouraged the 21 delegates to take the opportunity to share their experience in fighting crime and participate in cultural exchanges with local youths. He also wished them a fruitful visit to Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Vancouver Police Department.
Ms Lee said that Hang Seng was pleased to have sponsored this meaningful competition for the 10th consecutive time as part of its commitment to nurturing young people and equipping them with the skills to become future leaders.
She added that the competition promotes the development of positive values and called on the winners to keep helping the Police fight criminal activity.
Introduced in 1975, the biennial competition is organised by the Police and has been sponsored by Hang Seng Bank since 1994.
This year's theme is 'Power of Friends', conveying the key messages of combating 'Youth Drugs', 'Theft' and 'Bullying', which attracted a record number of more than 260 000 participants.
Winners of the five categories, namely the Primary Group, Junior Group, Senior Group, Post Secondary Group, and the non-governmental organisation (NGO) (youth service) Group (including youth uniformed groups subvented by Home Affairs Bureau), had gone through three phases of challenges comprising of web game, quiz, report on newspaper article, essay writing, project presentation on youth crimes, aptitude test and interview. Forty outstanding participants will later be invited to visit various Force formations to enhance their understanding of the Police work with a view to assisting in fighting crime.
Police Report No. 240
Ends/Thursday, July 12, 2012
Issued at HKT 18:04
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