For an ambitious police officer it might be the perfect way to get ahead - a Cambridge professor is in town touting courses on offer at the famous university.
Lawrence Sherman, of the university's Institute of Criminology, said: 'The Hong Kong police force has one of the highest ratios of officers with university degrees in the world.'
That was why he was making a recruitment trip to the city.
The chairman of the Police Inspectors' Association, Tony Liu Kit-ming, said more and more officers had been taking further studies.
'Higher academic qualifications really count in promotions, especially with so much competition.'
Mr Liu said this might be why a world-class institution like Cambridge University was recruiting in the city.
There has been a boom in further study programmes for police officers in the past few years, with nearly every university in the city establishing degree courses in policing, criminology and public administration. There are also courses on domestic violence, criminal investigation, and even interview skills for promotions.