XN000022-1977-12-24 — Page 5

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1977

+AS MORE AND MORE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE NOW BI-LINGUAL, THE CALLIGRAPHISTS HAVE BEEN GIVEN A MUCH HEAVIER WORKLOAD AND HAVE A SPECIAL ROLE TO PLAY IN THE SPEEDY DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION. MRS. CHAO SAID.

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CALLIGRAPHISTS ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO HAVE A WIDE KNOWLEDGE OF CHINESE CULTURE. THEY MUST BE ABLE TO WRITE DIFFERENT CHINESE SCRIPTS NEATLY, AND OFTEN, UNDER GREAT PRESSURE.

IN RECENT YEARS THE CHINESE VERSIONS OF IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS CONCERNING THE PUBLIC, DEPARTMENTAL ANNUAL REPORTS AND REPORTS OF VARIOUS INQUIRY COMMISSIONS WERE TYPED AND PROOF-READ BY MRS. CHAO'S TEAM OF CALLIGRAPHISTS, A RESPONSIBILITY NOT MANY WOULD ENVY.

BUT, SUCH A RESPONSIBILITY DOES NOT FRIGHTEN OFF THOSE LIKE MR. FAN. HE TAKES IT WITH A SING-SONG.

TSUEN WAN DISTRICT FIGHT VIOLENT CRIME COMMITTEE FORMULATES CAMPAIGN FOR 1978

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THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT FIGHT VIOLENT CRIME COMMITTEE UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF MR. DAVID TSUI, TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICER (TOWN MANAGEMENT), HAS DRAWN UP A PROGRAMME FOR NEXT YEAR'S FIGHT AGAINST CRIME CAMPAIGN FOR THE DISTRICT.

THE PROGRAMME WILL BE OPERATED THROUGH THE SIX AREA COMMITTEES OF THE DISTRICT COMMITTEE WHICH WAS FORMED IN MARCH LAST YEAR WITH THE AIM OF APPEALING TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY FOR HELP IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME.

LAST YEAR'S PROGRAMME WAS A MARKED SUCCESS WITH THE RESULT THAT CRIME IN THIS DISTRICT HAS LEVELLED OFF.

MR. TSUI SAID THESE AREA COMMITTEES - TWO IN TSUEN WAN AND FOUR IN KWAI CHUNG – HAD BEEN GIVEN THE TASK OF TACKLING THE PROBLEM AT GRASS ROOT LEVELS BY IDENTIFYING CRIME BLACK SPOTS' IN THE IR RESPECTIVE AREAS.

HE SAID: THEY HAVE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN HELPING MAINTAIN PUBLIC ORDER IN THE NEW TOWN.+

+BY INVOLVING LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES IN DEALING WITH CRIME IN HOUSING ESTATES, SCHOOLS AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS, THESE COMMITTEES ARE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WELL WITH LOCAL RESIDENTS AND RECEIVE FROM THEM VALUABLE FEEDBACK ABOUT CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES AND POTENTIAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES,+

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