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THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1987

KWUN TONG DB MEMBERS VISIT REGIONAL COUNCIL

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MEMBERS OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD TOOK A FIRST HAND OF THE OPERATION OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL WHEN THEY VISITED THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON.

GROUP

LED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR LAM HANG-FAI, THE

COUNCIL'S WAS MET BY THE

CHAIRMAN, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, WHEN ARRIVED AT THE REGIONAL COUNCIL CHAMBERS IN TSUEN WAN BEFORE TAKEN A TOUR OF THE COUNCIL.

THEY ON

AFTER THE TOUR, MEMBERS SAT IN ON A COUNCIL MEETING AND

PLANNED OBSERVED HOW THE COUNCIL

AND ORGANISED THE PROVISION OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

AND GOVERNMENT

INSTITUTIONS

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TODAY'S VISIT WAS PART OF AN ON-GOING ORIENTATION PROGRAMME

PRIVATE FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO VISIT GAIN EXPERIENCE IN IMPROVING THE OPERATIONS OF THE BOARD.

SHAM SHUI PO PILOT SCHEME TO TACKLE SCHOOL CRIME

A PILOT SCHEME HAS BEEN INTRODUCED IN SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT WITH THE AIM OF TARGETTING YOUTH CRIME IN SCHOOLS.

"SHAM SHUI PO HAS A LARGE NUMBER OF HOUSING ESTATES WITHIN ITS BOUNDARIES, AND THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS IS CORRESPONDINGLY LARGE," EXPLAINED DISTRICT COMMANDER MR PAANG KUI-SAN. "ACTION TO DEAL WITH OR PREVENT YOUTH CRIME IS THEREFORE GIVEN HIGH PRIORITY.

"WE HAVE STRENGTHENED OUR CONTACTS WITH SCHOOLS THROUGH THE JOINT EFFORTS OF THE POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICE AND THE DISTRICT ANTI-TRIAD SQUAD (DATS).

MR PAANG POINTED OUT THAT HIS OFFICERS WERE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT COMBATTING TRIAD INFILTRATION, AND RESEARCH HAD BEEN CARRIED OUT. THIS HAD IDENTIFIED A SMALL NUMBER OF "PROBLEMATIC" SCHOOLS DESERVING OF CLOSE ATTENTION AND DATS SERGEANTS HAD BEEN DESIGNATED AS "CONTACT OFFICERS".

THE OFFICERS' JOB IS TO VISIT THE SCHOOLS REGULARLY IN ORDER TO BUILD UP A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STAFF AND, IN ADDITION, THEY ALSO MEET AND MIX WITH STUDENTS AT APPROPRIATE FUNCTIONS.

/"THE ULTIMATE