Nine documentary programmes which take a close look at the world's most controversial police force in action.
3 : The Bamboo Curtain
Hong Kong keeps its precarious hold on the rump of China by the grace of Peking. A delicate and unspoken code of behaviour exists between the two countries, which is practical and by which neither loses face.
But much to the embarrassment of HM Government, a lot of Chinese want to get out of China to Hong Kong. Without visas, their best hope of reaching freedom is to swim. But there are swift currents in Freedom Swimmers' Bay, and there are sharks. There are also the patrol boats of the Royal Hong Kong Police. Whatever his private feelings, each captain has his orders, and knows what to do if he comes across freedom swimmers.
When political asylum threatens political expediency in the South China Sea, something has to give ...
Film cameraman PATRICK TURLEY Film recordist MIKE SAVAGE Film editor ARTHUR SOLOMON Producer JOHN PURDIE