2
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1989
PRAISE FOR ROLE OF JUNIOR POLICE CALL
**
THE PARTICIPATION
OF
BEEN
COMMUNITY SERVICE HAS JUVENILE CRIME IN HONG KONG,
JUNIOR
POLICE
CALL
(JPC)
IN
MEMBERS KEEPING
IN DOWN
A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION
"WE ALL HAVE A ROLE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE AND TO SUPPORT IT IN EVERY WAY WE CAN."
IN JPC
GOVERNOR. SIR DAVID FORD. THE REMARK WAS MADE BY THE ACTING
IN WU WHEN HE VISITED THE JPC CAMP AT THE CHINESE YMCA YOUTH VILLAGE
THE FIVE-DAY CAMI WHICH STARTED KWAI SHA THIS WEDNESDAY)* MORNING.
YOUTH CRIME' THEME ON MONDAY (AUGUST 211 IS ORGANISED WITH A 'FIGHT AND AT THE SAME TIME TO CELEBRATE THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE JPC.
MR RAYMON ANNING.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE. SIR DAVID ARRIVED AT THE CAMP WHERE HE WAS GREETED BY A JPC ABOUT 1500 CAMPERS.
BAND AND
THAT WE HAD TO ADDRESSING THE YOUNG CAMPERS, SIR DAVID SAID
AND ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITY
WHICH CONTINUE IN OUR EFFORTS TO BUILD A
OUR YOUNGER GENERATION WAS CONDUCIVE TO THE HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT
HAS BEEN AND TO THIS END, THE JPC WHICH HAD BEEN SUCH A HUGE SUCCESS MAKING A VERY POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION.
HAD DECREASED THAT ONE OF THE MAJOR FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN WAS JUVENILE
SIR DAVID SAID THE NUMBER OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS BY SEVEN PER CENT BETWEEN 1987 AND 1988 AND AREAS OF CONCERN OF THIS YEAR'S CRIME.
CRIME. THEY ALSO RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES
"MEMBERS OF THE JPC NOT ONLY HELP TO REPORT PARTICIPATE IN A WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY AND ORGANISED BY THE POLICE.
"
HAS
HELPED
TO INSTIL "THE PROGRAMME CONFIDENCE AND SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY WHICH IS OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, SIR DAVID SAID.
"
A
OF PRIDE. SENSE MOST BENEFICIAL TO
THE PAST REFERRING TO THE JPC MEMBERSHIP. SIR DAVID SAID OVER
HAD PARTICIPATED IN 15 YEARS, MORE THAN HALF A MILLION YOUNG PEOPLE THE JPC SCHEME TO HELP IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME.
A CEREMONY
ΤΟ
LATER OFFICIATED AT SIR DAVID AND MR ANNING CELEBRATE THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE JUNIOR POLICE CALL.
OF PROGRAMMES IN THE SIR DAVID WAS ALSO TOLD THAT A VARIETY
NITE HAD EVENING, INCLUDING A CONCERT, BARBECUE, FOLK NITE AND DISCO BEEN ARRANGED FOR THE CAMPERS,
IN ADDITION, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES SUCH AS AND SEMINARS ARE ALSO PROVIDED.
TALKS. DICUSSIONS
THE POLICE PUBLIC FOR JPC MEMBERS IN JOINED TODAY BY 800
THE FIVE-DAY CAMP IS ORGANISED ANNUALLY BY RELATIONS BRANCH AS ONE OF THE MAJOR ACTIVITIES THE SUMMER VACATION. THE 700 JPC CAMPERS WERE FELLOW MEMBERS WHO VISITED THE CAMP FOR A DAY OF FUN,
13