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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1988
THE
THEY
"RESIDENTS SHOULD TREASURE THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF DISTRICT AND KEEP THE ENVIRONMENT CLEAN SO THAT NOT ONLY WILL HAVE A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN, BUT THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE WILL BECOME MORE ATTRACTIVE TO TOURISTS.
"THIS WILL IN TURN INCREASE
SAID.
COMMERCIAL
ACTIVITIES," MR YIU
HE URGED THE STUDENTS TO BRING HOME THIS MESSAGE AND MAKE USE OF THE EXPERIENCE THEY GAINED IN THE CLEAN-UP EXERCISE.
THE EVENT WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE ISLANDS DISTRICT KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE AND THE DISTRICT'S COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB.
THE PARTICIPANTS WERE DIVIDED INTO TEAMS TO CLEAN UP DIFFERENT AREAS ON CHEUNG CHAU. THEY WERE BEING SPONSORED IN THE ACTIVITY AND THE FUNDS RAISED WOULD BE CHANNELLED TO THE COMMUNITY CHEST.
LAST YEAR, A SIMILAR EVENT ORGANISED
$16,000.
IN MUI WO RAISED SOME
WAN CHAI FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN CLOSES
THE ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE IN THE PAST YEAR HAVE PROVED TO BE SUCCESSFUL, THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ALLAN CHOW, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
THESE ACTIVITIES INCLUDED A HOME SAFETY CAMPAIGN, THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME AND ANTI-TRIAD PROGRAMMES.
SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN, MR CHOW SAID THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME HAD NOT ONLY BEEN EFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING CRIME, BUT HAD ALSO STRENGTHENED NEIGHBOURHOOD TIES.
THE POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER, MR M.G.F. CREW, REVEALED AT THE FUNCTION THAT THE OVERALL CRIME RATE IN THE DISTRICT HAD SLIGHTLY DECREASED LAST YEAR AS COMPARED WITH 1986.
HE ALSO URGED THE PUBLIC TO HELP THE POLICE BY REPORTING CRIME, GIVING INFORMATION AND COMING FORWARD AS WITNESSES.
HE ADDED THAT THE POLICE IN WAN CHAI HAD INCREASED THEIR PATROLS WITH THE APPROACH OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.
/FIVE CITIZENS