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SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1991
CRIME RATE IN TSEUNG KWAN O KEPT AT LOW LEVEL
WITHE THE CO-OPERATION AND SUPPORT OF THE RESIDENTS AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS. THE CRIME RATE IN TSEUNG KWAN O NEW TOWN FOR THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF LAST YEAR WAS KEPT AT A MUCH LOWER LEVEL THAN THAT IN OTHER POLICE DISTRICTS, THE KWUN TONG POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER, MR ARTHUR HIGGINBOTTOM, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
PEOPLE
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME VARIETY SHOW AT TSUI LAM ESTATE, TSEUNG KWAN 0, MR HIGGINBOTTOM SAID IN HONG KONG AS A WHOLE, THE NUMBER OF CRIMES PER 100,000 WAS 370 CASES IN THE SECOND QUARTER AND 393.4 CASES QUARTER OF LAST YEAR.
IN THE THIRD
WHEREAS THE FIGURES FOR TREUNG KWAN O WERE 92 AND 138 CASES DURING THE SAME PERIODS.
"THIS MEANS THAT ON AVERAGE THE DISTRICT'S CRIME RATE STANDS AT ONLY 40 TO 45 PER CENT OF OTHER DISTRICTS, HE STRESSED.
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MR HIGGINBOTTOM SAID IN ORDER TO COPE WITH THE INCREASING POPULATION OF TSEUNG KWAN O, THE POLICE WILL STEP UP THEIR EFFORT IN POLICING THE COMMUNITY.
POLICE
APART FROM THE EXISTING TWO NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICE OFFICES IN TSUI LAM ESTATE AND PO LAM ESTATE, THE NEW TSEUNG
0 KWAN STATION WILL BE PUT INTO OPERATION BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
MR HIGGINROTTOM URGED THE RESIDENTS TO POLICE TO ENSURE THAT TSEUNG KWAN O MAINTAINS A LIVING ENVIRONMENT.
WITH
CO-OPERATE
THE PLEASANT AND PEACEFUL
T WOULD ASK YOU TO EXERCISE YOUR CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES AND CO-OPERATE WITH US IN RAPORTING AND PREVENTING CRIMES AND WHERE NECESSARY
YOUR GO TO THE COURT TO GIVE EVIDENCE, SO THAT POLICING OF
HR SAID. COMMUNITY CAN BE CARRIED OUT EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY,
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THE SAT KUNG DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME STAR, A TV ARTIST, MISS SEE-KEI, ALSO APPEALED TO THE RESIDENTS TO REPORT TRIAD ACTIVITIES THE POLICE.
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"COMMUNITY SUPPORT IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE IN OUR FIGHT AGAINST CRIMES, SHE STRESSED.
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VARIETY TONIGHT'S
SHOW, FEATURING MORE THAN TWO HOURS OF ENTERTAINMENTS INCLUDING LION DANCE, MAGIC SHOW, KUNG FU DEMONSTRATION AND SINGING PERFORMANCE, WAS ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 1,000 RESIDENTS.
MR
OTHER OFFICIATING GUESTS INCLUDED FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE MEMBER, MR CHAIRMAN, PETER WONG; SAI KUNG DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE CHEUNG CHUN-HOL; SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR WILLIAM WAN; AND SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR FREDERICK TONG.
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