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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1983

OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA INCLUDE THE QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORTS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD'S COMMITTEES, NAMING OF STREETS ON SOUTH LANTAO, AND THE ALLOCATION OF DISTRICT BOARD FUNDS.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD MEETING WHICH WILL START AT 2 PM ON TUESDAY (SEPTEMBER 6) IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE ON THE 16TH FLOOR OF SINCERE BUILDING, 173 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL.

PUBLIC TOLD TO TAKE HOME PRECAUTIONS

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THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR ROY HENRY, TODAY (SATURDAY) APPEALED TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO TAKE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT THEIR HOMES.

TO MOST PEOPLE HOME PROTECTION WOULD APPEAR TO BE A FAIRLY SIMPLE ACTION, BUT, SADLY, THERE WERE FAR TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO STILL LIVED WITH THE ATTITUDE THAT NOTHING COULD EVER HAPPEN TO THEM, SAID MR HENRY.

''HOW WRONG THEY ARE AND WHAT A SHOCK THEY FACE WHEN SOMETHING DOES GO WRONG,'' HE POINTED OUT.

MR HENRY WAS ADDRESSING THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 'HOME PROTECTION' POSTER DESIGN EXHIBITION AT THE NEW WORLD CENTRE IN TSIM SHA TSUI THIS AFTERNOON.

''TO PROTECT YOUR HOME MEANS SAFEGUARDING THE WELL BEING OF YOUR FAMILY - PARTICULARLY THE YOUNG - AND TAKING SENSIBLE PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT THE LOSS OF YOUR PROPERTY,'* MR HENRY EXPLAINED.

HE ADDED THAT HE COULD NOT EMPHASISE STRONGLY ENOUGH THE IMPORTANCE OF EVERYONE TAKING A FEW MINUTES OUT OF THEIR DAILY LIFE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THEIR LOVED ONES FROM THE TRAGIC CONSEQUENCE OF A BURGLARY THAT COULD HAD BEEN PREVENTED OR A FIRE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AVERTED.

THE POSTERS DISPLAYED ARE SELECTED FROM ENTRIES OF A HOME PROTECTION DESIGN COMPETITION ORGANISED BY THE VICTORIA JAYCEES. MORE THAN A HUNDRED ENTRIES WERE SUBMITTED AND MOST OF THEM WERE THE WORK OF JUNIOR POLICE CALL MEMBERS WHO DID WELL IN THE COMPETITION.

ALSO ON DISPLAY WERE A BOOTH MANNED BY THE POLICE CRIME PREVENTION BUREAU SHOWING MODERN DEVICES IN COMBATTING CRIMES AND THE POLICE FIGHT YOUTH CRIME EXHIBITION CENTRE.

THE EXHIBITION WILL LAST UNTIL TOMORROW (SUNDAY).

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