THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1993
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JUVENILE OFFENDERS ARRESTED FALL
THE NUMBER OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS ARRESTED WAS REDUCED FROM 7,000 IN 1991 TO 6,500 LAST YEAR, AND THE OVERALL CRIME RATE DECREASED FROM 1,540 TO 1,450 PER 100,000 PERSONS IN THE SAME PERIOD UNDER COMPARISON.
THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID FORD, TOLD AN AUDIENCE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE JUNIOR POLICE CALL (JPC) ANNUAL SUMMER CAMP AT THE PO LEUNG KUK PAK TAM CHUNG HOLIDAY CAMP, SAI KUNG TODAY (THURSDAY).
SIR DAVID THANKED THE JPC FOR ITS VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS IN HELPING THE POLICE TO FIGHT CRIME OVER THE PAST YEARS, WITHOUT WHICH. HE SAID, THE FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGNS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL.
"AS MEMBERS OF THE JPC, YOU ARE ENCOURAGED NOT ONLY TO ASSIST THE POLICE IN FIGHTING CRIME, BUT ALSO TO TAKE PART IN A WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY, EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE POLICE, SUCH AS FLAG-SELLING AND OTHER FUND-RAISING ACTIVITIES FOR CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS.
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"BY JOINING THE JPC, YOU HAVE ALL TAKEN A POSITIVE STEP IN DEVELOPING INTO RESPONSIBLE AND CARING CITIZENS OF THE FUTURE, HE TOLD THE 1,500 CAMPERS THERE.
THE JPC SUMMER CAMP IS AN ANNUAL EVENT ORGANISED BY THE POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS BRANCH TO PROVIDE HEALTHY ACTIVITIES FOR JPC MEMBERS DURING THEIR SUMMER VACATION.
"THE THEME OF THIS YEAR'S CAMP IS: PREVENT CRIME; REPORT CRIME; AND FIGHT CRIME, SIR DAVID SAID.
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SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1974 INTO ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST PEOPLE IN HONG KONG.
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THE JUNIOR POLICE CALL HAS GROWN POPULAR ORGANISATIONS OF YOUNG
FOR THE PAST 19 YEARS OVER 600,000 YOUNG PEOPLE THE SCHEME, AND THERE IS AN AVERAGE OF MORE THAN 2,000 COMING IN EVERY MONTH.
HAVE JOINED
APPLICATIONS
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BRITISH NATIONALITY SELECTION SCHEME
APPLICATIONS FOR THE FINAL PHASE OF THE BRITISH NATIONALITY SELECTION SCHEME WILL BE INVITED EARLY NEXT YEAR.
ΤΟ QUALIFY FOR APPLYING UNDER THE SCHEME, A NON-BRITISH NATIONAL MUST APPLY FOR NATURALISATION AS A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN (BDTC) ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER 13 THIS YEAR.
DECEMBER
UNDER THE SCHEME INTRODUCED IN
1990, UP TO 50,000 HONG KONG RESIDENTS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS MAY BE REGISTERED AS BRITISH CITIZENS WITHOUT HAVING TO LEAVE THE TERRITORY.
/ABOUT 12,000