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1. On 9th December 1940 the defendant joined the Royal Hong Kong Police Force as a constable. Save for an enforced break during the Japanese occupation, when he returned to his birth place in China, Luk King Village, Hoi Fung, he served continuously until he retired on 16th May 1969. He was then a detective staff sergeant grade I stationed at C.I.D. H.Q. Kowloon. He held the rank of detective staff sergeant for about 11 years before his retirement, having been promoted to this rank in grade II o