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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 196..

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THE CONCERT WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES AND THE RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AS THE GRAND FINALE OF A SERIES OF SUMMER ACTIVITIES ORGANISED IN SUPPORT OF THE FIGHT YOUTH CRIME CAMPAIGN 1982/83.

THESE ACTIVITIES INCLUDED A SEMINAR, AN ESSAY COMPETITION, FEATURE ARTICLES AND RADIO PROGRAMMES. THEY SHARED THE COMMONA IM OF ENCOURAGING YOUNG PEOPLE TO MAKE GOOD USE OF THEIR LEISURE BY ENGAGING IN HEALTHY PURSUITS.

SINCE THE FIGHT YOUTH CRIME CAMPAIGN WAS LAUNCHED LAST YEAR THERE HAS BEEN A STEADY DOWNWARD TREND IN JUVENILE AND YOUTH CRIME STATISTICS.

DR HO SAID: THE TOTAL NUMBER OF JUVENILES PROSECUTED IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR WAS 2 460, REPRESENTING A DROP OF 24 PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE 3 245 PROSECUTIONS IN THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

+HOWEVER, THE SUCCESS OF THE CAMPAIGN DOES NOT SOLELY RELY ON THE GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES. IT REQUIRES DETERMINATION ON THE PART OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE THEMSELVES TO STAY AWAY FROM CRIME AS WELL AS THE EFFORT OF PARENTS AND TEACHERS TO PROVIDE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH PROPER GUIDANCE AND AN ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE TO HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT, HE ADDED.

THE 10 YOUTH ORGANISATIONS THAT HAD GIVEN THEIR ACTIVE SUPPORT TO THE RECENT ACTIVITIES WERE PRESENTED WITH SOUVENIRS TODAY BY DR HO IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR CONTRIBUTION.

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

PRIOR TO THE CONCERT, THE RESULTS OF THE FIGHT YOUTH CRIME ESSAY COMPETITION AND THE RADIO PROGRAMME COMPETITION WERE ANNOUNCED.

FOR THE ESSAY COMPETITION, THE FIRST THREE PRIZES WENT TO LAU TSUI-LIN OF THE BUDDHIST SIN TAK COLLEGE, NG KA-FAI OF THE LOK SIN TONG YU KAN HING SCHOOL AND LAI SAU-FONG OF THE P.H.C. WING KWONG COLLEGE. THEY RECEIVED BOOK TOKENS VALUED AT $500, $300 AND $200 RESPECTIVELY FROM MR BRIAN HICKMAN, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER OF THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES.

THE WINNER OF THE RADIO PROGRAMME COMPETITION WENT TO THE HONG KONG ST. JOHN AMBULANCE CADET. THEY WERE PRESENTED WITH THE BEST RADIO PROGRAMME AWARD BY POPULAR SINGER MICHAEL KWAN, WHO APPEARED AS A SPECIAL GUEST STAR IN THE CONCERT.

THE CONCERT ALSO FEATURED RTHK DJS SUCH AS ALBERT AU, KEN CHOI, CANDY CHEA, CARMAN WONG AND ERIC NG.

THE CONCERT WAS ATTENDED BY SOME 2 500 YOUNG PEOPLE, MANY OF WHOM WERE MEMBERS OF YOUTH ORGANISATIONS.