THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1985
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FACTORY WORKERS SIGN UP AS VOTERS
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DOZENS OF FACTORY WORKERS IN SHAM SHUI PO SIGNED UP AS REGISTERED ELECTORS AS THE SEVEN-WEEK VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE BEGAN IN THE DISTRICT TODAY (THURSDAY).
DURING THE REGISTRATION PERIOD, SPECIAL PUBLICITY TEAMS OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE WILL TOUR FACTORY BUILDINGS TO PUT ACROSS THE APPEAL TO POTENTIAL VOTERS AND HELP THEM TO COMPLETE REGISTRATION FORMS.
THERE ARE AN ESTIMATED 280 000 VOTERS IN SHAM SHUI PO, OF WHICH 120 000 HAD REGISTERED DURING PREVIOUS REGISTRATION EXERCISES.
THE ACTING DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS WONG MEI-LIN, SAID PUBLICITY EFFORTS WILL BE DIRECTED AT THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS THIS YEAR AS MOST OF THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS HAD BEEN COVERED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF'S DOOR-TO-DOOR VISITS LAST YEAR.
NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH PILOT SCHEME STUDIED
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MEMBERS OF THE KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE TODAY (THURSDAY) VISITED KWAI SHING ESTATE TO LEARN ABOUT THE OPERATION OF A NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH+ PILOT SCHEME.
THE VISIT WAS AIMED AT ENHANCING MEMBERS' UNDERSTANDING OF CRIME PREVENTION OPERATIONS, SO THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PROPOSE THE FORMATION OF NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH UNITS IN OTHER AREAS OF THE DISTRICT.
THE SCHEME, WHICH HAS BEEN IN OPERATION AT KWAI SHING ESTATE FOR ONE YEAR, WAS DESIGNED TO MOBILISE RESIDENTS AGAINST CRIME.
UNDER THE SCHEME, A GROUP OF HOUSEHOLDS GOT TOGETHER AND FORMED A NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH+ UNIT TO KEEP AN EYE ON THEIR NEIGHBOURS' HOMES AND PROPERTY WHEN THEY ARE OUT. IF THEY SEE ANY SUSPICIOUS PERSON LOITERING IN THE AREA OR ACTUALLY COMMITTING A CRIME, THEY WILL ALERT THE POLICE.
THE DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE HAS PLANNED A SERIES OF CRIME PREVENTION ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR, AND TODAY'S VISIT IS THE FIRST OF ITS FUNCTIONS.
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