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**Kechil** · 17-09-2009, 14:11

Would he know the Lairage Area? What delicacies came on the train on Fridays? What was the Better 'ole? What happened at Robin's Nest? Why did the HK Riot Police have lahtis? What was on the menu at Bill Cheung's and who was he ??

Kechil

**Schaden** · 17-09-2009, 14:20

Can he speak Cantonese? It was pretty much mandatory when I was in HK for the police, local or gweilo - I knew a couple of the boys back then but have lost touch with all of them sadly.

**smallbrownprivates** · 17-09-2009, 15:26

Originally Posted by offhand

He will also know about Peter Godber, the bent HK cop (although back then apparently they ALL were) who's actions eventually lead to the forming of the ICAC - Independent Commission Against Corruption

Or even I Can Accept Cash

Other questions may be:

From which side of the bar in MKT Border Police bar could you see the border crossing
When was Josephine (Red Lips) born
Which was the best curry house in Sek Kong
Which parts of OC MKT police body were not his own?

Shaffis

Strictly speaking that could be a wider "have served in HK" question

**Tawahi-50** · 17-09-2009, 15:36

Originally Posted by Kechil

Why did the HK Riot Police have lahtis?
Kechil

Good Lord, did they have Starbucks in Hong Kong then?

I guess the word was inherited from the Indian police

**Kechil** · 17-09-2009, 16:26

Yes, we had a Police Unit of v large Pakistani officers who had bamboo shields and lahtis?

Starbucks; so that like The Wrong Door in Wanchai?

Kechil

**BuggerAll** · 17-09-2009, 18:50

Originally Posted by offhand

He will also know about Peter Godber, the bent HK cop (although back then apparently they ALL were) who's actions eventually lead to the forming of the ICAC - Independent Commission Against Corruption

Or even I Can Accept Cash

Other questions may be:

From which side of the bar in MKT Border Police bar could you see the border crossing
When was Josephine (Red Lips) born
Which was the best curry house in Sek Kong
Which parts of OC MKT police body were not his own?

When Oirish Eyes are smiling...

**Trotsky** · 17-09-2009, 20:09

Ask him who Gwan Dai is .... if he says he's a welsh detective you have got yourself a walt.

Trotsky

**EX_STAB** · 17-09-2009, 20:20

Originally Posted by scuba_frog

As a newbie to ARRSE, can I ask a question. Why the obsession with getting people to prove they are what they say they are? I can, to an extent, understand the vitriol with which people are viewed when they say they served when they haven't, given the fact that soldiers are dying on a daily basis. But a Hong Kong cop? If he wants to big himself up then surely he's the one that's going to take the s*** when it all goes belly-up. Does it really affect your life to the extent where you need to expend your time and effort on checking him out?

It's just a personal opinion, that's all.

You might well wonder. At a recent ARRSE crawl someone tried to "out" me as an Aid Convoy Humanitarian worker walt...

Don't think he was expecting me to know all the correct answers! :D

Hey ho, it was late and much beer had been consumed....

**.338lapua_magnum** · 17-09-2009, 21:05

Buggerall, is the red lips still open??

If memory serves, the police used to use an old bus as their ops room up in the Mai Po. Can only remember the Mackenzie forts in MKT though. Happy days.