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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1975
FIGHT VIOLENT CRIME COMMITTEE STRENGTHENED
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THE GOVERNMENT 'S FIGHT VIOLENT CRIME COMMITTEE IS BEING STRENGTHENED WITH THE ADDITION OF SIX NEW MEMBERS TO BRING FRESH IDEAS, INITIATIVE AND IMPETUS TO THE FIGTH AGAINST CRIME IN HONG KONG. THEY WILL ALSO GATHER AND PASS ON SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME TO THE PUBLIC.
THE APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE GOVERNOR WITH EFFECT FROM TODAY. THREE OF THEM, MR. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, MISS KO SIU-WAH AND MR. ALEX WU, ARE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS. THE OTHER THREE ARE NR. CHAN LING-FUNG, MR. WONG LAM AND MRS. SELINA CHOW.
MR. CHAN IS CHAIRMAN OF THE KENNEDY TOWN KAIFONG WELFARE ASSOCIATION AND KENNEDY TOWN/MOUNT DAVIS AREA COMMITTEE AND IS A PROMINENT COMMUNITY LEADER IN WESTERN DISTRICT. HE IS ALSO A FORMER CHARIMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF HONG KONG AND KOWLOON KAIFONG ASSOCIATION LIMITED..
MR. WONG STARTED AS A BUS CONDUCTOR AND IS NOW SUPERVISOR OF KMD'S KWUNG TONG BUS DEPOT. HE IS VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE KWUN TONG INDUSTRIAL AREA COMMITTEE, CHAIRMAN OF THE WING YING MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE, AND HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN BOY SCOUTS, CLANSMEN AND COUNTRYMEN'S ASSOCIATIONS IN ADDITION TO BEING THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE KWUN TONG SPORTS ASSOCIATION AND THE HOI TIN SPORTS ASSOCIATION.
MRS. SELINA CHOW IS PROGRAMME MANAGER FOR HKTVB AND HAS TAKEN AN INTEREST IN VARIOUS COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.
THE FIGHT VIOLENT CRIME COMMITTEE WAS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR IN MARCH 1973 TO PLAN, ORGANISE AND CO-ORDINATE THE GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC EFFORTS TO ASSIST THE POLICE TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIME.
THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR. DENIS BRAY, SAID TODAY THAT UP TO NOW MEMBERSHIP HAS BEEN RESTRICTED TO OFFICIALS, WITH HIMSELF AS CHAIRMAN. THE OTHER OFFICIAL MEMBERS ARE THE SECRETARIES FOR SECURITY, THE NEW TERRITORIES AND SOCIAL SERVICES, THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, THE DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS AND THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES.
HE SAID THE TIME HAS COME FOR THE COMMITTEE TO BE STRENGTHENED BY THE ADDITION OF UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS WHO WILL BE ABLE TO BRING WITH THEM +NEW IDEAS, INITIATIVE AND IMPETUS TO THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME, AND WHO WILL HELP TO SPREAD KNOWLEDGE OF ALL THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE,+
THE COMMITTEE HAS HELD OVER 50 MEETINGS SINCE ITS INCEPTION AND HAS CONSIDERED A WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS INCLUDING SUCH IMPORTANT ISSUES AS THE FORMATION OF MUTUAL AID AND AREA COMMITTEES, SIMPLIFYING POLICE REPORTING PROCEDURES, THE STUDY OF SOCIAL CAUSE OF CRIME, AND LEGISLATION AND ACTION ON THE CONTROL OF VICE ESTABLISHMENTS.
MR. BRAY SAID THE APPOINTMENTS REFLECT THE INCREASING IMPORTANCE WHICH THE GOVERNMENT ATTACHES TO THE WORK AND VALUE OF MUTUAL AID AND AREA COMMITTEES, AND ALSO THE NEED TO HAVE THE ASSISTANCE OF THE MEDIA.
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