WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1988
PUBLIC URGED TO TAKE INITIATIVE IN COMBATING TRIADS
YEAR'S THE
A MORE AGGRESSIVE APPROACH IS BEING ADOPTED FOR THIS FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN AS THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG ARE URGED TO TAKE INITIATIVE TO FIGHT AGAINST TRIADS.
AWAY FROM
NOT ONLY ARE THE GENERAL PUBLIC ADVISED то KEEP TRIAD MEMBERS,
THEY ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED ΤΟ REPORT ANY TRIAD ACTIVITIES THEY COME ACROSS.
THE CHIEF SECRETARY AND CHAIRMAN OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AT A PRESS LAUNCH THE 1988/89 FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN.
CONFERENCE TO
SIR DAVID SAID THE THREE THEMES FOR THIS YEAR'S ANTI-TRIAD, ANTI-SHOPTHEFT AND HOME SECURITY.
CAMPAIGN WERE
"SINCE THE GOVERNMENT EMBARKED ON ITS FIRST ANTI-TRIAD PUBLICITY DRIVE LAST YEAR, THE PUBLIC HAS CLEARLY BECOME MORE AWARE OF THE TRIAD MENACE," SIR DAVID SAID.
HE SAID THE MESSAGE OF THE CAMPAIGN WAS "REPORT TRIAD ACTIVITIES", TARGETTING AT BOTH YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR PARENTS, TO URGE THEM TO TAKE INITIATIVE TO REPORT TRIAD ACTIVITIES.
FULL USE OF THE MEDIA WILL BE MADE ΤΟ DISSEMINATE ANTI-TRIAD MESSAGES, AND THE CAMPAIGN WILL CONTINUE TO EXPOSE TRIAD METHODS AND THEIR CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES IN ORDER TO STRIP
AWAY THE FALSE GLAMOUR THAT SURROUNDS THEM.
"THIS, WE HOPE, WILL BUILD UP A GROWING SENSE OF RESENTMENT AND REJECTION OF TRIADS IN OUR COMMUNITY," SIR DAVID SAID.
ANOTHER AREA OF CONCERN IN THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN 19 SHOPTHEFT, À CRIME WHICH HAS BEEN ON THE INCREASE IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.
QUOTING STATISTICS, SIR DAVID SAID IN THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, THERE HAD BEEN 4,122 REPORTED CASES. OF SHOPTHEFT, WHICH WAS BETTER THAN THE NUMBER OF 4,463 IN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
"WE BELIEVE OUR PUBLICITY IS HAVING A REAL IMPACT. BUT THE PROBLEM IS STILL WORRYING.
"OUR MAIN THEME IS TO STRESS THAT SHOPTHEFT IS NOT A GAME, THAT IT IS A CRIME AND IT CAN HAVE DEVASTATING RESULTS ON THE FUTURE OF THE OFFENDERS, " HE SAID.
SIR DAVID SAID THAT ONE OF THE CAMPAIGN'9 HIGHLIGHTS WOULD BE AN ANTI-SHOPTHEFT DAY IN JANUARY NEXT YEAR WHEN MEMBERS THE JUNIOR POLICE CALL AND YOUTH ORGANISATIONS WOULD BE MOBILISED DISTRIBUTE LEAFLETS IN SHOPPING CENTRES.
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