Sikh police constable joins the force to aid non-Chinese communities
發佈日期: 2025-07-12 21:00
TVB News
Among the new batch of Police Constables is a policeman of Sikh Indian descent, the first in many years. He hopes to inspire more non-ethnic Chinese young people to join the Force.
Twenty-seven-year-old policeman Singh Palvinderjit grew up in Hong Kong. As a Sikh, his turban is specially designed by the police, to accommodate his religious requirements.
However, he thinks that this should not make him different from the other police constables.
There is nothing different in my uniform, when compared to other police constables, it's only that the cap is exchanged for my turban, and I am allowed to wear some religious items.
He says that being able to understand Punjabi and Hindi on top of speaking fluent Cantonese would help his handling of cases involving non-ethnic Chinese people.
During a training session, he helped to communicate in three such cases within just eight hours.
His aspiration to join the police force comes from his father who served in the Correctional Services Department for 30 years, after trying and failing to join the police force.
"When I was growing up, I saw my dad wearing the CSD uniform everyday, and that led me to want to go for disciplinary services," he said. "But as I grew up, I saw and read a lot of stories about my great grandfather, he was responsible for recruiting the initial batch of Sikh police recruits, so I wanted to continue that legacy onwards."
As the first police constable in many years to wear a turban, he hopes to show other non-ethnic Chinese people that it is possible to join the police force as a member of the ethnic minority.
According to the police, in the past 14 years, 179 non-ethnic Chinese have successfully enlisted in the police force.
