FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1991
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COMMUNITY SUPPORT IMPORTANT TO JPC SCHEME
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THE UNCEASING SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT
THE JUNIOR POLICE CALL PART IN THE SUCCESS OF
(JPC) SCHEME, THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR LI KWAN-HA, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
SPONSORED BY
SPEAKING AT THE JPC PATRONS RECEPTION AT THE POLICE OFFICERS'
ACTIVITIES WERE MR LI SAID A WIDE RANGE OF JPC CONCERNED INDIVIDUALS AND COMMERCIAL ORGANISATIONS.
CLUB,
ESTABLISHED IN 1974, THE AIM OF THE JPC SHCEME HEALTHY ACTIVITIES TO ITS MEMBERS.
"THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN JPC ACTIVITIES,
IN ALONG
THEIR GUIDED
DEVELOPMENT INTO LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS," MR LI SAID.
IS ΤΟ PROVIDE
WILL YOUNGSTERS
SPIRITED PUBLIC
BB AND
SINCE ITS
INCEPTION, MORE
THAN 540,000 YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE
JOINED THE SCHEME.
"AT PRESENT, THERE ARE SOME 15,000 JPC LEADERS," MR LI SAID.
162,000 ACTIVE JPC MEMBERS
AND
MR LI NOTED THAT IN THE COMING MONTHS, A JPC RECRUITMENT
ADDING THAT HE WAS: WOULD BE LAUNCHED TO FURTHER EXPAND THE SCHEME, LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUED COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
DRIVE
TODAY'S RECEPTION WAS ATTENDED BY ABOUT 400 GUESTS WHO HAVE THE PAST YEARS RENDERED ASSISTANCE TO JPC ACTIVITIES.
IN
OVERALL CRIME DOWN IN FOURTH QUARTER OF 1990
OVERALL CRIME WAS DOWN DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1990 AND DECEMBER SAW A DROP IN CRIME AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR LI KWAN-HA, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
1990, THE
FACTORS,
"ALTHOUGH THERE ARE NO DOUBT A NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTORY I AM CONFIDENT THAT THE TERRITORY-WIDE ANTI-CRIME OPERATIONS WHICH HAVE TAKEN PLACE OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT IN REDUCING CRIME, HE SAID.
PART
SPEAKING IN A PRESS CONFERENCE TO LAUNCH A SPECIAL PUBLICITY DRIVE FOR THE FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN, MR LI GAVE AN OVERVIEW ON POLICE EFFORTS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME.
MORE SAID
DEVELOPING
ACKNOWLEDGING CHINA CONNECTION IN A NUMBER OF THE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES IN THE TERRITORY, MR LI FOR SEVERAL YEARS THE HONG KONG POLICE HAD BEEN PROFESSIONAL LINKS WITH THE AUTHORITIES IN CHINA.
/"AGREEMENTS HAVE