SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1987
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MORE BUILDINGS JOIN NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME
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THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME HAD A POSITIVE EFFECT IN PREVENTING CRIME AND HAD FOSTERED CLOSER TIE AMONG NEIGHBOURS, WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ROGER GARCIA, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE DISTRICT'S THIRD PHASE NEIGHBOUR HOOD WATCH SCHEME TODAY, MR GARCIA SAID SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCHEME IN 1985 RESPONSE FROM LOCAL RESIDENTS HAD BEEN MOST ENCOURAGING.
FOUR MORE BUILDINGS, COMPRISING 288 UNITS IN THE DISTRICT, JOINED THE SCHEME TODAY. THEY ARE CHEONG HONG BUILDING, FORTUNE BUILDING, HOT DEEN COURT AND HAPPY MANSION.
THE BASIC AIM OF THE SCHEME WAS TO MOBILISE THE PUBLIC TO PREVENT CRIME BY FORMING CLOSELY-KNIT UNITS IN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, MR GARCIA SAID.
BEFORE THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY, THE DISTRICT'S FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN CLOSING CEREMONY WAS HELD AT HENNESSY CENTRE IN CAUSEWAY BAY WHERE A TWO-DAY EXHIBITION ON +SECURITY AT HOME+ WAS STAGED AT THE SAME TIME.
SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, MR GARCIA SAID A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES INCLUDING FILM SHOW, SLOGAN CONTEST, ANTI-SHOPLIFTING SEMINAR VISIT TO POLICE STATIONS AND CRIME PREVENTION CENTRE, HAD BEEN ORGANISED DURING THE CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR.
APART FROM DISPLAYING THE LATEST ANTI-BURLGARY DEVICES SUITABLE FOR HOMES, THE EXHIBITION ALSO FEATURED WORKS OF WINNERS OF A STUDENTS SLOGAN CONTEST. THE EXHIBITION WILL BE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL TOMORROW.
THREE RESIDENTS, MR WONG KAM-BIU, MR CHIU PIK-YU AND MR CHAN CHUK-KI, RECEIVED THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN AWARD DURING THE CLOSING CEREMONY FOR ASSISTING THE POLICE IN PREVENTING CRIME IN THE DISTRICT.
OTHER OFFICIATING GUESTS AT THE TWO CEREMONIES WERE THE WAN CHAI POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER, MR LAU TO-YEE- POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICER, MR LAU KIN-YEUK CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT'S FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE. MR CHENG HOK-YIN DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MRS PEGGY LAM ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER,
ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS CARMEN CHIU, AND THE CHAIRMEN OF THE DISTRICT'S FIVE AREA COMMITTEES.
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