Hong KongChina, Two Hong Kong police officers, one Indian and one Chinese, stand to attention, side-by-side, with their rifles over their shoulders. Police uniform varied according to ethnicity; the Indian officers wore turbans, whilst the Chinese officers wore conical straw hats. Original manuscript caption: Types of Hong Kong PoliceSikh Constable - Chinese Lukong, circa 1903. 1998/028/1/1/21.

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Indian and Chinese officers of the Hong Kong Police Force

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