SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1981
TSUEN WAN CRIME PREVENTION EXHIBITION OPENS
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THERE HAS BEEN NO MARKED INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CRIMES COMMITTED IN TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG DURING THE PAST YEAR, THE CHAIRMAN OF TSUEN WAN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, MR LUI HAU-TUEN, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
AT THE OPENING OF A FIVE-DAY FIGHT CRIME EXHIBITION, MR LUI, THE DISTRICT OFFICER TSUEN WAN, SAID THAT WHILE THE NUMBER OF CRIMES COMMITTED WAS ON THE INCREASE ON A COLONY-WIDE BASIS, COMPARATIVELY, THE SITUATION IN TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG WAS NOT +ALARMING+.
HE ATTRIBUTED THIS TO JOINT EFFORTS OF THE GOVERNMENT, LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, POLICE NEIGHBOURHOOD ́UNITS AND JUNIOR POLICE CALL MEMBERS IN EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND SOLVING PROBLEMS IN CRIME BLACK SPOTS.
+CRIME PREVENTION IS A VERY COMPLICATED MATTER WHICH CANNOT BE DEALT WITH BY ONE PARTY ALONE. IT NEEDS THE SUPPORT OF US ALL,+ HE SAID.
ON RECREATIONAL NEEDS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE MR LUI SAID GOVERNMENT HAD, IN FACT, BEEN LOOKING INTO ALL POSSIBLE LOCATIONS WHICH COULD BE USED EITHER PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY.
EVEN AVAILABLE LAND, WHICH WAS SCHEDULED FOR PERMANENT DEVELOPMENT BUT ON WHICH CONSTRUCTION WAS PENDING, WOULD BE CONVERTED FOR TEMPORARY RECREATIONAL USE, MR LUI SAID.
HE CITED AS AN EXAMPLE A SITE NEXT TO THE LADY GRANTHAM CLINIC WHICH WAS PLANNED AS OPEN SPACE BY 1985. BUT, IN APRIL, THE CHAI WAN KOK TEMPORARY SPORTS CENTRE WOULD MOVE THERE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FACILITIES TO MEET IMMEDIATE LOCAL NEEDS.
THE EXHIBITION, WHICH AIMS TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF CRIME AND ITS PREVENTION IN THE DISTRICT, IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM DAILY AT THE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES HALL OF TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL.
TWENTY-TWO ORGANISATIONS ARE TAKING PART, EACH OF WHICH IS OPERATING A STALL EXPLAINING THE ROLE THEY PLAY IN FIGHTING CRIME. THEY INCLUDE THE DISTRICT OFFICE, SECURITY FIRMS, BANKS, YOUTH CENTRES, WELFARE GROUPS AND JUNIOR POLICE CALL UNITS OF KWAI CHUNG AND TSUEN WAN.
THERE WILL BE SLIDE AND FILM SHOWS, PHOTOGRAPHS, CHARTS AND SECURITY ITEMS ON DISPLAY.
ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S OPENING CEREMONY WERE THE POLICE DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENT TSUEN WAN. MR CHAN HO-YIN THE DIVISIONAL SUPER INTENDENT KWAI CHUNG, MR DAVE HODSON- AND LOCAL LEADER, AR CHÂN PO-FONG.
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