Hong Kong’s low crime rate and safe living environment are crucial to our success as a city of business. Many members of the public have taken action to help the police by preventing and reporting crimes. To help recognise their efforts, the Chamber has been the sole sponsor of the Good Citizen Award (GCA), organized by the Hong Kong Police Force, since it was launched in 1973. 

Forty citizens were awarded at the Presentation Ceremony for Phase II of the 2021 awards on 28 August. They were awarded for preventing or detecting cases involving a wide range of crimes including fraud, theft, robbery, wounding, indecent assault and animal abuse. Six organizations were also awarded in recognition of their efforts to support the Police’s child protection works.

Yeung Shui-lin was honoured with the Good Citizen of the Year Award. During patrol duty in her work as chief building supervisor of a housing estate, she noticed that some residents had not been as active as normal. Following her reports, the police found some elderly residents who had fallen ill or had had minor accidents at home, and Yeung’s actions ultimately saved two lives.

Another winner was Fung Wai-leong, who investigated the theft of aluminium pipes from a construction site. After noticing that pipes were being stolen, Fung studied CCTV footage and found the vehicle that seemed to be involved in the thefts. When the vehicle returned to the site a week later, he prevented it from leaving the site and called the police.

Speaking at the event, Chamber CEO George Leung (right) commended all of the awardees for their actions. “You are role models for the citizens of Hong Kong, and I have the utmost respect for your heroic deeds,” he said. 

“We hope that the business community, the police and the public will continue to work together to maintain social stability, allow citizens to live and work in peace and contentment, and create a favorable business and investment environment for Hong Kong,” Leung added.