SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1935
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SOUTHERN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN STARTS
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THE CRIME PREVENTION MESSAGE WILL BE PROMOTED THROUGH A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLICITY PROGRAMMES DURING THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN WHICH LASTS UNTIL ::ID-JANUARY,
CHAIRMAN OF THE 1985 SOUTHERN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, MR JOSEPH CHAN, SAID THE COMMITTEE HOPED TO ALERT RESIDENTS OF THE NEED TO PREVENT AND COMBAT CRIME, PROMOTE POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND INCREASE RESIDENTS' KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE WORK OF THE FORCE.
THE EMPHASIS OF THIS YEAR'S PUBLICITY DRIVE IS ON THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME AND DRUG ABUSE BY YOUTHS, WHILE LAST YEAR'S THEME OF +POLICE AND THE PEOPLE FIGHTING CRIME TOGETHER+ WILL BE FURTHER PROMOTED.
THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME IS AIMED AT ENHANCING RESIDENTS' AWARENESS OF THE NEED TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN PREVENTING CRIME BY FORMING SMALL GROUPS WITHIN THE IR BUILDING.
A SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT MORE THAN 1 000 HOUSEHOLDS FROM SOME 20 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOUSING BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT HAD INDICATED THEIR INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING IN THE SCHEME.
DURING THE CAMPAIGN PERIOD, POLICE OFFICERS WILL VISIT THE DISTRICT'S SIX AREA COMMITTEES TO GIVE TALKS AND SLIDE SHOWS ABOUT THE SCHEME.
THERE WILL BE TALKS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF CRIME PREVENTION AND DRUG ABUSE FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN AND VISITS TO POLICE INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS THE POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL, THE POLICE CADET SCHOOL, THE POLICE COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTRE AND THE NARCOTICS BUREAU. A COLOURFULLY DECORATED CRIME PREVENTION BUS WILL ALSO MAKE VISITS TO SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT.
A CARNIVAL, SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, WILL BE HELD ON DECEMBER 29 TO MARK THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE CAMPAIGN.
STORY-TELLING AND DRAWING COMPETITIONS WILL ALSO BE HELD TO AROUSE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF HOUSEHOLD SECURITY AND NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH. ENTRY FORMS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED DURING THE SEMINARS, SCHOOL TALKS AND VISITS.
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