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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1986

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FIGHT CRIME MESSAGES IN TV SPECIAL

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MORE THAN HALF THE REPORTED CASES OF BURGLARY IN 1985 OCCURRED IN RESIDENTIAL PREMISES AND BURGLARIES HAVE BEEN ON THE RISE IN RECENT YEARS WHILE MOST OTHER CRIMES HAVE FALLEN. THIS WAS REVEALED BY THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE (FCC).

+ ALTHOUGH BURGLARY IS A DIFFICULT CRIME TO DETECT, IT IS EASY TO PREVENT BY TAKING SOME STRAIGHTFORWARD AND EFFECTIVE MEASURES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FCC PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE SAID.

TO HELP PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF CRIME PREVENTION, THE FCC PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE WILL JOIN HANDS WITH THE TELEVISION BROADCASTS LIMITED (TVB) TO PRODUCE A FIGHT CRIME NIGHT+ SPECIAL ON THE +ENJOY YOURSELF TONIGHT PROGRAMME+ TOMORROW (MONDAY).

THE SPECIAL IS DEDICATED TO PUTTING ACROSS FIGHT CRIME MESSAGES TO THE PUBLIC, WITH EMPHASIS ON SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AGAINST RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY.

A DRAMA SEQUENCE IN THE PROGRAMME WILL FEATURE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF CRIME PREVENTION IN THE AVERAGE HOME.

+BY HIGHLIGHTING THE VARIOUS DARK AREAS IN RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY AND FEATURING THE EFFECTIVE MEANS TO PREVENT THEM, WE HOPE TO GIVE VIEWERS A BETTER INSIGHT INTO THE PREVENTION OF THE CRIME,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

ALSO FEATURED IN THE PROGRAMME WILL BE AN INTERVIEW WITH THE RECIPIENT OF THIS YEAR'S GOOD CITIZEN AWARD WHO WILL SHARE HIS EXPERIENCE IN FIGHTING CRIME WITH VIEWERS.

THE GOOD CITIZEN AWARD SCHEME WAS INTRODUCED IN 1973 AS PART OF THE FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN. THE SCHEME WAS CONCEIVED WITH A VIEW TO ENCOURAGING CITIZENS TO COOPERATE WITH THE POLICE. MONETARY AND CEREMONIAL AWARDS ARE GIVEN TO THOSE WHO RENDER POSITIVE ASSISTANCE IN THE PREVENTION OR DETECTION OF CRIME AND IN THE APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS.

ON A MORE LIGHTHEARTED NOTE, AN +EYT GOOD CITIZEN AWARD+ WILL ALSO BE PRESENTED TO A CITIZEN WHO RIGHTEOUSLY PERFORMED HIS CIVIC RESPONISBILITY BY REPORTING A CANDID CAMERA+ SHOP THEFT INCIDENT TO THE POLICE.

THE POLICE RECENTLY CHANGED THE ORIGINAL TERM +SHOPLIFTING+ TO +SHOP THEFT TO UNDERLINE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE CRIME TO POTENTIAL OFFENDERS - TEENAGERS AND HOUSEWIVES.

IN TOMORROW'S PROGRAMME, TELEVISION VIEWERS WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO SEE A DOCUMENTARY DEMONSTRATING THE MOST UP-TO-DATE CRIME FIGHTING EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE IN HONG KONG.

THE DOCUMENTARY,