SIGNBOARDS PULLED DOWN
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1987
A TOTAL OF
17
OBJECTIONABLE SIGNBOARDS OUTSIDE KAM KOON BUILDING IN WAN CHAI WAS REMOVED LAST WEEK FOLLOWING THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD TO THE OWNERS' CORPORATION OF THE BUILDING FOR THE OPERATION.
THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT AN OWNERS' CORPORATION IN WAN CHAI HAD APPLIED FOR DISTRICT BOARD FUNDS TO REMOVE OBJECTIONABLE SIGNBOARDS. A TOTAL OF $6,700 WAS ENDORSED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD FOR THE OPERATION.
SPEAKING ON THE CLEARANCE, WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MRS PEGGY LAM, SAID OWNERS' CORPORATIONS IN THE DISTRICT WERE WELCOMED TO APPLY FOR FUNDS FROM THE BOARD ΤΟ REMOVE OBJECTIONABLE SIGNBOARDS FROM THEIR BUILDINGS.
SHE ALSO SUGGESTED THAT THEY COULD CONSIDER TAKING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST TENANTS WHO ARE PERSISTENT IN PUTTING UP SUCH SIGNBOARDS.
THE OPERATION AT KAM KOON BUILDING WAS LAUNCHED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE POLICE.
ACTIVITIES ORGANISED TO FIGHT CRIME
VARIOUS ACTIVITIES ARE ORGANISED BY THE MONG KOK DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE RACH YEAR TO CALL FOR RESIDENTS' SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO COMBAT CRIME, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE, MR CHAN LAI-SANG, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE 'DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE CUP' BASKETBALL COMPETITION AT THE BOUNDARY STREET INDOOR STADIUM, MR CHAN SAID, "THESE ACTIVITIES ARE ALSO DESIGNED TO COPE WITH CHANGING NEEDS AND DIFFERENT CRIME SITUATIONS.'
ACTIVITIES FOR THIS YEAR INCLUDE AN ANTI-PICKPOCKET CAMPAIGN, THE PROMOTION OF NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME AND A CRIME PREVENTION CARNIVAL.
MR CHAN NOTED THAT MONG KOK RESIDENTS HAD KEENLY PARTICIPATED IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME SINCE ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN 1985.
SO FAR, 15 BUILDINGS COMPRISING 1,595 FAMILY UNITS HAVE TAKEN PART IN THE SCHEME WHICH PROVES EFFECTIVE IN DETERRING CRIME.
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