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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1977
+AND BECAUSE OF THE GOOD COMMUNICATION WITH THE POLICE, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND THE TOWN MANAGEMENT OFFICES, THE COMMITTEES ARE ALWAYS ABLE TO SECURE THEIR IMMEDIATE ACTION IN WIPING OUT SUCH ACTIVITIES.+
THE TAI WOR HAU FIGHT VIOLENT CRIME SUB-COMMITTEE, SET UP JUST A MONTH AFTER THE DISTRICT COMMITTEE WAS FORMED, IS A TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF THE LOCAL AREA COMMITTEES AND SUB-COMMITTEES, WHICH HAVE, THROUGH INCREASED COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, PROVED EFFECTIVE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME.
MR. TSUI SAID IN ADDITION TO COMBATING CRIME BY IDENTIFYING BLACK SPOTS IN RURAL AREAS, THE DISTRICT COMMITTEES HAD DONE MUCH TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN CRIME PREVENTION AND TO AROUSE THE IR AWARENESS AGAINST POTENTIAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES.
+FILM SHOWS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITIONS ON CRIME PREVENTION AND ANTI-DRUG EDUCATION, AND VISITS TO POLICE STATIONS FOR STUDENTS AND LOCAL RESIDENTS ARE ARRANGED AT REGULAR INTERVALS WITH THE HELP OF THE POLICE, HE SAID.
+THESE ACTIVITIES HAVE ENCOURAGED A GREATER INVOLVEMENT BY THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IN HELPING US TACKLE THE CRIME PROBLEM,+
APART FROM EDUCATING THE PUBLIC, MR. TSUI POINTED OUT THE DISTRICT COMMITTEE HAD BEEN MAINTAINING CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING LOCAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES TO PREVENT CRIMES.
HE SAID 1 +WE HAVE AT PRESENT A NUMBER OF PROJECTS IN MIND AND SOME ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY, WHEN ALL THESE ARE IMPLEMENTED, PUBLIC ORDER IN THE NEW TOWN WILL BE ABLE TO IMPROVE EVEN FURTHER.+
+THESE PROJECTS INCLUDE APPEALS FOR THE SETTING UP OF NIGHT DEPOSIT SAFES BY LOCAL BANKS, STREET LIGHTING FOR CRIME BLACK SPOTS AND THE STAGING OF A FIVE-MONTH FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN TO PUBLICISE THE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES AGAINST CRIMES.+
MR. TSUI DISCLOSED THAT A SUM OF $10,000 HAD BEEN OBTAINED FOR THE FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN WHICH BEGAN LAST MONTH.
+PROGRAMMES OF THE CAMPAIGN INCLUDE A QUIZ FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, A DEBATE FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, A FIGHT CRIME SLOGAN AND SIGN BOARD COMPETITION, A PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY AND A WINTER CAMP FOR LOCAL YOUTHS AND WORKERS,+ HE CONTINUED.
+ IT WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED BY A GRAND FINALE IN THE FORM OF A LARGE-SCALE PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY TO BE PARTICIPATED BY ALL CONCERNED.+
A CO-ORDINATING SUB-COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY TSUEN WAN'S TOWN OFFICER, MR. BENJAMIN TANG, WAS SET UP IN AUGUST THIS YEAR TO GIVE ADVICE ON THE CAMPAIGN, MR. TSUI ADDED.