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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1983

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HOME SECURITY EXHIBITION IN SHAM SHUI PO

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SHAM SHUI PO RESIDENTS TODAY (SUNDAY) WERE SHOWN PREVENTIVE MEASURES AGAINST CRIME IN THEIR HOMES AND BUILDINGS THROUGH AN EXHIBITION ON HOME SECURITY.

THE EXHIBITION, TOGETHER WITH A VARIETY SHOW, WAS ORGANISED BY THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE AND THE POLICE AT A BASKETBALL COURT IN UN CHAU ESTATE.

SPEAKING AT AN OPENING CEREMONY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EXHIBITION ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR ENG SOON-CHAO, SAID THE THEME OF THE EXHIBITION WAS SPECIALLY DIRECTED AT THE RECENT SPATE OF MASS HOLD-UPS IN MULTI-STOREY RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.

+APART FROM PROBLEMS ARISING FROM DEFECTIVE LAYOUTS AND INEFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF SOME OF THE BUILDINGS, RESIDENTS' NEGLIGENCE AND CARELESSNESS ARE ALSO A SIGNIFICANT CAUSE TO DOMESTIC CRIME,+ MR ENG SAID.

+WHILE IT IS NECESSARY TO STEP UP POLICE EFFORT, RESIDENTS' SELF-VIGILANCE CAN ALSO PLAY A KEY ROLE IN THE PREVENTION OF SUCH CRIME,+ HE SAID.

ON DISPLAY AT THE EXHIBITION WERE A SELECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS WHICH ILLUSTRATED VARIOUS MEASURES OF DOMESTIC SECURITY, AND SOME PAMPHLETS TEACHING THE PUBLIC THE PROPER PROCEDURE TO REPORT CRIME.

ALSO PRESENT AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE THE POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER (SHAM SHUI PO), MR PETER LEE; THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS REBECCA KO; AND AN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, MRS SOPHIA HO.

REFRESHMENT

KIOSKS FOR TENDER

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TENDERS ARE BEING INVITED FOR THE OPERATION OF TWO LIGHT REFRESHMENT KIOSKS AT THE NEWLY COMPLETED SHA TIN SPORTS GROUND.

THE MULTI-PURPOSE MODERN RECREATION FACILITY WILL BE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC NEXT MONTH (JANUARY).

BUT THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER MAY START BUSINESS ON MARCH 1 NEXT YEAR ON A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID.

THE SHA TIN SPORTS GROUND PROVIDES THE FIRST FULL-SIZE TURFED SOCCER PITCH IN THE NEW TOWN.

SURROUNDING THE PITCH IS A 400-METRE ALL-WEATHER ATHLETIC TRACK WITH EIGHT LANES.

/THE GROUND