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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1980
THE ISLANDS DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN, WHICH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL NEXT MARCH, IS TO PROVIDE LOCAL PEOPLE WITH CRIME-PREVENTION KNOWLEDGE AND TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO TAKE PART IN FIGHT CRIME ACTION. AMONG THE ACTIVITIES WILL BE SCHOOL SEMINARS, VISITS TO THE POLICE CRIME PREVENTION UNIT AND POLICE STATION OPEN-DAYS.
MR LO SAID AFTER A FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN HAD BEEN HELD AT TAI O LAST YEAR CRIME FIGURES HAD DROPPED DRAMATICALLY.
+ I HOPE LOCAL PEOPLE WILL MAKE THE BEST OF THE ACTIVITIES, AND MAKE THE ISLANDS PEACEFUL PLACES WHERE PEOPLE ARE HAPPY TO LIVE,+ MR LO SAID.
JOINING MR LO AT THE RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY WERE THE DIVISIONAL POLICE SUPER INTENDENT, MR MARK PELLY, THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR FUNG PAK-TAI, AND CHAIRMEN OF THE DISTRICT'S RURAL COMMITTEES.
PERFORMANCES BY THE POLICE DOG UNIT AND LOCAL SCHOOLS WERE STAGED AFTER THE OPENING CEREMONY.
COUNTRY PARK BADGES AND T-SHIRTS ON SALE
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SPECIALLY DESIGNED SOUVENIR BADGES FOR COUNTRYSIDE LOVERS ARE NOW ON SALE.
THE BADGES, DESIGNED BY THE COUNTRY PARKS AUTHORITY, ARE FOR THE PLOVER COVE, LANTAU AND SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARKS, AND THE MACLEHOSE TRAIL, A FAVOURITE HIKING ROUTE.
THE BADGES, MADE OF CLOTH, ARE SOLD AT $1.50 EACH AT THE REFRESHMENT KIOSKS INSIDE THE TAI MEI TUK COUNTRY PARK AND THE ABERDEEN COUNTRY PARK, AND ALSO AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE GENERAL POST OFFICE IN CONNAUGHT PLACE.
THEY WILL BE A SMART ADORNMENT FOR CASUAL WEAR SUCH AS DENIM GEAR, AND CAN BE SEWN ON KNAPSACKS.
THE PLOVER COVE BADGE FEATURES THE WATERFALL AT BRIDE'S POOL. THE ONE FOR SAI KUNG DEPICTS THE NOW FAMILIAR DOLOSSE COFFERDAM AT HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIR.
A PHOENIX IS EMBROIDERED ON THE BADGE FOR THE LANTAU COUNTRY PARK SINCE IT IS FROM THE LANTAU PEAK (ITS CHINESE NAME MEANS PHOENIX MOUNTAIN) THAT MANY AN EARLY HIKER WATCHES SUNRISE.
THE MACLEHOSE TRAIL BADGE SHOWS THE SILHOUETTE OF A HIKER ON A SUMMIT.
SPECIAL T-SHIRTS FOR COUNTRY PARKS ARE ALSO ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AND THE PLOVER COVE COUNTRY PARK KIOSK. THEY ARE PRICED AT 39 EACH.
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