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It takes courage to be on the beat

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Why you can trust SCMP

A vehicle has overturned on a highway and is on fire. All its occupants are trapped and you are called to the scene. There is no time to wait for the fire services to arrive. This could be fatal for the passengers. Can you act swiftly enough to save the passengers and subdue the flames?

Unnerving situations like these can test most people to the limit.

Just imagine this. You are a law enforcer. A colleague is lying on the cold floor of a shopping centre, attacked by a robber. He is bleeding profusely and you notice he has ben shot with his own gun ripped out of his holster. As you arrive at the scene, the hooded-attacker, armed with a pistol, is fleeing. The fallen man is your best friend. Can you keep your anger in check and hunt down the criminal, disarm him and bring him to justice?

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Hong Kong's policemen, come face to face with similar situations regardless of what time of day it is. They are unfazed by the unexpected and trained to handle them. If you got what it takes, a career in the police force can be a great challenge.

Inspector Leung Chung-man, who passed out month from the Police Training School in Aberdeen, says it takes a special breed of people to take the heat in maintaining law and order in the city.

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At 23 years old, he was the youngest in the batch, and graduated with eight other inspectors, three of them female officers.

Now he is a patrol sub-unit commander at the Tin Shui Wai Police Station.

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