THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1974
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DON'T TAKE LAW INTO OWN HANDS RESIDENTS URGED
MR. TONY NEOH, CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER OF KOULOON, TODAY URGED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NOT TO CODINE SPONTANEOUSLY TOGETHER WITH THE SOLE PURPOSE OF TAKING THE LAV INTO THEIR OWN HANDS.
WHILE RESIDENTS SHOULD HELP IN BRINGING CRIMINALS TO JUSTICE, THEIR PART SHOULD STOP WHEN THE CULPRIT IS CAUCHT, HE STRESSED.
MR. NEOH WAS SPEAKING AT A GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE KOWLOON EAST TRAINING COURSE ON BETTER BUILDING HALACEMENT.
HE EMPHASISED THAT THERE WAS A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JOINING IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME AND JOINING IN A NOB TO TAKE THE LAW INTO OUR OWN HANDS.
+WE HAVE LAWS TO DEAL WITH CRIMINALS,+ HE SAID. +BY PUNISHING THE CRIMINALS OURSELVES, ON THE SPOT, WE DENY THAT THESE LAWS EXIST. LAWLESSNESS CANNOT BE FOUGHT WITH LAWLESSNESS. IF THE PUBLIC WISHES TO LIVE IN A SOCIETY RULED BY LAW, IT MUST BELIEVE THIS.+
MR. NEOH PRAISED THE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE SCHEME AS A FIGHT- CRIME MACHINERY. + IN A GROUP, THE GOVERNMENT FIRMLY BELIEVES THAT MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES HAVE PROVEN THEMSELVES TO BE EFFECTIVE BODIES TO COMBAT CRIME,+ HE SAID.
SINCE MUTAL AID COMMITTEES CAME INTO BEING A YEAR AGO, TREMENDOUS STRIDES HAD BEEN MADE IN IMPROVING SECURITY IN THE BUILDING ENVIRONMENT.
THE SECURITY MEASURES ADOPTED VERE POSITIVE STEPS WHICH THE GOVERNMENT WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE, HE SAID.
TRAFFIC RE-ROUTING
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MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED THAT THE SECTION OF DUNDAS STREET BETWEEN SAI YEUNG CHOI STREET AND KWONG WAH STREET, KOWLOON, WILL BE RE-ROUTED TO PROVIDE TWO-WAY TRAFFIC FLOW AS FROM 10 AM ON SATURDAY COCTOBER 5).
AREA.
THE RE-ROUTING IS AIMED AT IMPROVING TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE
TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE POSTED TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.
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