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MEANWHILE, A SMALL FENCED-OFF AREA AT THE FOOT OF THE PEDESTRIAN FOOTBRIDGE AT THE JUNCTION OF KWONG FUK ROAD AND PO YICK STREET HAS BEEN RESERVED FOR LOCAL FARMER HAWKERS TO RETAIL THEIR OWN FARM PRODUCE WITHIN SPECIFIED TRADING HOURS IN THE EARLY MORNING.
+ONLY SMALL QUANTITIES OF FARMING PRODUCE SUCH AS VEGETABLES, EGGS AND LIVE POULTRY WILL BE ALLOWED TO BE PUT ON SALE,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+NO STRUCTURES WILL BE ALLOWED TO BE PUT UP IN THIS AREA,+ HE STRESSED.
ENFORCEMENT ACTION IS NOW BEING CARRIED OUT TO STOP ON-STREET HAWKEPS FROM ESTABLISHING IN PO YICK STREET AGAIN AND MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL DUTIES TEAM ARE PUT ON PATROL IN THE AREA TO ENSURE THAT THE STREET IS FREE OF THEM.
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PARENTS AND TEACHERS WERE TODAY URGED TO JOIN IN THE BATTLE AGAINST JUVENILE DEL INQUENCY - WITH CARE AND UNDERSTANDING.
ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR NICKY LO, MADE THE APPEAL WHEN OPENING THE DISTRICT'S FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN AT PAK TAI PLAYGROUND, CHEUNG CHAU.
QUOTING POLICE RECORDS, MR LO SAID THERE HAD BEEN 45 PER CENT MORE CRIMINAL CASES IN ISLANDS DISTRICT SO FAR THIS YEAR THAN IN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
THE NUMBER OF JUVENILE DEL INQUENCY CASES, COMPARED WITH 1978, HAD INCREASED THREE-AND-A-HALF TIMES.
+THESE ALARMING FIGURES TELL US THAT SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE, MR LO SAID.
+1 VERY MUCH HOPE THAT PARENTS COULD SPEND MORE TIME WITH THE IR CHILDREN, AND PROVIDE THEM WITH CARE AND UNDERSTANDING AS WELL AS FOOD AND CLOTHING.
+TIME IS VALUABLE FOR WE BUSY PEOPLE NOWADAYS, BUT IT PAYS TO GIVE SOME TO OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS, TO UNDERSTAND THE IR THINKING, CARE FOR THE IR FEELINGS, AND KNOW WHO THEIR FRIENDS ARE.
+ IT CAN OFTEN HELP PUT RIGHT MISTAKES AND MISBEHAVIOUR BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.+
TEACHERS, BY PAYING MORE ATTENTION TO STUDENTS' CONDUCT AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT BESIDES TRANSMITTING ACADEMIC KNOWLEDGE, COULD ALSO HELP TO STOP PROBLEMS AT THE GRASS-ROOT LEVEL, MR LO SAID.
HE ALSO REMINDED LOCAL PEOPLE OF TWO EFFECTIVE WAYS TO FIGHT CRIME AT HOME: MUTUAL AID AMONG NEIGHBOURS AND REPORTING OFFENCES PROMPTLY TO THE POLICE.
THE ISLANDS
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