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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1985

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DB MEETING TO DISCUSS DEVELOPMENT PLAN

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AN EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR YUEN LONG WILL BE DISCUSSED BY MEMBERS OF THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD AT THEIR MEETING TOMORROW (THURSDAY).

THE PLAN INCLUDES THE EXPANSION OF YUEN LONG TOWN, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE AND TERMINUS FOR THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM.

THE LRT TERMINUS WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO YUEN LONG TOWN TO ALLOW FOR FURTHER TRAFFIC DEVELOPMENTS.

BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE INVITED TO COMMENT ON THE EIGHT PROPOSED NAMES FOR THE LRT STATIONS.

ACCORDING TO THE PLAN, A SITE HAS BEEN EARMARKED FOR A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE TO THE EAST OF YUEN LONG TOWN WHICH WILL INCLUDE A DISTRICT GAMES COMPLEX.

POLLUTION IN THE YUEN LONG NULLAH WHICH HAS CAUSED CONCERN AMONG BOARD MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC, WILL ALSO BE DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING,

REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED WILL ANSWER QUESTIONS RAISED BY TWO BOARD MEMBERS ON THE PROBLEMS OF OYSTER FARMING AT TUNG CHUNG AND ILLEGAL STRUCTURES IN YUEN LONG TOWN.

REPORTS FROM THE BOARD'S OF TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE AND THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE WILL ALSO BE TABLED.

RAPPS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR PICKPOCKETS

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WATCH OUT PICKPOCKETS -- RAPPS ARE ABOUT. WATCHING AND WAITING IN PLACES WHERE THEY KNOW PICKPOCKETS PREY ON UNSUSPECTING PASSERS-BY ARE THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE HONG KONG ISLAND REGIONAL ANTI-PICKPOCKET SQUAD.

THE RAPPS

THEMSELVES

MORE STEALTHY AND OBSERVANT THAN PICKPOCKETS HAVE HELPED REDUCE PICKPOCKET REPORTS ON HONG KONG

ISLAND BY 36 PER CENT SINCE 1982.

SO EXPERT HAS THE SQUAD BECOME IN IDENTIFYING AND ARRESTING PICKPOCKETS AND PRODUCING CONDEMNING EVIDENCE THAT IT HAS ACHIEVED A 95 PER CENT SUCCESS RATE IN COURT CONVICTIONS.

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