WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1980
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+OWNERS ARE ALSO ADVISED TO USE GAS DETECTORS AND BE FULLY FAMILIARISED WITH THEIR LIMITATIONS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID,
ANY ACCUMULATION OF OIL IS ALSO A FIRE HAZARD AND BILGES SHOULD ALWAYS BE KEPT DRY AND CLEAN.
PAMPHLETS, BOTH IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE, PUBLICISING THE SAFE USE AND FITTING OF LPG SYSTEMS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE DEPARTMENT'S LICENSING OFFICES,
MESSAGES ON THE PROPER USE OF LPG, FROM THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, ARE ALSO BROADCAST REGULARLY THROUGH THE RADIO PROGRAMME +FISHERMEN'S HALF HOUR.+
SHA TIN PEOPLE CO-OPERATING WITH POLICE TO FIGHT CRIME
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SHA TIN PEOPLE ARE CO-OPERATING WITH THE POLICE TO COMBAT CRIME, TWO MEMBERS OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE WERE TOLD TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE TWO, URBAN COUNCILLOR, MRS SELINA CHOW, AND MR GEORGE YUEN, GIS, WERE TOLD THIS DURING A TWO-HOUR MEETING OF THE SHA TIN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE.
THE MEETING WAS CHAIRED BY MR WAI HON-LEUNG, CHAIRMAN OF THE SHA TIN RURAL COMMITTEE. ALSO PRESENT WAS THE ACTING DISTRICT OFFICER SHA TIN, MR NICHOLAS NG.
MRS CHOW AND MR YUEN WERE TOLD THAT, DUE TO THIS CO-OPERATION, CRIME IN SHA TIN HAS BEEN KEPT COMPARATIVELY LOW AND IT WAS VITAL THAT IT IS MAINTAINED AS THE NEW TOWN DEVELOPES INTO A COMMUNITY OF 750 000 PEOPLE BY THE END OF THE 1980'S.
MRS CHOW WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED TO LEARN THAT YOUNG PEOPLE IN SHA TIN ARE PARTICIPATING IN ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE LOCAL DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, SHE SAID TAKING PART IN HEALTHY ACTIVITIES LIKE JUNTOR POLICE CALL COULD PLAY A POSITIVE PART IN KEEPING YOUNGSTERS AWAY FROM CRIME.
MUTUAL-AID WAS THE KEY TO SUCCESS IN THE FIGHT CRIME BATTLE, MR YUEN TOLD THE MEETING. HE SAID PUBLICITY EFFORTS THIS YEAR WOULD EMPHASISE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN POLICE AND PUBLIC AND AMONG MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THEMSELVES.
TODAY'S VISIT WAS ONE OF A SERIES BEING MADE BY MEMBERS OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT DISTRICT EFFORTS AND OFFER ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE.
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