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Sa.Jill, vaŇY 4, 1986

DISTRICT PRAISED FOR FIGHT CRIME SUCCESS

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EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BOWEN LEUNG, TONIGHT (SATURDAY) URGED THE PUBLIC TO BE MORE ALERT IN PREVENTING CRIME AND TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE POLICE IN FIGHTING CRIME.

SPEAKING AT THE EASTERN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME NIGHT AT VICTORIA PARK, MR LEUNG SAID: THE EASTERN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE HAD MADE MANY VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS ON CRIME PREVENTION MEASURES AND HAD BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN REPORTING ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AND CRIME BLACKSPOTS IN THE DISTRICT SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT NINE YEARS AGO.

+WITH THE ASSISTANCE AND CO-OPERATION OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, AREA COMMITTEES, SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANISATIONS, SCHOOLS, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES (MAC'S) AND OWNERS CORPORATIONS (OC'S), THE NUMEROUS CAMPAIGNS CARRIED OUT BY THE CENTRAL FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE ARE DIRECTED AT RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT.+

HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE RECENTLY-LAUNCHED NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME HAD RECEIVED TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FROM LOCAL RESIDENTS AND THE SCHEME HAD BEEN HIGHLY EFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING CRIME WITH THE MINIMUM USE OF RESOURCES.

MR LEUNG ALSO PRAISED THE MAC'S AND OC'S OF THE SIX SELECTED BUILDINGS WHICH JOINED THE SCHEME AND REMINDED THEM TO MAINTAIN CLOSE TOUCH WITH THE POLICE TO CURB CRIME IN THESE BUILDINGS.

HE SAID THE EASTERN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE HAD JOINTLY ORGANISED MANY CRIME PREVENTION CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES WITH THE DB AND THE POLICE IN 1985-86.

THESE INCLUDE SELECTING THE BUILDING WITH THE BEST SECURITY AND CRIME PREVENTION SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS THE CRIME PREVENTION SLOGAN DESIGN COMPETITION, ALL OF WHICH ARE AIMED AT ALERTING THE COMMUNITY OF THE NEED TO PREVENT AND COMBAT CRIME.

THE EASTERN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME NIGHT WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD, EASTERN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE AND EASTERN DISTRICT POLICE HEADQUARTERS.

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