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"SHEK O BEACH IS ONE OF THE BEACHES WITH THE LARGEST AMOUNTS OF REFUSE COLLECTED LAST YEAR, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
TO FURTHER DRIVE HOME THE KEEP-BEACHES-CLEAN MESSAGE, A NEWLY PRODUCED ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST WAS BEING BROADCAST ON TELEVISION, HE SAID.
HE ADDED THAT ANOTHER BEACH SHOW OF SIMILAR SCALE WOULD BE HELD AT CLEARWATER BAY SECOND BEACH EARLY NEXT MONTH.
OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF TODAY'S SHOW WERE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE, MR TONG KAM-BIU; MEMBER OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE, MR POON CHIN-HUNG; CHAIRMAN OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD, MR HUI YUNG-CHUNG; DISTRICT OFFICER (SOUTHERN), MRS MAUREEN CHAN; ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (LEISURE SERVICES) OF URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR 1.B.1. PETERSEN; ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (PUBLICITY) OF INFORMATION SERVICES, MRS JULIANA MA; AND PUBLIC RELATIONS OF COMMERCIAL RADIO, MISS PEARL WONG.
MANAGER
AFTER THE SHOW, BEACH-GOERS ALSO JOINED IN AN OPERATION CLEAN UP THE BEACH.
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ANTI-CRIME PUBLICITY PAYS OFF AT BEACHES
PUBLICITY
IN
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE'S EFFORTS AND ACTION BY THE POLICE IN COMBATTING CRIMES ON BEACHES THE DISTRICT HAVE PAID OFF.
PUBLICITY
SPEAKING AFTER THE. LAUNCHING OF AN ANTI-BEACH-CRIME DRIVE TODAY (SUNDAY), THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE, MR KAN MAN-LEE, SAID THAT SINCE A SIMILAR DRIVE WAS LAUNCHED IN 1988, THERE HAD BEEN A MARKED DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CRIMES ON BEACHES.
QUOTING POLICE STATISTICS, MR KAN SAID THERE WERE ONLY 35 BEACH CRIME CASES IN THE DISTRICT IN 1988, COMPARED WITH 117 IN 1987.
THE POLICE DIVISIONAL COMMANDER IN ABERDEEN, MR TSE CHAN-FAI, ATTRIBUTED THE DROP IN CRIMES TO STEPPED-UP PATROLS ON BEACHES BY POLICE OFFICERS DURING THE SWIMMING SEASON AND ANTI-BEACH-CRIME PUBLICITY EFFORTS MADE BY THE COMMITTEE.
DURING TODAY'S PUBLICITY DRIVE, WHICH WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE COMMITTEE AND THE WESTERN DISTRICT POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICE, COMMITTEE MEMBERS WENT TO REPULSE BAY TO DRIVE HOME THE ANTI-BEACH-CRIME MESSAGE TO BEACH-GOERS BY DISTRIBUTING
COLOURFUL LEAFLET.
THE CARTOON LEAFLET, WHICH WAS DESIGNED BY A WESTERN DISTRICT JUNIOR POLICE CALL AND SPELLS OUT THE MAJOR PRECAUTIONS THAT
CRIMES.
PRODUCED BY CAN BE TAKEN
COPIES OF A
MEMBER OF THE THE COMMITTEE,
AGAINST BEACH
/STAFF OF
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