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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1987
EASTERN DISTRICT RESIDENTS HELP FIGHT CRIME
THE NORTH POINT POLICE STATION WAS CROWDED WITH THOUSANDS OF EASTERN DISTRICT RESIDENTS TODAY (SUNDAY) WHO ATTENDED THE DISTRICT'S FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY CUM NORTH POINT POLICE STATION OPEN DAY.
ELEVEN LOCAL RESIDENTS WERE PRESENTED WITH GOOD CITIZENS AWARDS FOR THEIR BRAVERY IN HELPING THE POLICE TO FIGHT CRIME: PRIZES WERE ALSO PRESENTED TO THE WINNERS OF THE ANTI-TRIAD ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION AND THE FIGHT CRIME CARTOON DRAWING COMPETITION.
SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR GARY YEUNG SAID THE DISTRICT'S FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE HAD ORGANISED VARIOUS TALKS, VISITS, COMPETITIONS AND SEMINARS TO DISSEMINATE FIGHT CRIME MESSAGES AMONG LOCAL RESIDENTS.
TO SUPPORT THE 'LIFT DISPLAY PROJECT' INITIATED BY THE POLICE CRIME PREVENTION BUREAU WHICH IS AIMED AT AROUSING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF SECURITY PRECAUTIONS, MR YEUNG URGED MORE LOCAL RESIDENTS IN MULTI- STOREY BUILDINGS TO JOIN THE SCHEME.
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, THE EASTERN POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER, MR R.M.A. HARPER, SAID THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF CRIMES REPORTED PER MONTH IN 1987 WAS 391, IN WHICH ROBBERIES AND BURGLARIES SHOWED A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE AS COMPARED WITH PREVIOUS YEARS.
HOWEVER, THE DETECTION RATE HAD SHOWN A CONTINUOUS FROM 38 PER CENT IN 1985 TO 50 PER CENT IN 1987, HE ADDED.
IMPROVEMENT
HARD
MR HARPER SAID THE SUCCESS WAS ATTRIBUTED NOT ONLY TO THE WORK AND HIGH DETECTION RATE OF THE POLICE, BUT ALSO THE COOPERATIVE AND HELPFUL RESPONSE FROM ALL LAW ABIDING RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
HE URGED THE PUBLIC TO ADOPT CRIME PREVENTION MEASURES BOTH AT HOME AND AT WORK, ESPECIALLY NOW WHEN NEW YEAR WAS APPROACHING AND CRIMES WERE USUALLY MORE ACTIVE DURING THE SEASON,
MR HARPER POINTED OUT THAT SHOP LIFTING BY CHILDREN WAS ANOTHER PROBLEM TO WHICH SPECIAL ATTENTION SHOULD BE PAID.
"IT USUALLY OCCURRED IN SUPERMARKETS WHERE THE DISPLAY OF SWEETS AND OTHER ITEMS ARE VERY TEMPTING;
HOWEVER, THEIR STAFF ARE VIGILANT AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF BEING CAUGHT ARE MUCH MORE SERIOUS THAN MOST PEOPLE REALISE.
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"ANOTHER SUBJECT OF CONCERN IS THE ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT, HE CONTINUED.
HE NOTED THAT TRIADS EXTENDED THEIR COMMUNITY BY OFFERING PROTECTION, SOMETIMES COMPETITIONS.
POLICE.
INVOLVEMENT OF TRIAD
HE URGED THE PUBLIC TO REPORT ANY TRIAD
INFLUENCES IN THE EVEN IN BUSINE99
ACTIVITIES то THE
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