WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1976
MAC MOVEMENT A BIG SUCCESS GOVERNOR TOLD
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WAS TOLD THIS AFTERNOON THAT THE MAC MOVEMENT IN TSZ WAN SHAN HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS IN REDUCING CRIME IN THE AREA AND IN PROMOTING BETTER RELATIONS, UNDERSTANDING AND CLOSER CO-OPERATION BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND THE POLICE.
THE CHAIRMAN OF 11 MACS IN DIFFERENT BLOCKS OF THE TSZ WAN SHAN ESTATE TOLD SIR MURRAY ABOUT THE IMPROVED LAW AND ORDER SITUATION DURING AN INFORMAL MEETING THIS AFTERNOON.
THE GOVERNOR CALLED ON THE MAC OFFICIALS AND DISCUSSED WITH THEM THE WORK AND PROBLEMS OF THE MACS IN THIS PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE.
THEY SAID SINCE THE MAC MOVEMENT STARTED IN 1973, THERE ARE NOW ABOUT TWO DOZENS OF MACS IN THE DISTRICT, AND THE CRIME RATE HAD BEEN REDUCED BY AS MUCH AS 60 TO 70 PER CENT.
IN ADDITION, THEY SAID, THE CRIME DETECTION RATE HAD BEEN VERY HIGH MAINLY DUE TO THE BETTER RELATIONS AND CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS AND THE POLICE.
SIR MURRAY CONGRATULATED THE CHAIRMAN FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS, ADDING : +CARRY ON WHAT YOU ARE DOING WHICH IS VERY GOOD WORK.+
EARLIER, THE GOVERNOR, ACCOMPANIED BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS. MR. AUGUSTINE CHUI. AND THE WONG TAI SIN CITY DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. LAU CHAU-WA, VISITED THE WORK SITE OF THE MTR WONG TAI SIN STATION.
THE RESIDENT ENGINEER OF THE PROJECT, MR. TOM MUIR, BRIEFED SIR MURRAY ON DETAILS OF THE SCHEME AND THE WORK PROGRESS.
THE GOVERNOR LATER TOURED BLOCK 7 AND THE LOWER WONG TAI SIN ESTATE AND SPOKE TO SEVERAL SHOPKEEPERS.
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