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SATURDAY, JULY 7,
BASED ON THESE VIEWS, THE SEMINARS THIS YEAR WERE CHANGED TO INVOLVE SCHOOL HEADS TAKING AN ACTIVE ROLE, IN ADDITION TO SPEAKERS FROM THE POLICE, SOCIAL WELFARE AND EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS.
THIS YEAR, SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG HAVE BEEN GROUPED INTO 13 DISTRICTS, AND SEPARATE SEMINARS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED FOR MORE THAN 1 200 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL HEADS BETWEEN JUNE 19 AND JULY 7.
LAST YEAR DISTRICT SEMINARS WERE CONDUCTED SIMULTANEOUSLY ON THE SAME DAY FOR SCHOOL HEADS IN HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+RESPONSE FROM PARTICIPANTS THIS YEAR HAS BEEN FAVOURABLE, AND THEY FEEL THEY HAVE MORE TIME TO AIR THEIR INDIVIDUAL PROBLEMS AND EXCHANGE VIEWS WITH SCHOOL HEADS FROM THE SAME DISTRICT.
+SPECIAL THANKS MUST BE GIVEN TO THOSE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS WHO TOOK TIME OUT TO ADDRESS THE SEMINARS,+ MR LAM SAID.
HE ALSO THANKED PARTICIPANTS WHO EXPRESSED THEIR VIEWS AT THE SEMINARS AND SHARED THE IR EXPERIENCE WITH OTHER SCHOOL HEADS.
MR LEUNG HUNG-WAI, POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICER, WONG TAI SIN, WHO ALSO SPOKE ON THE OCCASION REFUTED CERTAIN REPORTS THAT TRIADS HAD INFILTRATED INTO SOME SCHOOLS AND USED THEM AS OPERATIONAL BASES FOR CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES.
*WE COULD FIND NO EVIDENCE TO SUBSTANTIATE THIS, AND THE SO-CALLED TRIAD ACTIVITIES IN SCHOOL ARE MOSTLY UNRULY AND DELINQUENT BEHAVIOUR OF STUDENTS, HE SAID.
MR LEUNG EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE THAT WITH THE STRENGTHENED POL ICE-SCHOOL LIAISON AT DISTRICT LEVEL, IT WOULD FURTHER DISCOURAGE ANY SUCH ACTIVITIES,
SINCE LAST MONTH, 75 NEWLY CREATED NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICE CO-ORDINATORS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED TO ALL THE 17 POLICE DISTRICTS TO REPLACE THE ORIGINAL SCHOOL LIAISON OFFICER OF EACH DISTRICT.
+THESE CO-ORDINATORS ARE RESPONSIBLE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, FOR CONDUCTING FREQUENT VISITS TO SCHOOLS AND GIVING TALKS AND ADVICE WHERE NECESSARY IN A BID TO STRENGTHEN POLICE-SCHOOL LIAISON, MR LEUNG SAID.
FEEDBACKS FROM SEMINARS IN PAST YEARS SHOWED THAT THE SCHOOL HEADS CONSIDERED SUCH SEMINARS USEFUL IN PROVIDING A CONVENIENT FORUM FOR SCHOOL HEADS TO EXCHANGE VIEWS AND TO HAVE MATTERS RELATING TO UNRULY BEHAVIOUR CLAR IF IED
BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
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