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NO FEES WILL BE CHARGED BUT STUDENTS ATTENDING THE COURSE ARE EXPECTED TO PURCHASE PRESCRIBED STUDY SCORES AND RELATED RECORDINGS FOR PRIVATE STUDY.
APPLICANTS SHOULD OBTAIN THE IR PARENTS' CONSENT TO ATTEND CLASSES OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS AT A CENTRE PROBABLY NOT NEAR THE IR HOME OR SCHOOL.
SCHOOL HEADS ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT NOMINATIONS BY APRIL 30 TO THE PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR (MUSIC) OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AT ROOM 529, LEE GARDENS, HYSAN AVENUE, CAUSEWAY BAY,
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64 CITIZENS COMMENDED FOR FIGHTING CRIME
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SIXTY-FOUR CITIZENS WHO HAD HELPED COMBAT CRIME IN THE YAU MA TE! DISTRICT WERE AWARDED CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION TODAY (SATURDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY AT THE HENRY G. LEONG YAU MA TEI COMMUNITY CENTRE, CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT'S FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, MRS ENA CHAN SAID THE CIVIC-MINDEDNESS AND BRAVERY OF THE RECIPIENTS DEMONSTRATED THE TRUE SPIRIT OF RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP.
SHE SAID IT WAS THE SAME SPIRIT THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD TRIED TO PROMOTE IN THE PAST YEAR THROUGH VARIOUS ACTIVITIES INCLUDING A CRIME PREVENTION SEMINAR AND A DAY CAMP FOR YOUTH.
MRS CHAN ALSO SAID THE COMMITTEE WAS VERY CONCERNED WITH THE GENERAL LAW AND ORDER SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT.
UNDER THE INITIATIVE OF THE COMMITTEE, SHE SAID, EIGHT ANTI- PICKPOCKETING SIGNBOARDS HAD BEEN PUT UP AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS TO AROUSE PUBLIC AWARENESS IN KEEPING A CLOSE WATCH OVER PROPERTY,
ALSO SPEAK ING AT THE CEREMONY, YAU MA TEI DISTRICT OFFICER MR AUGUSTINE CHENG URGED RESIDENTS TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE POLICE IN COMBATING CRIME.
HE SAID REPORTING CRIME, TAKING APPROPRIATE PREVENTION MEASURES AND TESTIFYING IN COURT WERE SOME OF THE WAYS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS COULD HELP IN FIGHTING CRIME.
AT TODAY'S CEREMONY, PRIZES WERE ALSO AWARDED TO WINNERS OF A SLOGAN COMPETITION ORGANISED TO PROMOTE THE FIGHT CRIME MESSAGE.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY WAS POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER, MR TSANG YAM-PUI.
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