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SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 1990
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE
PROGRAMME WAS AIMED AT ENCOURAGING LOCAL ORGANISATIONS TO HOLD RECREATIONAL, SPORTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNGSTERS AGED BETWEEN SIX AND 25.
"THE ACTIVITIES SHOULD FOCUS ON THE THEME 'SHARE THE FUN, SERVE THE COMMUNITY'.
"IT IS HOPED THAT YOUNGSTERS WILL SHARE THE FUN AND DEVELOP A SENSE OF COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH PARTICIPATING IN THE ACTIVITIES," HE SAID.
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THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT LETTERS HAD BEEN SENT TO LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND YOUTH AGENCIES INVITING THEIR PARTICIPATION PROGRAMME.
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A BRIEFING ON THE APPLICATION PROCEDURES WILL BE HELD 210 ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF WONG TAI SIN COMMUNITY CENTRE ON WEDNESDAY (MARCH 28), BEGINNING AT 2.30 PM.
INTERESTED ORGANISATIONS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THE BRIEFING.
ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE ON TEL. 324 1872.
LIGHTER SIDE TO POLICING VBP CENTRE
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THERE IS A LIGHTER, HUMANITARIAN SIDE то VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE DETENTION CENTRE.
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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ONLY READ ABOUT A CAMP WHEN THERE ARE SPORADIC DISTURBANCES AND FIGHTING BETWEEN RIVAL FACTIONS, THE POLICE SENIOR STAFF INSPECTOR (ADMINISTRATION) AT THE SHEK KONG DETENTION CENTRE, MR KENNY MAK SAID.
BUT THEY WILL FIND THE RUNDOWN OF EXTRA CHORES CARRIED OUT THE CAMP POLICE MIND-BOGGLING, HE SAID.
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FROM PREGNANT WOMEN то THOSE SEEKING MARRIAGE AND FROM CASUALTY EVACUATION CASES TO WELL-WISHERS VISITING SICK RELATIVES AND FRIENDS IN HOSPITALS HUNDREDS OF VBP'S FLOW IN AND OUT THE CENTRE EACH WEEK UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYES OF ESCORTING POLICE OFFICERS.
ADDITIONAL TO THE PARAMOUNT TASK OF MAINTAINING LAW AND ORDER, THESE SUPERVISED TRIPS ARE JUST SOME OF THE MANY EXTRA DUTIES THAT POLICE OFFICERS HAVE STRETCHED THEMSELVES TO UNDERTAKE IN A BID TO ALLEVIATE, ALBEIT MARGINALLY, THE TEDIOUS LIFE INSIDE THE CENTRE.
IN JANUARY ALONE, POLICE ESCORTED TRIPS IN AND OUT OF THE CAMP COVERED 6,117 KILOMETRES.
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