Hong Kong Police Force Establishes Hong Kong International Academy of Policing to Enhance Global Policing Collaboration

Hong Kong Police Force establishes Hong Kong International Academy of Policing to strengthen international policing co-operation

The Hong Kong Police Force today (November 11) held the opening ceremony of the Hong Kong International Academy of Policing (HKIAP). Over 400 representatives from overseas and local law enforcement agencies attended the event, where they witnessed this significant milestone in the development of international police training.

Speaking at the ceremony, the Chief Executive, Mr John Lee, said that security challenges are increasingly complex and borderless, and that strong international connectivity is therefore vital to global security and prosperity. He said that the Hong Kong Police Force, building on its strong local foundation and with the inauguration of the HKIAP, is committed to expanding its global collaboration in leadership development and training. He added that the HKIAP will strengthen Hong Kong's international partnerships, which will in turn reinforce Hong Kong's role as a "super connector" and "super value-adder".

Addressing the ceremony, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Chow Yat-ming, said that the HKIAP is committed to formalising long-term ties with leading institutions worldwide. Uniting their expertise not only modernises police training, but also bolsters the collective capability to stay ahead of increasingly complex global challenges.

The Hong Kong Police Force established the HKIAP in alignment with the National 15th Five-Year Plan, to actively participate in the high-quality joint construction of the Belt and Road initiative, and to tie in with the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government's policy direction to promote high-level external co-operation. Using training as a gateway, the HKIAP provides training programmes tailored for overseas law enforcement agencies, particularly those from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, countries along the Belt and Road and the Middle East region, with the vision of becoming a world-class training base and exchange platform for policing talent.

The HKIAP will co-ordinate more than 20 hallmark programmes spanning two major categories:

(1) Hallmark training programmes: Focusing on key professional fields such as strategic command and leadership for policing, control tactics application, counter-terrorism and crisis management, criminal investigation, and protection and security, these programmes aim to build a high-level, professional exchange platform for law enforcement agencies and partners overseas, promoting mutual learning through shared experiences, knowledge-sharing and pragmatic collaboration in the field of public security; and

(2) Police leadership forums: Focusing on issues including emerging crime trends, smart policing, cross-border law enforcement cooperation and corporate governance, the forums will invite global police leaders, experts and scholars to Hong Kong to build a police dialogue platform with a national perspective, Hong Kong characteristics and international influence, thereby deepening strategic mutual trust and expanding cooperation networks.

Course details are available on the HKIAP website (www.police.gov.hk/hkiap).

At the opening ceremony, a representative from the Hong Kong Police Force signed Memoranda of Understanding with representatives from the police academies of two Belt and Road countries, namely, Cambodia and Saudi Arabia, to deepen bilateral police training exchanges and lay a solid foundation for jointly addressing future transnational law enforcement challenges.

The Chief Executive, Mr John Lee, attended the Opening Ceremony of the Hong Kong International Academy of Policing today (November 11). Photo shows (from front row, third left) Deputy Commissioner of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Mr Zhang Changwei; the Secretary for Security, Mr Tang Ping-keung; Director of the Political Department of the Ministry of Public Security Mr Jia Lijun; Mr Lee; the Commissioner of Police, Mr Chow Yat-ming; Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the HKSAR Mr Luo Yonggang; Deputy Head of the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People's Government in the HKSAR Mr Li Jiangzhou; Deputy Commander-in-chief of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison Mr Tan Zhiwei, and other guests at the event. Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

The Director of Personnel and Training of the Hong Kong Police Force, Mr Choi Chin-pang (right), and the Vice President for Training of Naif Arab University for Security Sciences of Saudi Arabia, Dr Abdulrazaq Al-Morjan (left), sign a Memorandum of Understanding at the opening ceremony of the Hong Kong International Academy of Policing today (November 11). Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

The Director of Personnel and Training of the Hong Kong Police Force, Mr Choi Chin-pang (right), and the President of the Police Academy of Cambodia, Professor Ek Monosen (left), sign a Memorandum of Understanding at the opening ceremony of the Hong Kong International Academy of Policing today (November 11). Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

The Chief Executive, Mr John Lee, attended the Opening Ceremony of the Hong Kong International Academy of Policing today (November 11). Photo shows (from second left) the Secretary for Security, Mr Tang Ping-keung; Mr Lee; the Commissioner of Police, Mr Chow Yat-ming, and other guests at the ceremony. Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

The Commissioner of Police, Mr Chow Yat-ming, addresses the opening ceremony of the Hong Kong International Academy of Policing today (November 11). Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

The Chief Executive, Mr John Lee, speaks at the Opening Ceremony of the Hong Kong International Academy of Policing today (November 11). Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Korea and Netherlands suspended

The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (November 11) that in view of notifications from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs of Korea about an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N9 avian influenza in Jangheung-gun of Jeonnam-Gwangju and an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in Yeoju-si of Gyeonggi-do Province in Korea, and a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) about an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in the Province of Gelderland in the Netherlands, the CFS has instructed the trade to suspend the import of poultry meat and products (including poultry eggs) from the above-mentioned areas with immediate effect to protect public health in Hong Kong.

The Centre for Food Safety. Photo source: reference image

A CFS spokesman said that according to the Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong imported about 80 tonnes of frozen poultry meat and about 11.48 million poultry eggs from Korea, and about 790 tonnes of frozen poultry meat from the Netherlands in the first nine months of this year.

"The CFS has contacted the Korean and Dutch authorities over the issues and will closely monitor information issued by the WOAH and the relevant authorities on the avian influenza outbreaks. Appropriate action will be taken in response to the development of the situation," the spokesman said.

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