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MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1988
ON PUBLIC EFFORTS, MRS TAM SAID IT WAS ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG HAD FOSTERED A STRONG SPIRIT OF CIVIC-MINDEDNESS AND HAD EXPRESSED AN INCREASING WILLINGNESS TO COMBAT CRIME.
SHE CITED AS PROOF THAT MORE PEOPLE WERE WILLING TO COME FORWARD TO REPORT CRIME AND THAT THE ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME CLEARLY ILLUSTRATED PEOPLE'S EXPECTATION AND DETERMINATION TO HAVE A CRIME-FREE LIVING ENVIRONMENT.
MRS TAM SAID SHE WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED TO NOTE THAT MORE YOUNG PEOPLE WERE RECOMING AWARE OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY.
OF THE 54 AWARDEES, MANY ARE YOUTHS WITH NINE OF THEM UNDER THE AGE OF 21 AND THE YOUNGEST BEING JUST 13 YEARS OLD. THEY HAVE ASSISTED THE POLICE TO ARREST CRIMINALS IN CASES OF ROBBERY, THEFT, BURGLARY, ARSON, PICKPOCKET AND OTHER OFFENCES.
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THE AWARDEES, WHO WERE EACH PRESENTED WITH A CERTIFICATE AND CASH AWARD, COME FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, COMPRISING WORKERS, DRIVERS, BUSINESSMEN, CIVIL SERVANTS, STUDENTS AS WELL AS PROFESSIONALS.
"WHILE SOME OF THEM OFFERED PHYSICAL ASSISTANCE IN CHASING CULPRITS AND IN SOME CASES, IN EVENTUALLY SUBDUING THEBM, OTHERS THEIR WITS AND RESOURCEFULNESS TO FOIL THEM, MRS TAM SAID.
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SINCE THE SCHEME WAS INTRODUCED 15 YEARS AGO, A TOTAL OF GOOD CITIZENS HAVE BEEN PRESENTED WITH THE COVETED AWARD.
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WHILE COMMENDING THE AWARDEES' COURAGE, SHARP OBSERVATION, CALMNESS AND THE IMPULSE TO ACT TO BRING THE EVILDOERS ΤΟ JUSTICE, MRS TAM SAID THEIR ACTIONS WOULD NOT ONLY STIMULATE ENCOURAGEMENT IN THE WORK OF FIGHTING CRIME, BUT WOULD ALSO INSPIRE OTHERS TO FOLLOW SUIT.
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"COMBATING CRIME IS AN ON-GOING BATTLE, BUT AS MORE PEOPLE ARE RESPONDING ΤΟ OUR APPEAL OF *FIGHT CRIME TOGETHER' A ADVANCEMENT IS IN SIGHT, MRS TAM ADDED.
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