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SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 1985

VALUE OF PUBLIC'S ANTI-CRIME EFFORT STRESSED

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PUBLIC SUPPORT HELPS THE POLICE TO FIGHT CRIME AND TO MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER IN SOCIETY, SAID THE CHAIRMAN OF THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, MR WONG SIK-KONG TODAY (SUNDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE FRIENDS OF THE POLICE AND CITIZENS AWARD PRESENTATION CEREMONY, MR WONG SAID THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEES HAD HELPED THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PUBLIC IN FIGHTING CRIME.

NINETEEN KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT RESIDENTS, RECOMMENDED BY THE POLICE AND THE EIGHT AREA COMMITTEES IN THE DISTRICT, WERE PRESENTED WITH AWARDS FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME.

THE AWARD SCHEME WAS INTRODUCED BY THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE IN 1978.

+THROUGH SUCH AWARDS, PEOPLE WOULD BE ASSURED THAT THE IR EFFORTS AND BRAVE DEEDS WOULD BE DULY RECOGNISED BY THE POLICE, THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, HE ADDED.

AT TODAY'S CEREMONY, WINNERS OF THE FIGHT CRIME POSTCARD DESIGN COMPETITION ALSO RECEIVED PRIZES AND SOUVENIRS.

THE WINNING DESIGNS WILL BE REPRODUCED IN THREE TYPES OF POSTCARDS FOR DISTRIBUTION IN THE DISTRICT.

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PUBLIC CONFIDENCE GROWS WITH GREATER AWARENESS, POLICE CHIEF SAYS *****

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMUNITY BECOME MORE AWARE OF HOW THE POLICE FORCE OPERATES, SAID THE ACTING COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR RAYMON ANN ING TODAY (SUNDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE KWUN TONG MEET THE POLICE CARNIVAL AT KWUN TONG POLICE STATION, MR ANNING NOTED THAT WITH GREATER AWARENESS PUBLIC CONFIDENCE WOULD GROW.

''THIS PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IS ESSENTIAL IF WE ARE TO SUCCEED IN OUR FIGHT AGAINST CRIME, ** HE SAID.

ENCOURAGED BY THE IMPROVEMENT IN POLICE COMMUNITY CO-OPERATION, THE COMMISSIONER WAS ALSO PLEASED TO KNOW THAT IN KWUN TONG THERE EXISTED A HEALTHY ON-GOING LIAISON BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS AND THE POLICE.

/HE SAID,