SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1988
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BURGLARIES REDUCED IN WAN CHAI
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BURGLARIES IN RESIDENTIAL PREMISES IN WAN
CHAI HAVE BEEN REDUCED BY OVER 25 PER CENT IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, INDICATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME, WAN CHAI DISTRICT COMMANDER MR MICHAEL PREW SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE DISTRICT'S NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME PHASE SIX, MR PREW SAID THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF BURGLARIES IN RESIDENTIAL PREMISES IN THE DISTRICT OCCURRED DURING DAYTIME WHEN HOMES WERE LEFT UNATTENDED.
"IF THE PUBLIC COULD BE MOBILISED TO FORM INTO CLOSE-KNIT UNITS WHEREBY UNIT MEMBER WILL TAKE POSITIVE STEPS TO GUARD NOT ONLY HIS OWN HOME AND PROPERTY, BUT ALSO THOSE OF HIS IMMEDIATE HEIGHBOURS, MANY OF THESE BURGLARIES IN RESIDENTIAL PREMISES COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED. MR PREW SAID.
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HE NOTED THAT THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME IS ONE OF THE MANY MEASURES TO PROMOTE HOME SECURITY.
SPEAKING AT THE SAME FUNCTION, WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ALLAN CHOW SAID THAT 24 BUILDINGS IN THE DISTRICT HAVE TAKEN PART IN THE SCHEME SINCE IT WAS IMPLEMENTED IN 1985.
IT HAS ACHIEVED POSITIVE RESULTS IN THE PREVENTION OF CRIME AND HAS STRENGTHENED TIES BETWEEN NEIGHBOURS, HE ADDED.
CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, HOK-YIN, TOLD THE GATHERING THAT GOOD RESULTS
MR CHENG WERE REALISED IN THE FIFTH PHASE OF THE SCHEME UNDER THE CO-OPERATION OF THE POLICE, AREA COMMITTEES, THE DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE AND THE CORPORATIONS OF THE THREE PARTICIPATING BUILDINGS.
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FOUR MORE RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS ARE TAKING PART IN THIS PHASE VI OF THE SCHEME. THEY ARE HENNESSY MANSION, YING LEE MANSION, JAFFE COURT AND MOON FAIR MANSION.
A SEMINAR WAS HELD AFTER THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY, AND POLICE OFFICERS GAVE TALKS ON WAYS TO PREVENT BURGLARIES.
ALSO ATTENDING THE FUNCTION TODAY WERE DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN MRS PEGGY LAM AND RESIDENTS OF THE FOUR PARTICIPATING BUILDINGS,
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