SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 1987
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EASTERN RESIDENTS PRAISED FOR HELPING FIGHT CRIME
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EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BOWEN LEUNG, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT JOINT PUBLIC AND POLICE EFFORTS WERE AN EFFECTIVE WEAPON
IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME.
SPEAKING AT THE EASTERN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN'S GOOD CITIZENS AWARD PRESENTATION CEREMONY, MR LEUNG SAID 12 RESIDENTS WERE SELECTED FOR THEIR BRAVERY IN HELPING THE POLICE TO ARREST CRIMINALS.
HE ALSO PRAISED MEMBERS OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE AND RESIDENTS WHO HAD ACHIEVED GREAT SUCCESS IN HELPING THE POLICE IN THE WAR AGAINST CRIME.
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, THE EASTERN POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER, MR G.W. ROPER, SAID THE DISTRICT HAD SOME SUCCESSFUL ACHIEVEMENTS IN FIGHTING CRIME AS REFLECTED IN A 10.1 PER CENT DECREASE IN THE CRIME RATE IN 1986 AS COMPARED WITH 1985.
BUT HE POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS A CONTINUING HIGH PATTERN OF BURGLARIES IN THE LAST FIVE MONTHS OF 1986, AND APPEALED TO HOSE HOLDERS TO TAKE SENSIBLE PRECAUTIONS IN THEIR HOMES AND TO JOIN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME.
MR ROPER SAID THAT CONTINUING INVOLVEMENT IN CRIME SUCH AS ROBBERY, BURGLARY, BLACKMAIL AND INTIMIDATION BY YOUNG PEOPLE WERE SERIOUS OFFENCES EVEN THOUGH THE MONEY INVOLVED WAS OFTEN SMALL.
+THEREFORE, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMUNITY IN PARTICULAR SCHOOL STAFF, THE POLICE AND ABOVE ALL PARENTS BRING HOME TO YOUNG PEOPLE THE FUTILITY OF COMMENCING A LIFE OF CRIME,+ HE SAID.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT FESTIVAL CLOSES *****
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT FESTIVAL OFFICIALLY CLOSED TODAY (SUNDAY) WITH THE RELEASE OF A THOUSAND BALLOONS AND A TATTOO STAGED BY VARIOUS DISCIPLINED UNITS AND LOCAL GROUPS AT THE WONG CHUK HANG SOCCER PITCH. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ATTENDED.
THE CLOSING CEREMONY WAS SCHEDULED TO HAVE BEEN HELD LAST MONTH AT THE END OF THE TWO-WEEK FESTIVAL BUT WAS POSTPONED FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE.
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