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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1985

HELP NEIGHBOURS COMBAT CRIME CALL IN TAI PO

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THE CONVENOR OF THE TAI PO DISTRICT CRIME PREVENTION CAMPAIGN WORKING GROUP, MR CHAN WING-WO, URGED RESIDENTS TO HELP THEIR NEIGHBOURS AND TO WATCH OUT FOR CRIMINAL ELEMENTS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE +FIGHT CRIME NITE+ AT THE TAI PO CIVIC CENTRE THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING, MR CHAN APPEALED TO RESIDENTS TO SUPPORT THE TERRITORY-WIDE +NE IGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME+ AND ASSIST ONE ANOTHER IN CRIME PREVENTION.

+THE POPULATION IN TAI PO HAS INCREASED BY ABOUT 20 PER CENT, FROM LAST YEAR'S 100 000 TO THE PRESENT 120 000,+ HE SAID.

+THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CRIMES IN TAI PO IN THE FIRST 10 MONTHS OF THIS YEAR WAS 1 256 CASES, COMPARED WITH

1 265 CASES IN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS A DECREASE.

+MOREOVER, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CRIMES IN TAI PO LAST YEAR WAS 1 498, COMPARED WITH THE TERRITORY-WIDE CRIME FIGURE OF 83 532, WHICH INDICATES THAT THE LAW AND ORDER SITUATION IN TAI PO IS SATISFACTORY, + ADDED MR CHAN.

HE ALSO REMINDED RESIDENTS TO BEAR COMMUNAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND CO-OPERATE WITH THE POLICE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME.

TAI PO'S +FIGHT CRIME AMBASSADOR+, MISS CHEUNG TAK-L - OTHER SINGERS AND DANCERS PERFORMED IN THE VARIETY SHOW WHICH WAS ORGANISED BY THE TAI PO DISTRICT CRIME PREVENTION CAMPAIGN WORKING GROUP AND SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD.

GUESTS INCLUDED TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICER, MR THOMAS CHAN, POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER, MR JOHN GREENE, CHAIRMAN OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, MR CARLOS CHEUNG, AND RURAL LEADERS MR HO YUNG-SANG AND MR LAM PAK-PING.

LADY YOUDE LAUNCHES +CLEAN FOR CHARITY+ DRIVE

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LADY YOUDE, PRESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY CHEST OF HONG KONG, LAUNCHED THE CLEAN FOR CHARITY+ CAMPAIGN THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING AND PRESENTED BANNERS TO 53 PARTICIPATING TEAMS IN VICTORIA PARK.

LADY YOUDE THEN LOOKED AT SOME OF THE PARTICIPANTS CLEANING UP THE PARK. TEAMS INCLUDED ARTISTES OF THE TWO TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS AND A GROUP OF KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS.

DURING THE FIVE-MONTH-LONG TERRITORY-WIDE CAMPAIGN, PARTICIPANTS WILL PERFORM SPONSORED CLEANING WORK AT SITES CHOSEN AT THEIR CONVENIENCE.

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