THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1985
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DISTRICT-LEVEL CRIME FIGHT ESSENTIAL
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ANNING
THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR RAYMON ANNING, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT THE CENTRAL FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY PLACES A GREAT DEAL OF IMPORTANCE ON THE LIAISON AND CO-OPERATION WITH DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEES ESPECIALLY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT OF THE EXPERIENCE AND INITIATIVE OF DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME ACTIVITIES.
DURING A MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, MR ANNING SAID EVERY SUBMISSION BY DFCCS ARE ALL CAREFULLY LOOKED AT, TREATED WITH RESPECT AND THOROUGHLY CONSIDERED BY THE CENTRAL FCC.
THE VISIT BY MR ANNING TO A DFCC WAS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN HIS CAPACITY AS A MEMBER OF THE CENTRAL FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE.
MR ANNING, IN HIS OPENING ADDRESS TO THE MEETING, SAID IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE CENTRAL AND DISTRICT FCCS TO KEEP IN TOUCH NOT ONLY BY CORRESPONDENCE BUT BY PERSONAL MEETINGS WITH MEMBERS OF THE TWO COMMITTEES.
''MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE WILL VISIT DFCCS ON A ROSTEK BASIS SO THAT THEY CAN PARTICIPATE AND OBSERVE THE WORK OF THE DFCCS." HE ADDED.
MR ANNING ALSO TOLD THE MEETING THAT THE PRESENT PREVENT CRIME CAMPAIGN WITH THE THEME OF POLICE AND THE PEOPLE FIGHTING CRIME TOGETHER'' WILL BE EXTENDED FROM ONE TO TWO YEARS.
''THE CAMPAIGN WILL CONTINUE WITH THE SAME CRIME PREVENTION THEME AND INCLUDE A NEW NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME WHICH IS AIMED AT MAKING PEOPLE MORE CONSCIOUS OF THE NEED TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN PREVENTING CRIME BY FORMING SMALL GROUPS WITHIN THEIR BUILDINGS," HE SAID.
''THE OVERALL CAMPAIGN WILL CENTRE ON RESIDENTIAL HIGH RISK AND BUSINESS PREMISES SECURITY AS WELL AS VEHICLE SECURITY,' MR ANNING ADDED.
AS A MEMBER OF THE CENTRAL FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE AND THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR ANNING EXPRESSED HIS THANKS TO THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE FOR ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME IN THE DISTRICT.
IN CLOSING, MR ANNING SAID HE LOOKS FORWARD TO A CONTINUING GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CENTRAL AND DISTRICT FCCS, LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS, AND THE POLICE FORCE.
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