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TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1983

'SCHOOL PRINCIPALS URGED TO SUPPORT FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN

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POLICE RESEARCH INDICATED THAT FAR TOO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICULARLY THE 16 TO 20 AGE GROUP WERE STILL BECOMING INVOLVED IN CRIME, THE ACTING COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR PETER MOOR, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

SPEAKING AT A SPECIAL CEREMONY TO MARK THE INAUGURATION OF A NEW MOBILE FIGHT CRIME EXHIBITION CENTRE, HE POINTED OUT THAT THIS YEAR'S FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN WOULD ONCE AGAIN BE DIRECTED AT JUVENILE AND YOUTH.

TO COINCIDE WITH THE CAMPAIGN, THE MOBILE EXHIBITION CENTRE WOULD VISIT SECONDARY SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY ON A DAILY BASIS TO HELP DRIVE HOME FIGHT CRIME MESSAGES, SAID MR MOOR.

''THE NEW MOBILE EXHIBITION CENTRE IS A CUSTOM-BUILT UNIT AND ITS DISPLAY MATERIALS FEATURING ALL ASPECTS OF FIGHT CRIME CRIME PREVENTION AND POLICE WORK IS TARGETTED SPECIFICALLY AT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.''

A POLICE OFFICER AND A SERGEANT MANNING THE VAN WOULD TALK TO THE STUDENTS ABOUT THE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES OF COMMITTING CRIME AND EXPLAIN TO THEM THE ROLE THEY COULD PLAY IN CURBING CRIME.

''IT IS HOPED THAT THIS NEW MOBILE EXHIBITION CENTRE WILL ALSO HELP MAINTAIN A MUCH CLOSER LINK BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AUTHORITIES, STUDENTS AND THE POLICE," HE STRESSED.

IN AN APPEAL TO ALL SCHOOL PRINCIPALS FOR THEIR SUPPORT TO THE FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN, MR MOOR ADVISED THEM TO REPORT TO THE POLICE ANY SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE IR SCHOOLS OR NEARBY AREAS AND TO DISCUSS WITH THE POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICERS OR THE POLICE SCHOOL LIAISON OFFICERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS ON MATTERS IN RELATION TO LAW AND ORDER.

WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF PROFESSIONALS FROM THE FIELD OF EDUCATION, I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN AGAINST YOUTH CRIME," HE SAID.

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MR MOOR ADDED THAT THE DOWNTURN IN JUVENILE CRIME HAD CONTINUED SO FAR THIS YEAR WITH A 15 PER CENT REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF JUVENILES ARRESTED AND PROSECUTED IN THE FIRST QUARTER, COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

AFTER HIS SPEECH, MR MOOR AND THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION MR COLVYN HAYE CUT THE RIBBON TO MARK THE LAUNCHING OF THE EXHIBITION CENTRE,

ALSO ATTENDING THE CEREMONY AT THE ROSARYHILL SCHOOL WERE THREE MEMBERS OF 'STARS AGAINST CRIME' COMMITTEE, POPULAR TELEVISION ARTISTES MR LAM KA-WAH AND MISS LO MUN-YEE AND WELL-KNOWN FOOTBALL COACH, MR KWOK KA-MING.

/THEY INSPECTED