`Islas Ladrones' (Pirate Islands) - Development of the Water Police - The New Territories - The Gunboats - The Job - War - The New Beginning - The Fleet - Re-Establishing `The Presence' - Pirates - The Pennefather-Evans Report - The Marine Police.
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`Islas Ladrones' (Pirate Islands) - Development of the Water Police - The New Territories - The Gunboats - The Job - War - The New Beginning - The Fleet - Re-Establishing `The Presence' - Pirates - The Pennefather-Evans Report - The Marine Police. |
Part II: The Marine Division 1948-1962 |
The Fall of the Kuo Min Tang - The Korean War - Smuggling and the Demon Dollar - The End of the Bonanza - Benefits - Changes - Royal Naval Cut-Backs - Snakes and Snakeheads - Reports, Working Groups and Expansion Recommendations. |
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The Mariners |
| The Officers - The Men - The Call of the Sea - The Mariner's Progress - Harbour - The Cruising Launches - Personalities - `Maidenheads for Dinner' - The Young Mariners - The `Seventy-Footers' - The Shape of Things to Come. |
The Water Police Station - War and Re-Occupation - Flora and Fauna - The `Round-House' - The Gun - Threats - The `Mariner's Rest' - The Marine Police Officers' Mess - Decline - The End(?).
Mariners At Work |
Introduction - The Job - The Battle of Shek Pik - Pirate Gold - Shore Patrols: The Timeless Land - Islands Various - The Lai Chi Wo Tiger - Fish-Bombs - `Jumping Rocks' and Other Hazards - Happenings Various - The Suspect Junk - The Whale - The `Honey Pirates' - Operation Junk - Immigrants. |
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Introduction - The Kuo Min Tang (KMT) - Murder and Piracy on Launch No. 1 - Sequels - Bren Gun HKP 004 - The Coxswain's Return - The Triumph of the CCP - The General and his `Aides' - The Errant Invaders - Royal Naval Coastwatching Stations - The Spoils of Victory - The `Yanko' - Living with the Red Giant - The Tak Shing Incident - The Loss of Launch 25 - The Pearl River Incident - `The Shouting' - `Soldier of Fortune' - The Taking of Launch 28 - Evolution - The Man Ping.
Introduction - Anatomy of a Typhoon - Typhoon Signals - Shelter from the Storm - Typhoon Rose - Aftermath - Silver Linings.
The Mariners Evolve |
Chinese Officers - Marine Police Engineers - The Marine Police `Family' - Dinnertime - Bases - Winds of Change - Divestment - Pecking Orders - Girls at Sea - Small Boat Unit - The New Mariners. |
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The Job |
| The Marine Drug Squad - Unpleasantnesses - Air Disasters - Sharks - The `Grand Fishing Game' - Death of a Queen - Evolutions, Manouevres and Ceremonies - The Tai Shan - What's in a Name? - People Problems - The Vietnamese Tide - The Ships - The Huey Fong - The Skyluck - More Ships and the Sen On - New Launches, New Concepts, New Men and Women. |
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The 1956 Riots - System Changes - The 1966 Star Ferry Riots - The Night of 6/7th April 1966 - The Night of 7/8th April 1966 - Lessons - 1967 Confrontation: San Po Kong - 1967 Confrontation: Nathan Road - 1967 Confrontation: Hong Kong Island - 1967 Confrontation: Afloat - The `Red Armada' - Bombs - Islands - Public Duties.
Marine VPP - Islanders - Frontier Posts - Rural Policing: Politics and Bunfights - Developments - Withdrawal from the Mainland - Harbour and Islands Division - `Civilisation' Creeps Closer - The Post on East Ping Chau - Retreat to the Island Fringe.
| The Support Group - Marine Region - The Joint Declaration - Illegal Immigrants (IIs) - `Yankee Kilo Whisky' - The `Touch-Base' Policy - The Speedboats - Secret Compartments - And Still the Vietnamese Came - The EC-Sevens - The `Bus People' - Politics and Schemes - Government Policy and the Future - The Smugglers - FMTs and Electronics - The Daai-Feis - The Anti-Smuggling Task Force - Search and Rescue - Change of Plan - More Reorganisation, and `PADS'. |
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The `Earthquake Fleet' - Harbours - Blasts from the Past - Tai Ah Chau: Action and Reaction - The Gunmen Who Did Not Get Away - ``Mayday Mayday Mayday' - The Pico Incident - Collision in the Pearl River - Voyager - CAAC Flight No. CA301 - New Capabilities - The Tien Fu - Wong Fa Pai - China Airlines Flight CI605 - The Burning Fishing Boat - Ceremonial - Dents in the Ring of Steel - The Deep Bay Hovercraft Incident - The Tap Shek Kok Incident - The Pragmatic View.