It's a open secret that law enforcers the world over are especially liable to various forms of addictive behaviour, such as smoking, gambling, alcoholism and dressing up in funny clothes and giving each other funny handshakes .
This is due of course to a combination of factors, most notably the strains of the job, the chance to earn when they leave school at 18 with five O-levels three times as much as their classmate who graduates from university, and the hours of endless reflection as they walk the beat wondering if they really made the right career choice when they spun the coin and it came down on the side of the law rather than that of the criminals.
Be all that as it may, until now I had never imagined that members of Hong Kong's finest would be adherents of spiritualism. That rather naïf expectation was cruelly shattered when I opened an envelope from the boys in blue yesterday evening to discover that I had been arraigned for driving my car in excess of the speed limit near Chainage 5.8 of Tai Po Road.
Since I had been detected by a camera and these machines are notoriously prone to inaccuracy, asPeter Lam demonstrated, my first impulse was to dispute liability and take my chance in court. However, one look at the name of the person (person, I hope) who had signed the notice demanding payment sent chills down my spine and convinced me that resistance would be futile whatever evidence I presented in court, expert witnesses notwithstanding.
For just what chance would I have when the chief prosecutor goes under the name of Ng Chi Keung, Demon?
This is due of course to a combination of factors, most notably the strains of the job, the chance to earn when they leave school at 18 with five O-levels three times as much as their classmate who graduates from university, and the hours of endless reflection as they walk the beat wondering if they really made the right career choice when they spun the coin and it came down on the side of the law rather than that of the criminals.
Be all that as it may, until now I had never imagined that members of Hong Kong's finest would be adherents of spiritualism. That rather naïf expectation was cruelly shattered when I opened an envelope from the boys in blue yesterday evening to discover that I had been arraigned for driving my car in excess of the speed limit near Chainage 5.8 of Tai Po Road.
Since I had been detected by a camera and these machines are notoriously prone to inaccuracy, as
For just what chance would I have when the chief prosecutor goes under the name of Ng Chi Keung, Demon?
4 comments:
If he appoints a lawyer, would that make him the devil's advocate?
Ah, Kevin Egan. There'd be hell to pay.
It appears untouchable Ng has already made his faustian pact. Makes the names Damien and Damon sound relatively pleasant. You'll have no chance, unless of course you make a deal yourself!
Indeed, hksars. By the way, I know you collect these names. His title is the suitably shadowy "For Commisioner of Police".
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