TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1988
THE
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
OPERATIONS (CRIME),
MR PETER
(TUESDAY)
LEE
ΤΟ
LAM-CHUEN, POINTED OUT THIS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY LAUNCH THE "HELP THE POLICE FIGHT YOUTH CRIME COMPETITION 1988.
MR LEE
THIS ALARMING TREND COULD BE SAID
SEEN FROM THE PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN FIGURES IN 1987, THE OFFENDER RATE OF YOUNG
PER 100,000 SEVEN AND 15 ROSE TO AN ALL TIME HIGH OF MORE THAN 1,000
AGED 16 THOSE
20 REACHED A PEAK OF POPULATION WHILE THAT OF 1,500/100,000.
HE SAID PROSECUTION AND CONVICTION OBVIOUSLY EFFECT ON YOUNG OFFENDERS, BUT THE REAL SOLUTION TO IN PREVENTION.
HAD A DETERRENT THE PROBLEM LAY
A SENSE "YOUNG PEOPLE MUST BE GUIDED PROPERLY, INSTILLED WITH
LEAD A HEALTHY OF INTERITY AND TAUGHT TO BE LAW ABIDING IN ORDER TO LIFE."
IN THIS FIELD, MR LEE SAID, THE POLICE HAD TAKEN POSITIVE STEPS.
A NUMBER OF
REGULAR AUTHORITIES FOR
"STAFF FROM OUR POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICES PAY VISITS TO SCHOOLS TO CO-ORDINATE EFFORTS WITH SCHOOL
HE SAID. THE HEALTHY GROWTH OF THE STUDENTS,
JUVENILF EIP "WE HAVE SET
то
PROTECTION SECTIONS IN ALL FOUR
REGIONS
AND GIVE
YOUNG TO SUPERVISE
OFFENDERS COUNSELLING DISCHARGED UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENTS' DISCRETION SCHEME.
RANGING EDUCATIONAL
"ALSO, THE EVER EXPANDING JUNIOR AND RECREATIONAL ARE THEY
ENCOURAGED THROUGH WHICH STUDIES, TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND CRIME.
POLICE CALL ORGANISES WIDE MEMBERS ACTIVITIES FOR ITS
ΤΟ
BE CONSCIENTIOUS IN THEIR TO HELP IN THE FIGHT AGAINST
IT WAS AGAINST THIS BACKGROUND THAT THE "HELP THE POLICE YOUTH CRIME COMPETITION" HAD BEEN ORGANISED, MR LEF SAID.
FIGHT
AT HELD THIS YEAR FOR THE NINTH TIME, THE COMPETITION IS AIMED
YOUNG PROMOTING
CIVIC PROPLF'S
AWARENESS AND ENHANCING THEIR
IS CRIME. IT
OPEN ΤΟ ALL DETERMINATION TO STAY AWAY
YOUNG
PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN 14 AND 20.
FROM
THE COMPETITION COMPRISES THREE SECTIONS:
-
THE JUNFOR SECTION
(14 17 AGED GROUP), THE SENIOR (17 20 GROUP) AND THE POLICE FAMILIES SECTION.
QUESTIONS ON
AN ANTI-CRIME THEMF. THE OF JUDGES TO SLECT 30
PARTICULARS WILL FIRST BE REQUIRED TO ANSWER THE THE ENTRY FORMS AND TO CREATE A SLOGAN ON BEST 60 WILL THEN BE INTERVIEWED BY A PANEL FINALISTS TO TAKE PART IN A TV QUIZ PROGRAMME.
/FIVE WINNERS