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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1986
A JOINT SCHOOL CIVIC EDUCATION EXHIBITION ENTITLED +MY SOUTHERN DISTRICT+ WILL ALSO BE HELD FROM OCTOBER 20 TO OCTOBER 26 FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM AT THE AP LE CHAU COMMUNITY HALL.
ABOUT 20 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL PRESENT 23 EXHIBITS ON TOPICS SUCH AS SERVING THE DISTRICT, PROTECTING NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, MAKING GOOD USE OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, GETTING TO KNOW THE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT SYSTEM, CREATING A BETTER LIVING AND MORAL ATTRIBUTIONS.
A FORUM ON THE THEORY AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CIVIC EDUCATION FOR TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS WILL BE HELD ON OCTOBER 25 FROM 9 AM TO NOON AT THE SCHOOL HALL OF PUI TAK CANOSSIAN COLLEGE. SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE THE REV LUKE TSU AND A HONG KONG UNIVERSITY LECTURER.
NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH BRINGS BENEFIT
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THE BENEFIT OF AROUSING PUBLIC AWARENESS TOWARDS CRIME PREVENTION UNDER THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME WAS EMPHASISED AT A FIGHT CRIME VARIETY SHOW HELD IN TSUEN WAN THIS (SUNDAY) EVENING.
THE SHOW WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE POLICE IN SUPPORT OF +HOME SECURITY DAY+.
SINCE THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME WAS INTRODUCED IN THE DISTRICT LAST YEAR, ONLY TWO CASES OF BURGLARY AT HOMES IN BUILDINGS TAKING PART IN THE SCHEME HAD BEEN REPORTED, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, MR CHOW KWAN-SHING, SAID.
HOWEVER, HE SAID THERE WAS NO ROOM FOR COMPLACENCY, AND URGED MORE HOUSEHOLDS TO JOIN THE SCHEME.
ABOUT 2 000 HOUSEHOLDS HAVE JOINED THE SCHEME IN TWO STAGES SINCE OCTOBER LAST YEAR.
THE THIRD STAGE, INVOLVING RESIDENTIAL TOWER BLOCKS, WILL BEGIN NEXT MONTH.
THE AIM OF THE SCHEME IS TO ENCOURAGE HOUSEHOLD UNITS TO FORM CLOSE TIES, AND TO TAKE POSITIVE STEPS TO GUARD EACH OTHER'S PROPERTY.
EARLIER IN THE DAY. JUNIOR POLICE CALL MEMBERS AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE MEMBERS HELPED DISTRIBUTE FIGHT CRIME PUBLICITY MATERIAL TO RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT TO DRIVE HOME THE FIGHT CRIME MESSAGE.
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