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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1986
JPC TO CONTINUE IMPROVING POLICE-COMMUNITY TIES
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THE JUNIOR POLICE CALL (JPC) WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ABOUT FURTHER IMPROVEMENT IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE POLICE AND THE COMMUNITY, THE ATTORENY GENERAL, THE HON MICHAEL THOMAS, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING A QUESTION BY THE HON SELINA CHOW IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR THOMAS SAID THAT IN THE FUTURE, THE JPC MOVEMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO PURSUE ITS PRESENT THREE MAIN OBJECTIVES.
THESE ARE:
* TO PROVIDE RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT TO YOUNG PEOPLE
AND TO GIVE THEM AN ALTERNATIVE TO PLAYING IN THE STREETS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF FALLING INTO BAD COMPANY;
* TO TEACH MEMBERS TO BECOME GOOD CITIZENS AND TO ENCOURAGE
A GOOD COMMUNITY SPIRIT AND
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TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO LOOK UP MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCE AS THEIR FRIENDS AND TO BUILD A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE YOUTH OF HONG KONG AND THEIR POLICE FORCE.
MR THOMAS NOTED THAT MOST JPC MEMBERS CAME FROM THE POORER SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THESE WOULD CONTINUE TO BE THE SECTORS AT WHICH THE MOVEMENT WAS MAINLY DIRECTED.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT TO BE SPENT IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR ON JPC WOULD BE SOME $2.1 MILLION, $1.1 MILLION ON ORGANISING ACTIVITIES FOR JPC MEMBERS AND THE REST ON RENTING CLUB HOUSES AND BUYING RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS EQUIPMENT.
IN COMPARING THIS WITH JUST OVER $1 MILLION SPENT IN 1981-82, MR THOMAS SAID THAT AT THE END OF THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR, ANNUAL EXPENDITURE WOULD BE DOUBLED OVER FIVE YEARS.
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