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SUNDAY, JULY 26, 1987

FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN IN EASTERN DISTRICT

A SERIES OF FIGHT CRIME ACTIVITIES ARE IN THE PIPELINE TO HELP FOSTER THE CRIME PREVENTION MESSAGE IN EASTERN DISTRICT.

COMMITTEE SECURITY,

THE EASTERN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN ORGANISING CHAIRMAN, MR CHOW FUNG-CHEUNG SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT HOME ANTI-TRIAD ACTIVITIES AND NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME WERE THE MAIN THEMES OF THE CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR.

ABOUT $42,000 WILL BE ALLOCATED FOR ORGANISING FIGHT CRIME ACTIVITIES; OF WHICH $20,000 IS SPONSORED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD AND THE REST FUNDED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE.

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THE FIRST ACTIVITY FOR THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN WILL BE SEMINAR THE SECURITY FOR OPERATORS OF GOLDSMITH AND JEWELLERY SHOPS TOMORROW (MONDAY) IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE.

IN AUGUST, AN OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME PHASE FOUR WILL BE HELD AT THE CITYPLAZA TO MARK THE FORMATION OF THE WATCH TEAMS IN SIX BUILDINGS, INCLUDING AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING IN CHAI WAN.

IN ADDITION, TWO TRAINING SESSIONS FOR CARETAKERS AND WATCHMEN AND A VISIT TO THE POLICE CADET SCHOOL, WILL BE ARRANGED IN AUGUST.

IN OCTOBER, A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES WILL BE HELD TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO JOIN THE FIGHT CRIME ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS VISITS TO THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE TRAINING SCHOOL, FIGHT CRIME CARTOON DRAWING COMPETITION AND SCHOOL TALKS ON 'DRUG ABUSE'.

A TOTAL OF 20 RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN OUTSTANDING IN HELPING POLICE COMBAT CRIME WILL BE GIVEN THE GOOD CITIZEN AWARDS AT A PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY IN JANUARY.

THE CENTRAL FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE HAS ALLOCATED $5, 000 TO THE EASTERN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE ΤΟ ORGANISE ANTI-TRIAD ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT.

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