SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 1984
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+THIS IS WHERE THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE IS A VITAL INSTRUMENT IN THE COMMUNITY, + HE ADDED.
THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE HAS BEEN SET UP FOR MANY YEARS AND ONLY ABOUT A YEAR AGO, THE COMMITTEE'S STATUS AND MEMBERSHIP WERE UPGRADED WITH ITS CHAIRMANSHIP BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE.
+IT IS A POWERFUL INSTRUMENT IN THE BATTLE AND MUCH WORK AND RESEARCH IS BEING DONE BY IT, + MR THOMAS SAID.
+IN THE DISTRICTS, TOO, THE FIGHT IS BEING EFFECTIVELY PURSUED BY DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEES, HE CONTINUED.
MR THOMAS NOTED THAT THE FCC WAS A VITAL INSTRUMENT IN THE COMMUNITY BY DEVISING SCHEMES TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST POLICE IN THEIR ALREADY VERY EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY RELATIONS WORKS.
THE COMMITTEE ALSO SETS UP WORKING PARTIES TO PROMOTE SOLUTIONS TO LAW AND ORDER PROBLEMS AS WELL AS ENSURES THAT THE LAWS NEEDED BY THE COMMUNITY ARE IN PLACE, EFFECTIVE AND UP-TO-DATE.
WHILE HE HOPED THE FCC WOULD SPAWN MANY NEW SUCCESSFUL INNOVATIONS, MR THOMAS DISCLOSED THAT THE GOOD CITIZEN AWARD SCHEME SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1973 HAD AWARDED 1 516 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR PERSONAL ASSISTANCE IN FIGHTING CRIME.
+IT IS A SUCCESS STORY BECAUSE IN TEN YEARS OR SO THE SCHEME HAS BEEN IN OPERATION, THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS DIRECTLY RELATED TO HELP RECEIVED FROM PRIVATE CITIZENS HAS SHOT UP FROM 3.4 PER CENT TO 12.9 PER CENT,+ HE SAID.
+POLICE FORCES FROM OVERSEAS ENVY THIS ACHIEVEMENT AND STUDY THE SCHEME IN ORDER TO ADOPT IT IN THEIR TERRITORIES,+ HE ADDED.
AS NO ONE IS ENCOURAGED TO RISK ONE'S LIFE OR THE SAFETY OF OTHERS IN FIGHTING CRIME, MR THOMAS SUGGESTED OTHER WAYS OF HELPING THE POLICE.
+THERE IS MUCH THAT CAN BE DONE IN REPORTING CRIME, IN RAISING THE ALARM AND INFORMING POLICE WHEN ACTS OF CRIME OR SUSPICIONS OF CRIME ARE OBSERVED, AND ALSO IN THE VITAL ROLE OF BEING PREPARED TO COME FORWARD AS A WITNESS, + HE EXPLAINED,
PAYING RESPECT TO THE INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE 21 AWARD WINNERS, MR THOMAS NOTED THAT THEY DID NOT DO IT TO RECEIVE A MONEY REWARD.
+THE MONEY REWARD IS MERELY SOCIETY'S RECOGNITION OF THEIR ACTIONS, HE SAID, HOPING THAT MANY MORE IN SOCIETY WOULD BE INSPIRED TO SIMILAR ACHIEVEMENTS BY THEIR EXAMPLES,
THE 21 RECIPIENTS, SHARED CASH AWARDS TOTALLING $38 500. AMONG THEM THREE WERE EACH ADDITIONALLY PRESENTED WITH +ATV GOLDEN WHISTLE AWARD+ BY MR LEE SIL-HONG, REPRESENTATIVE OF ASIA TELEVISION LIMITED,
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