SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1985
RESIDENTS URGED TO HELP FIGHT CRIME
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WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ROGER GARCIA, TODAY (SATURDAY) URGED LOCAL RESIDENTS TO SUPPORT AND JOIN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME WHICH COULD HELP THEM TO PREVENT AND FIGHT CRIME.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE DISTRICT'S FIGHT CR IME CAMPAIGN, MR GARCIA SAID THE EMPHASIS OF THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN WAS ON THE PREVENTION OF BURGLARIES AND ROBBERIES IN RESIDENTIAL AND HIGH-RISK PREMISES, AND ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME.
+ IN THE COMING MONTHS, THE POLICE AND WAN CHAI DFCC MEMBERS WILL HELP PROMOTE THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME IN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS THAT ARE BEING AFFECTED BY CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES, + HE SAID.
+ HOPE RESIDENTS WILL FORM NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH TEAMS TO KEEP VIGILANCE NOT JUST ON THEIR OWN HOMES BUT ALSO THOSE OF THE IR NEIGHBOURS. +
A VARIETY SHOW IN SOUTHORN PLAYGROUND TODAY MARKED THE BEGINNING OF A SERIES OF PUBLICITY PROGRAMMES ON THE DISTRICT'S FIGHT CRIME ACTIVITIES, MR GARCIA SAID.
A POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION WITH THE CRIME PREVENTION THEME AND NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ORGANISED, AND THERE WILL BE AN ESSAY COMPETITION ON HOW TO PREVENT CRIME FOR SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS LIVING OR STUDYING IN THE DISTRICT.
DETAILS OF THESE COMPETITIONS COULD BE OBTAINED AT THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE, MR GARCIA SAID.
PERFORMING IN TODAY'S VARIETY SHOW WERE THE AUXILIARY POLICE PIPE BAND, POLICE DOGS TEAMS AND POPULAR SINGERS. THERE WAS ALSO A DRÁMA PRESENTED BY THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT ARTS, CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION THEATRE.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER (WAN CHAI), MR LAU TO-YEE, AND MEMBERS OF THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE.
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