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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1983

SCHOOLS URGED TO SUPPORT FIGHT YOUTH CRIME DRIVE

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THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, TODAY (MONDAY) CALLED ON SCHOOL AUTHORITIES TO CONTINUE THEIR STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE FIGHT YOUTH CRIME CAMPAIGN.

HE SAID ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER OF JUVENILES PROSECUTED FOR CRIME HAD DROPPED BY 23 PER CENT IN 1982 OVER THE 1981 FIGURES, THERE WERE STILL TOO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED IN SERIOUS CRIMES.

+THE GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY ARE CHARGED WITH THE URGENT TASK OF RECTIFYING THIS UNSATISFACTORY SITUATION, SAID MR LEUNG, WHO IS ALSO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON UNRULY AND DELINQUENT BEHAVIOUR IN SCHOOLS.

MR LEUNG WAS SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE FIGHT YOUTH CRIME ESSAY COMPETITION ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB SECTION AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE.

THE AIM OF THE COMPETITION IS TO PUT ACROSS THE MESSAGE THAT CRIME DOES NOT PAY AND TO MAKE STUDENTS AWARE OF THE GRAVE CONSEQUENCES OF BECOMING INVOLVED IN CRIME.

MORE THAN 300 SCHOOLS ENTERED THE COMPETITION AND SUBMITTED A TOTAL OF 1 266 ESSAYS.

THE WINNER FOR THE PRIMARY DIVISION WAS WONG TOU OF CHIU SHEUNG SCHOOL, WHILE THE FIRST PRIZES FOR THE JUNIOR AND SENIOR SECONDARY DIVISIONS WENT TO YUEN SIU-MAY OF MING KEI COLLEGE AND WONG SING-KWAN OF ST STEPHEN'S COLLEGE RESPECTIVELY. PRIZES WERE ALSO PRESENTED TO 36 OTHER STUDENTS.

HIGHWAYS ENGINEER TO ATTEND BANGKOK MEETING *****

THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT HIGHWAYS ENGINEER OF THE ENGINEER ING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, MR HAROLD BEATON, LEFT FOR BANGKOK THIS AFTERNOON TO ATTEND AN INTER-GOVERNMENTAL MEETING OF HIGHWAYS EXPERTS.

THE WEEK-LONG MEETING, BEGINNING TOMORROW, IS ORGANISED BY THE UNITED NATIONS' ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC.

THE MEETING WILL DISCUSS PROBLEMS OF ROADS AND ROAD TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT IN THE REGION.

IT WILL ALSO COVER, AMONG OTHER MATTERS, POLICY ISSUES SPECIFICAL Y RELATING TO THE ROLE OF ROADS AND ROAD TRANSPORT IN THE 1980'S IN VIEW OF THE LONG-TERM ENERGY SITUATION, TECHNIQUES FOR SETTING ROAD MAINTENANCE PRIORITIES AND TRAFFIC SAFETY.

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