TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1983
''DURING THE LAST YEAR, JPC RAISED OVER $700 000 FOR THE FESPIC CLYMPIC GAMES FOR THE DISABLED - THE LARGEST SINGLE DONATION: OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN FLAG DAYS FOR 13 VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS $36 000 FOR THE COMMUNITY CHEST: 63 800 MILLIGRAMMES OF BLOOD FOR THE RED CROSS AND DONATED A NEW CUSTOM BUILT VAN TO THE ASSOCIATION FOR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED ATHLETES."'
ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF JPC, MR. HENRY SAID SINCE AUGUST LAST YEAR JPC MEMBERSHIP HAD RISEN FROM 307 802 TO 347 405 AND JPC LEADERS FROM 5 601 TO 11 557.
THOSE JPC LEARDERS, ALL OVER THE AGE OF 17, WERE PLAYING A VITAL ROLE IN ORGANISING THE SOME 12 000 DIFFERENT JPC ACTIVITIES WHICH TOOK PLACE EACH YEAR.
''MOST POLICE FORCES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD FIND THEY CAN ATTRACT THE INTEREST OF THE YOUNG BUT LOSE THEM WHEN THEY REACH THE IR UPPER TEENAGE YEARS. HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE THAT THE REVERSE IS THE CASE IN HONG KONG,'' HE SAID.
MR. HENRY WAS ALSO PLEASED TO SEE THAT A TOTAL OF 294 JPC CLUBS HAD BEEN FORMED WITHIN SCHOOLS PARTICULARLY SECONDARY SCHOOLS. SUCH CLUBS WERE PLAYING A KEY ROLE IN COMBATTING ANY TRIAD INFLUENCE OR BULLY BOY TACTICS WHICH MIGHT BE GOING ON.
ON THE JPC CLUBHOUSES FRONT, HE SAID BY THE END OF 1984, JPC WOULD HAVE COMPLETED ITS OBJECTIVE OF HAVING A JPC CLUBHOUSE" IN ALL 17 POLICE DISTRICTS.
MR. HENRY DISCLOSED THAT NEXT YEAR JPC WOULD CELEBRATE ITS TENTH BIRTHDAY. IT HAD ALREADY STARTED WORKING ON PLANS WHICH WOULD ENSURE THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST COLOURFUL YOUTH CELEBRATION EVER TO BE HELD IN HONG KONG.
UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, MRS. SOPHIA HO- DR. HO KAM FAI AND MR. CHARLES YEUNG ALSO ATTENDED THE LUNCHEON GATHERING TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT TO THE JPC MOVEMENT.
THE JPC CENTRAL COUNCIL COMPRISING A JPC REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH DISTRICT AND THE 17 POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICERS MEETS TWICE EVERY YEAR TO PROVIDE JPC MEMBERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE THEIR OWN AFFAIRS AND PUT FORWARD IDEAS WHICH HAVE BEEN RESEARCHED AND DEVELOPED FOR THE GOOD OF THE JPC SCHEME.
TODAY'S MEETING WAS CHAIRED BY CHIEF STAFF OFFICER OF POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS, MR. DREW RENNIE.
CHIEF POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICER, MR. LAI KWOK-LEUNG- ASSISTANT CHIEF POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICER, MR, TSE CHAN- FAI AND CHIEF INSPECTOR, MR. BOB SULLIVAN WERE ALSO PRESENT.
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