John Thorpe remembers the mystery of the mango tree at Central Police Station.
The mango tree was by the entrance to the CID office, which was originally the police stores.
As far as anyone knew, the tree had never born any fruit. However, one day in 1977, the SPCID HKI, Ken Wellburn, told me the SPCID HKI interpreter at that time, a long time civilian stalwart, had been seen using a bamboo pole to knock down some fruits which, although small and green, looked likely to grow bigger.
When asked about his actions he said that during his lengthy service with CIDHKI the tree had only fruited twice. Once was in 1941, which saw the downfall of Hong Kong, and in 1967, when there were riots.
Because of this he was not chancing any more turbulence for the Force and so he removed them before fruition.
Who knows, perhaps his action did have a calming effect on the situation?
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