XN000022-1983-07-28 — Page 7

THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1983

HE THEN WENT TO THE DEPARTMENT'S FISHERIES RESEARCH STATION AT ABERDEEN TO SEE THE FISH REFERENCE COLLECTION, HYDROGRAPHY LABORATORY, COMPUTER TERMINALS, FISHERIES RESEARCH LIBRARY AND THE CHEMISTRY/MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY.

IN THE CAPTURE FISHERIES DIVISION IN THE SAME BUILDING, SIR PHILIP SAW FISHING GEAR DEVELOPMENT WORK AND THE ENGINE TRAINING WORKSHOP.

BAD WEATHER HOWEVER, FORCED SIR PHILIP TO CANCEL A HELICOPTER VISIT TO A FOUR-DAY FIGHT YOUTH CRIME SEMINAR CAMP AT THE LADY MACLEHOSE VILLAGE IN SAI KUNG.

SIR PHILIP, CHAIRMAN OF THE NEWLY FORMED FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, WAS TO HAVE FLOWN FROM HMS TAMAR ACCOMPANIED BY LADY HADDON-CAVE, ATTORNEY GENERAL MR MICHAEL THOMAS, ACTING SECRETARY FOR SECURITY MR PATRICK WILLIAMSON AND COMMISSIONER OF POLICE MR ROY HENRY.

SHORTLY BEFORE 8 AM, A THUNDERSTORM WARNING AND HEAVY RAIN AND MIST AT SAI KUNG, FORCED THE DUTY PILOT AT THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE TO CANCEL THE FLIGHT.

LATER IN THE MORNING, AN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, DR HO KAM-FAI, READ THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM SIR PHILIP TO THE 300 CAMPERS FROM JUNIOR POLICE CALL AND OTHER YOUTH ORGANISATIONS 1-

''THE CAMP IS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF A MAJOR CAMPAIGN AIMED AT COMBATTING THE CURRENT HIGH LEVEL OF CRIME, PARTICULARLY SERIOUS AND VIOLENT CRIME, AMONG YOUNG MALES IN THE 14 - 20 AGE GROUP. THE MANY YOUNG CAMPERS HERE TODAY ARE PLAYING A KEY ROLE IN HELPING GOVERNMENT AND THE POLICE TO DISSUADE YOUNG PEOPLE FROM BECOMING INVOLVED IN CRIME.

YOU WILL, OF COURSE, BE ENJOYING MANY RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES BUT THERE IS ALSO A SERIOUS SIDE TO THE TIME YOU WILL SPEND HERE. YOU WILL BE TAKING PART IN LECTURES AND SEMINARS IN WHICH YOU WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO LEARN ABOUT AND DISCUSS TOPICS AS DIVERSE AS YOUTH CRIME AS A SOCIAL PROBLEM; TRIAD INFLUENCE AND THE PROBLEMS CREATED BY DRUGS; THE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF YOUTH IN SOCIETY; HOW TO HELP THE POLICE PREVENT CRIME; AND HOW TO ORGANISE AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO BECOME INVOLVED IN HEALTHY SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

THE CENTRAL THEME OF ALL THE LECTURES AND SEMINARS WILL BE 'DON'T GET INVOLVED IN CRIME' AND 'THERE'S NO GLAMOUR IN CRIME',

A YEAR AGO WE RAN SIMILAR CAMP AT THE YMCA VILLAGE AT WU KAI SHA IN CONNECTION WITH THE CAMPAIGN TO CUT THE RISE IN JUVENILE CRIME. IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS AND I HAVE EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THIS CAMP WILL ACHIEVE SIMILAR RESULTS.

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