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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1976

TSUEN WAN FIGHT VIOLENT CRIME COMMITTEE SHOWS RESULTS

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TSUEN WAN'S FIGHT VIOLENT CRIME COMMITTEE, FORMED ONLY NINE MONTHS AGO, IS ALREADY TURNING UP POSITIVE RESULTS - ESPECIALLY IN THE BIG ESTATES IN THE NEW TOWN.

SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE LOCAL TOWN MANAGEMENT OFFICE ATTRIBUTE A +TREMENDOUS IMPROVEMENT IN THE CRIME SITUATION AT THE TAI WOR HAU ESTATE, FOR EXAMPLE, TO A SHARPLY INCREASED COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIMINALS.

TSUEN WAN'S DISTRICT OFFICER (URBAN), MR. HAROLD KWOK, SAID TODAY: +THE COMMITTEE DECIDED FROM THE OUTSET THAT IF IT WAS GOING TO HAVE ANY EFFECT IN HELPING THE POLICE, THEN WE HAD TO INVOLVE THE LOCAL PEOPLE VERY CLOSELY.

+WE HAVE MANAGED TO DO THIS AND THE RESULTS SO FAR HAVE BEEN REASSURING, ALTHOUGH WE KNOW WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO YET.+

ONE WAY IN WHICH THE COMMITTEE - HEADED BY INDUSTRIAL IST MR. FRANCIS TIEN HAS BEEN ABLE TO INVOLVE LOCAL PEOPLE HAS BEEN BY CO-OPTING THEM TO A SERIES OF SUB-COMMITTEES WHICH HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE TASK OF TACKLING THE PROBLEM AT GRASS ROOTS LEVEL BY

IDENTIFYING +BLACK SPOTS+ IN PARTICULAR AREAS.

LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES ARE NOW INVOLVED IN THESE SUB-COMMITTEES WHICH DEAL WITH CRIME IN THE HOUSING ESTATES, SCHOOLS AND INDUSTRIAL AND RURAL AREAS.

THE FIGHT VIOLENT CRIME SUB-COMMITTEE AT TAI WOR HAU HAS REPRESENTATIVES FROM THREE LOCAL ORGANISATIONS THE RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATION, KAIFONG ASSOCIATION AND THE SHOP/TENANTS ASSOCIATION.

IT IS CHAIRED BY THE PROJECT MANAGER OF THE TSUEN WAN TAI WOR HAU KWAI CHUNG ECUMENICAL COMMUNITY PROJECT, MISS ROSANNA CHAN.

SAYS MISS CHAN: +THERE HAS UNDOUBTEDLY BEEN AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE SITUATION IN TAI WOR HAU AND THE COMMITTEE, WITH ITS LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES, MUST TAKE A GREAT DEAL OF CREDIT.

+THE LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES ON THE COMMITTEE ARE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WELL WITH OTHER RESIDENTS.

+THE OTHER RESIDENTS TRUST THEM AND FEED THEM WITH INFORMATION ABOUT CRIMINAL ACTIVITY OR POTENTIAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

+THE OTHER MAJOR FACTOR IS THE GOOD COMMUNICATION WITH THE AUTHORITIES INVOLVED - THE POLICE, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND THE TOWN MANAGEMENT OFFICE.

+THEY TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY THEY ARE CALLED.+

/MM. KWOK