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FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1983
FILM WARNS YOUNGSTERS ABOUT CRIME
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HONG KONG YOUTH WILL BE WARNED IN A DRAMATISED DOCUMENTARY FILM OF THE HIGH PRICE ONE HAS TO PAY FOR CRIME.
CO-ORDINATED BY THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE AND PRODUCED BY THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES AS PART OF THIS YEAR'S FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN, THE FILM ENTITLED THERE IS NO GLAMOUR IN CRIME+ IS AIMED AT DISSUADING YOUNG PEOPLE FROM GETTING INVOLVED IN CRIME.
A PRE-VIEW OF THE FILM WAS HELD FOR MEMBERS OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE AND MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES IN THE GIS THEATRE TODAY (FRIDAY).
FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE MEMBERS ATTENDING THE PRE-VIEW INCLUDED THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR PATRICK WILLIAMSON, SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR KENNETH TOPLEY, THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR CHAN WA-SHEK, THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR MİKE HAMMETT, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, MRS SOPHIA HO, AND MR CHARLES YEUNG,
DURING THE FILM SHOW, THE CHIEF STAFF OFFICER OF POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS, MR ANDREW RENNIE SAID THE STORIES IN THE FILM WERE BASED ON ACTUAL CRIME CASES PROVIDED BY THE POLICE.
THE FILM TELLS IN 25 MINUTES THE TRAGIC STORIES OF FOUR YOUNGSTERS. COMING FROM THE LOWER STRATUM OF SOCIETY AND WITHOUT PROPER GUIDANCE AND DISCIPLINE FROM THE FAMILY, THE YOUNGSTERS LACKED INTEREST IN THEIR STUDIES, BECAME INVOLVED IN CRIME, AND INVARIABLY FACED SERIOUS CONSÉQUENCES.
LAM TIN LEUNG, AGED 16, WAS SENTENCED TO A DETENTION CENTRE FOR Theft. LuckilY HE DECIDED TO TURN OVER A NEW LEAF.
THEFT. LUCKILY ON LEAVING THE CENTRE, HE FOUND A JOB AND RESUMED HIS STUDIES IN A NIGHT SCHOOL. LAM'S FRIENDS, LEE KA WAI, AGED 14, WHO HAD EXTORTED PROTECTION MONEY FROM HIS SCHOOLMATES, AND
CHEUNG YAT BOR, AGED NINE, WHO HAD ESCAPED FROM A BOYS' HOME, WERE ARRESTED BY THE POLICE. LAM'S SISTER, AGED 14, WAS
ARRESTED BY THE POLICE DURING A POLICE RAID ON A VÍCE ESTABLISHMENT.
THE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES OF THE FOUR YOUNGSTERS CONVEY ONE COMMON MESSAGE - THAT THEY ALL HAD TO PAY DEARLY FOR THE IR FOOLISH DEEDS.
+IT IS HOPED THAT THE TARGET GROUP OF OUR CAMPAIGN YOUNG PEOPLE OF HONG KONG - WILL GET THE MESSAGE+, SAID MR RENNIE.
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THE ACTING CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER OF THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES, MRS BETTY SHUM, SAID THE FILM WAS WELL RECEIVED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR TELEVISION AND LICENSING, WHO REMARKED, WITH THE RIGHT CAST, THE SHOW STRIKES THE EXPECTED DRAMATIC IMPACT AND DELIVERS A FORCEFUL MESSAGE.+
/MRS SAN