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UEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1974
NO ORGANISED TRIAD ACTIVITY IN SCHOOLS
THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITIES, THE HON. LEWIS DAVIES, SAID TODAY THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY MEASURABLE PENETRATION BY ORGANISED TRIAD ELEMENTS IN SCHOOLS.
HE CONCEDED, HOWEVER, THAT THERE WERE INDIVIDUAL TRIAD MEMBERS IN SOME SCHOOLS. +THIS PRESENCE, WHILE DISTURBING AND UNDESIRABLE, STEMS IN MOST CASES FROM INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS HAVING JOINED ILLEGAL SOCIETIES OUTSIDE SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL HOURS,+ HE SAID.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN WHETHER THE CO-OPERATION OF SCHOOL HEADMASTERS AND TEACHERS WOULD BE SOUGHT TO PREVENT TRIAD ACTIVITY FROM INFILTRATING AMONG STUDENTS, MR. DAVIES SAID POLICE HAD ALREADY INITIATED A SERIES OF DISCUSSIONS WITH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS TO PROMOTE A MORE BALANCED AWARENESS OF THE PROBLEM OF TRIAD ACTIVITIES. IN SCHOOLS.
TALKS WERE HELD BETWEEN THE POLICE AND HEADMASTERS OF SCHOOLS ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES IN MAY AND JUNE, HE SAID, AND PLANS WERE NOW IN HAND TO HOLD FURTHER MEETINGS WITH PRINCIPALS OF KOWLOON SCHOOLS.
THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE TRIAD SOCIETY BUREAU HAD ALSO ADDRESSED A FULL MEETING OF THE HONG KONG PRIVATE ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION LAST MAY.
+ IN A FURTHER BID TO CREATE A BALANCED AWARENESS OF THIS POTENTIAL PROBLEM, EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION AT PRIMARY SCHOOL LEVEL HAS INCLUDED WITHIN ITS SOCIAL STUDIES PROGRAMME · GUIDANCE TO STUDENTS ON HOW TO REPORT CRIME, INCLUDING VIOLENT CRIME AND TRIAD ACTIVITIES,+ SAID MR. DAVIES.
IN ADDITION, POLICE, PARENTS, TEACHERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS TOOK PART IN A SPECIAL EDITION OF RADIO HONG KONG'S +NEEDLE POINT+. PROGRAMME TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEM OF SCHOOLS AND TRIADS.
TEMPORARY FOOTBRIDGE FOR WANG TAU HOM SQUATTERS
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CONSTRUCTION IS NOW UNDER WAY ON A TEMPORARY PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE ACROSS LUNG CHEUNG ROAD TO CATER FOR RESIDENTS OF THE SQUATTER/RESITE AREA OPPOSITE THE WANG TAU HOM ESTATE.
IT SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, THE HON. WILLIAM BELL, ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, TOLD COUNCIL TODAY IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. OSWALD CHEUNG.
HE ADDED THAT A PERMANENT PEDESTRIAN DRIDGE INTEGRAL WITH THE FLYOVER WOULD BE PROVIDED AS PART OF THE FUNG MO INTERCHANGE PROJECT, WHICH WAS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED EARLY NEXT YEAR.
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