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WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1982

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+ IT IS HOPED THAT MORE YOUNG PEOPLE WILL KNOW ABOUT THE FUNCTIONS OF THE CLUBS AND MAKE GOOD USE OF THEIR LEISURE TIME BY JOINING THEIR ACTIVITIES,+ SAID MR YUEN.

+WE HOPE THAT THROUGH THEIR PARTICIPATION IN MEANINGFUL GROUP ACTIVITIES, THEY CAN ON THE ONE HAND DEVELOP THEIR TALENTS AND AVOID GETTING INVOLVED IN CRIME, AND ON THE OTHER, MAKE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIETY, HE ADDED.

MR YUEN SAID THE 1981/82 FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN WHICH WAS AIMED AT ENLISTING COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST JUVENILE AND YOUTH CRIME HAD ACHIEVED ITS INITIAL SUCCESS.

+SINCE JULY 1981, JUST THREE MONTHS AFTER LAUNCHING THE FIGHT YOUTH CRIME CAMPAIGN, THE MONTHLY FIGURES FOR JUVENILES PROSECUTED HAVE BEEN ON THE DECLINE.

+THE TOTAL NUMBER OF JUVENILES PROSECUTED IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1981 WAS 1 755 AS COMPARED WITH 2023 FOR THE SAME PERIOD IN 1980, REPRESENTING A DECREASE OF 13 PER CENT. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF JUVENILES PROSECUTED IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR WAS

1 754, REPRESENTING A DROP OF 27 PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE 2 415 PROSECUTIONS IN THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.+

+THIS IS A VERY ENCOURAGING TREND INDEED, BUT WE SHOULD

BY NO MEANS RELAX OUR EFFORTS. BY ORGANISING TODAY'S SEMINAR,

WE HOPE TO GET ONE STEP CLOSER TO ACHIEVING OUR GOAL, MR YUEN SAID.

PARTICIPANTS IN THE SEMINAR WERE BRIEFED ON THE OBJECTIVES, SET-UP AND ACTIVITIES OF THE 10 YOUTH CLUBS THROUGH TALKS, GROUP DISCUSSIONS AS WELL AS DISPLAY OF AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS.

THE CLUBS THAT WERE REPRESENTED AT THE SEMINAR INCLUDED THE HONG KONG RED CROSS YOUTH, ROAD SAFETY PATROL, CIVIL AID SERVICES CADET CORPS, HONG KONG GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION, COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB, HONG KONG ST JOHN AMBULANCE CADET, HONG KONG SEA CADET CORPS, THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG, HONG KONG AIR CADET CORPS AND JUNIOR POLICE CALL.

ALSO PRESENT AT THE SEMINAR WERE MR ALBERT AU AND MISS CANDY CHEA, POPULAR DISC JOCKEYS OF RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG, WHO WILL BE HOSTING A SERIES OF RADIO PROGRAMMES TO INTRODUCE THE YOUTH ORGANISATIONS OF HONG KONG. THE PROGRAMMES WILL BE BROADCAST ON RTHK RADIO TWO EVERY THURSDAY AT 5 PM FROM AUGUST 5 TO OCTOBER 7, 1982.

+FEATURE ARTICLES WILL BE ISSUED DURING THE SAME PERIOD TO SUPPLEMENT THE RADIO PROGRAMMES, ADDED MR YUEN.

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