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SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 1985

UNDER THE NEW PLAN, THE CONTRACTOR IS REQUIRED TO HAVE THE DOMESTIC REFUSE WRAPPED IN PLASTIC BAGS AT THE FOUR OUTLYING ISLANDS AND TO HAVE IT EVENTUALLY BROUGHT TO THE KWAI CHUNG INCINERATOR FOR DISPOSAL.

THE REFUSE HAS AMOUNTED TO ABOUT 30 TONNES A DAY.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE ANY COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS PILOT SCHEME SHOULD CONTACT THE SENIOR HEALTH INSPECTOR (CLEANSING) OF THE ISLANDS URBAN SERVICES OFFICE ON TELEPHONE 5-452416.

YOUTHS URGED TO HELP PREVENT CRIME

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IN THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR, YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD BE MORE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN HELPING THE AUTHORITIES IN PREVENTING CRIME, SAID DR HO KAM-FAI, A MEMBER OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE.

HE WAS SPEAKING AT TODAY'S SAI KUNG DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME CARNIVAL, WHICH WAS THE GRAND FINALE TO THE DISTRICT'S FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN.

+YOUTHS SHOULD FOSTER THE SPIRIT OF LOVING HONG KONG AND SERVIN SOCIETY THROUGH ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES TO FIGHT CRIME SO THAT OUR SOCIETY WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN STABILITY, AND EVERYONE CAN LIVE AND WORK IN PEACE AND HARMONY, DR HO SAID.

+THERE SHOULD ALSO BE CLOSER RELATIONS BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND THE POLICE IN COMBATTING CRIME FOR THE SAKE OF SOCIETY, HE ADDED.

+THE PUBLIC SHOULD TREAT THE POLICE AS THE IR BROTHERS AND, TURN, THE POLICE SHOULD ACT UPON INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE PUBLIC IN TACKLING CRIME, HE SAID.

DR HO POINTED OUT THAT THE SPIRIT OF CO-OPERATION WAS EVIDENT BETWEEN THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE AND VARIOUS DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEES.

+THROUGH VARIOUS DISTRICT COMMITTEES, THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE HAS BEEN ABLE TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNICATIONS, GATHER FIRST-HAND INFORMATION AND LISTEN TO VIEWS ON FIGHTING CRIME, HE SAID.

DR HO SAID WITH THE SIGNING OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION ON HONG KONG'S FUTURE, THE HEARTS OF MANY PEOPLE HAD BEEN SET AT EASE.

+HOWEVER, THE EXISTENCE OF LAW AND ORDER IS THE BASIS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR SOCIETY, HE SAID.

+1 HOPE THAT RESIDENTS IN SAI KUNG WILL TAKE MEASURES TO PREVENT AND TO REDUCE CRIME IN THE DISTRICT,+ DR HO ADDED.

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