SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1987
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PUBLIC SUPPORT TO FIGHT CRIME STRESSED
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PUBLIC SUPPORT IS IMPORTANT TO FIGHT CRIME AND MAINTAIN A PEACEFUL COMMUNITY, CHAIRMAN OF THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME CARNIVAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR WONG WING-PIU, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
+ IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO RELY SOLELY ON THE POLICE TO COMBAT CR IME. I HOPE THROUGH THIS KIND OF ACTIVITIES, IT CAN AROUSE PUBLIC AWARENESS ON FIGHTING CRIME AND TO STRENGTHEN THE TIE BETWEEN THE POLICE AND THE PUBLIC,+ MR WONG SAID DURING THE DISTRICT'S FIGHT CRIME CARNIVAL HELD AT THE ARGYLE STREET PLAYGROUND.
TODAY'S EVENT WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, KOWLOON LOK SIN TONG AND SPONSORED BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF KOWLOON WEST.
THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE HAD ORGANISED A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS DURING THE CARNIVAL. THESE INCLUDED GAMES STALLS ON THE THEME OF FIGHT CRIME, A LUCKY DRAW, PERFORMANCES BY THE TAI TAM GIRLS' PRECISION MARCHING TEAM AND DANCING BY SCHOOL PUPILS.
TWENTY-TWO KOWLOON CITY RESIDENTS WHO HAD HELPED THE POLICE
TO FIGHT CRIME ALSO RECEIVED PRIZES AND SOUVENIRS TODAY DUR ING THE +FRIENDS OF THE POLICE AND CITIZENS AWARD+ PRESENTATION CEREMONY.
THE RECIPIENTS, 21 MEN AND A WOMAN AGED BETWEEN 17 AND 72, HAVE BEEN NOMINATED BY THE POLICE AND AREA COMMITTEES.
FIRST GIRL GUIDE GROUP IN REFUGEE CAMP SET UP
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HONG KONG'S FIRST GIRL GUIDE GROUP OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WAS OFFICIALLY SET UP AT TUEN MUN CLOSED CENTRE TODAY (SATURDAY).
THE 243RD NEW TERRITORIES GIRL GUIDE COMPANY, WITH 20 MEMBERS AGED BETWEEN 11 AND 16, IS THE FIRST GROUP ESTABLISHED IN CLOSED CAMPS RUN BY THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE YOUNGER REFUGEE GIRLS OF THE CAMP ALSO HAD THE IR BROWNIE PACK SET UP TODAY. THE 243RD NEW TERRITORIES BROWNIE PACK HAS 22 MEMBERS.
CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF THE HONG KONG GIRL GUIDE ASSOCIATION, LADY AKERS-JONES, WHO OFFICIATED AT THEIR INAUGURATION CEREMONY INSPECTED THE GUIDES AND BROWNIE TOGETHER WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR CHAN WA-SHEK.
/THE GIRL