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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21,

1985

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JUNIOR POLICE CALL MEMBERS PRAISED

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UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR (YY) CENTRAL CO- ORDINATING COMMITTEE, MRS. SELINA CHOW LIANG SHUK-YEE TODAY (WEDNESDAY) PRAISED THE JUNIOR POLICE CALL MEMBERS FOR THEIR CONTINUOUS AND REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS.

MRS. CHOW SAID THAT THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS WERE A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE THEME OF 1985 INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR -- PARTICIPATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE.

VISITING THE SUMMER CAMP AT THE WU KAI SHA YOUTH VILLAGE THIS MORNING, MRS. CHOW HOPED THAT THE STRENUOUS EFFORTS JPC HAD MADE IN COMMUNITY SERVICES WOULD HELP MAKE HONG KONG A PEACEFUL AND STABLE PLACE TO LIVE.

ON THE BIRTH OF THE JPC TV PROGRAMME, MRS. CHOW RECALLED THAT WHEN SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE ELEVEN YEARS AGO. THIS IDEA FIRST STRUCK HER WHEN SHE WAS VIEWING AN EPISODE OF A TV YOUTH PROGRAMME PRODUCED BY THE UK POLICE FORCE.

''INDEED, IT PROVES THAT WE ARE WORKING ON THE RIGHT WAY AND THAT THE IDEA CAN ALSO CATER SOCIAL NEEDS,

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''AS TV HAS A VERY HIGH AUDIENCE RATE, OUR YOUNGSTERS CAN THEREFORE PARTICIPATE THROUGH ELECTRONIC MEDIA IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME, THUS FURTHER DEVELOP THEIR AWARENESS OF YOUNG PEOPLE'S RESPONSIBILITY AND SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE COMMUNITY,' SHE ADDED.

MEANWHILE, MRS. CHOW NOTED THAT THE SUCCESS OF JPC SCHEME WAS WELL REFLECTED BY ITS 400,000-STRONG MEMBERSHIP.

MRS. CHOW THEN WISHED THE COMMUNITY AND JPC MEMBERS TO TREASURE THIS FRUITFUL RESULT-THE ESTABLISHING OF AN UNDERSTANDABLE LINK BETWEEN THE POLICE AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE.

OTHER GUESTS VISITING THE CAMP TODAY INCLUDED SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR IAN MACPHERSON, ACTING SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR. BARRIE WIGGHAM, AND COMMISSIONER OF POLICE

MR. RAYMON ANNING.

AT THE WELCOMING CEREMONY THE JPC MEMBERS TOGETHER WITH 200 VIEWERS OF THE TVB YOUTH MAGAZINE PROGRAMME STAGED A SPECTACULAR IYY-JPC WORD DISPLAY.

IN ADDITION, THERE WERE ALSO MASS SINGING OF IYY THEME SONG, VITALITY EXERCISE DEMONSTRATION, AND A TELEMATCH BETWEEN JPC TEAM AND YOUTH MAGAZINE TEAM.

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