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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1986

OTHER ATTRACTIVE PROGRAMMES DURING THE FESTIVAL INCLUDE PERFORMANCES BY THE CHOR FUNG MING CANTONESE OPERA TROUPE : 10 SUB-DISTRICT FESTIVALS ORGANISED BY THE 10 SUB-DISTRICTS OF SHAM SHUI PO: CROSS-COUNTRY RACE AND HONG KONG REPERTORY THEATRE PERFORMANCE.

PROGRAMME LIST OF THE DISTRICT FESTIVAL IS AVAILABLE AT SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT OFFICE, 39 TONKIN STREET, KOWLOON, AND ITS SUB-OFFICES.

ANTI-PICKPOCKETING SIGNBOARDS UP IN YAU MA TEI

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EIGHT ANTI-PICKPOCKETING SIGNBOARDS HAVE BEEN PUT UP AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN YAU MA TEI DISTRICT TO AROUSE PUBLIC AWARENESS TO GUARD THEIR PROPERTY.

THE MOVE WAS INITIATED BY THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE AS PART OF THE DISTRICT'S EFFORTS TO COMBAT CRIME.

+THE EIGHT LOCATIONS ARE BLACKSPOTS FOR PICKPOCKETING WITH 12 CASES REPORTED TO THE POLICE DURING THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 27,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE COMMITTEE SAID.

THESE BLACKSPOTS WILL BE REVIEWED REGULARLY BY THE POLICE AND THE SIGNBOARDS WILL BE MOVED TO OTHER LOCATIONS SHOULD THE NEED ARISE, HE ADDED.

ACCORDING TO POLICE STATISTICS, ABOUT 200 PICKPOCKETING CASES HAD OCCURRED IN THE DISTRICT DURING THE THREE MONTHS ENDING SEPTEMBER,

TO HELP SPREAD THE MESSAGE TO RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS ALIKE, THE + BEWARE OF PICKPOCKET+ WARNING ON EACH SIGNBOARD IS IN CHINESE, ENGLISH AND JAPANESE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THEY ARE LOCATED AT THE JUNCTION OF BOWRING STREET AND PARKES STREET, SALISBURY ROAD NEAR THE STAR FERRY PIER, JUNCTION OF HANKOW ROAD AND PEKING ROAD, NATHAN ROAD NEAR THE TSIM SHA TSUI MTR STATION, JUNCTION OF NATHAN ROAD AND BOWRING STREET, JUNCTION OF NATHAN ROAD AND PUBLIC SQUARE STREET, JUNCTION OF NATHAN ROAD AND GRANVILLE ROAD AND DUNDAS STREET NEAR A SHOPPING ARCADE.

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