MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1985
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+TO BE ALERT IS ONE THING, TO BE ARMED IS ANOTHER. HONG KONG WITH THE ESTABLISHED TRADITION OF THE COMMON LAW BEHIND IT. HAS AT ITS DISPOSAL POWERFUL WEAPONS WITH WHICH TO PRESERVE LIBERTY AND TO CHALLENGE OPPONENTS OF FREEDOM.
+TO THAT TRADITION, WE ACCORD THE TITLE 'THE RULE OF LAW',+ MR THOMAS SAID.
INNOVATIVE SCHEMES HELP FIGHT CRIME
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INNOVATIVE SCHEMES WHICH REQUIRED LITTLE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES HAD PROVIDED VITAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
MOST FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEES WORKING AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL NOW ADMINISTERED VARIOUS AWARD SCHEMES TO ENCOURAGE CITIZENS TO REPORT CRIME OR SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIES, HE SAID.
SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE-DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE CONFERENCE, MR LIAO SAID ONE SUCH SCHEME WAS THE MODEL CITIZEN AWARD WHICH HAD A SPECIAL TOUCH, SINCE THE PERSON BE ING RECOGNISED AND GIVEN THE AWARD WAS NOT A 'FACELESS' PERSON BUT WAS SOMEONE OF LOCAL IDENTITY.
+AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, THE MOST INVALUABLE RESOURCES MUST BE THE HUMAN ONE, AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME INVOLVES ORGANISING EXISTING HUMAN RESOURCES INTO CLOSELY-KNIT UNITS TO FACILITATE REPORT OF ANY SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIES TO THE POLICE,+ HE SAID.
+ IT INVOLVES MOBILISING EXISTING RESOURCES AND CAN BE READILY IMPLEMENTED.
+ IT IS THIS TYPE OF INNOVATIVE MEASURES THAT I HOPE WILL BE FORTHCOMING THROUGH DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEES,+ MR LIAO SAID.
SINCE THE FIRST DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEES WERE FORMED NINE YEARS AGO, NUMEROUS PUBLICITY ACTIVITIES HAD BEEN CARRIED OUT TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AGAINST CRIME, INCLUDING THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION AND DRUG ABUSE,
MR LIAO SAID THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME WAS A RESPONSIBILITY FOR EVERYONE. WHILE THE POLICE AND DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED WERE DOING THE IR UTMOST IN MAINTAINING INTERNAL SECURITY, THE DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEES SERVED TO ASSIST AND COMPLEMENT GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS IN COMBATING CRIME.
/+THE COMMITTEES
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