SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1985
INVITED TO GO ON THIS YEARS, SO IT WILL BE
SIR EDWARD POINTED OUT THAT HE HAD BEEN TRIP, AND SAID: +AS YOU KNOW, I WAS THERE FOR LIKE GOING TO VISIT ONE OF THE PLACES WHERE I LIVED FOR QUITE A LONG TIME.+
ASKED TO COMMENT ON PRESS REPORTS THAT HONG KONG PEOPLE MIGHT BE INCLUDED IN THE DRAFTING OF THE BASIC LAW, SIR EDWARD SAID: +ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS IS THAT THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WISH TO BE CONSULTED VERY WIDELY, AND YOU MAY REMEMBER WHEN THE PRIME MINISTER CAME BACK, SHE SAID SHE BROUGHT BACK WITH HER AN UNDERTAKING FROM THE CHINESE LEADERS THAT THEY WOULD CONSULT THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG ON A VERY WIDE BASIS. SO THAT'S FINE BY US. +
+GOOD CITIZENS+ GET AWARD FROM GOVERNOR
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ELEVEN MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAD SHOWN HOW EFFECTIVELY POLICE AND THE PEOPLE CAN FIGHT CRIME TOGETHER RECEIVED THEIR AWARDS FROM THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING.
OFFICIATING AT THE FIRST PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE GOOD CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARD IN FURAMA HOTEL, SIR EDWARD SAID THAT THE NEW AWARD HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED TO SUPPLEMENT THE LONG-RUNNING AND HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL GOOD CITIZEN AWARD SCHEME.
HE SAID: **TO QUALIFY FOR THE AWARD, RECIPIENTS MUST HAVE ACTED WITH EXCEPTIONAL BRAVERY, COURAGE, RESOURCEFULNESS OR INITIATIVE IN PREVENTING OR DETECTING CRIME, OR IN APPREHENDING CRIMINALS.
**WHAT IMPRESSED ME MOST WHEN I READ DETAILS OF WHAT THEY HAD DONE WAS THE FACT THAT THESE WERE ORDINARY MEN AND WOMEN, YOUNG AND OLD, FROM ALL WALKS OF SOCIETY, AND FROM ALL AREAS OF HONG KONG WHO WERE DETERMINED TO PLAY THEIR PART IN COMBATTING CRIME.
**THEY WERE READY TO STAND UP ON THE SIDE OF LAW AND ORDER TO PROTECT THEIR RIGHTS. THEY WERE READY TO ATTEND IDENTIFICATION PARADES AND GO TO COURT TO GIVE EVIDENCE. THEY WERE BRAVE, HONEST AND READY TO ASSIST POLICE IN HELPING TO MAKE HONG KONG A BETTER AND A SAFER PLACE TO LIVE IN.??
WHEN THE GOOD CITIZEN AWARD SCHEME WAS LAUNCHED JOINTLY BY THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE POLICE IN 1973, CITIZEN ARRESTS MADE UP ABOUT THREE PER CENT OF ALL ARRESTS.
SINCE THEN THE NUMBER OF CITIZEN ARRESTS HAS RISEN DRAMATICALLY. LAST YEAR, IT ACCOUNTED FOR 11.7 PER CENT OF TOTAL ARRESTS, SIR EDWARD NOTED.
'THE FORMILA