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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1987

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WARNING SIGNS AGAINST PICKPOCKETS PUT UP IN YAU MA TEI

SIGNBOARDS TO WARN PEDESTRIANS AGAINST PICKPOCKETS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN PUT UP AT EIGHT PICKPOCKETING BLACK SPOTS IN YAU MA ΤΕΙ TO REMIND RESIDENTS TO KEEP A GOOD WATCH OVER PERSONAL BELONGINGS.

THE MEASURE IS PART OF THE FIGHT CRIME PROGRAMME ORGANISED BY

THE DISTRICT'S FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE FOR THE SECOND YEAR.

ACCORDING то POLICE STATISTICS, MORE THAN 100 PICKPOCKET CASES HAVE OCCURRED AT THE EIGHT BLACK SPOTS IN THE PAST YEAR ENDING OCTORER.

AND

THE BLACK SPOTS ARE THE JUNCTION OF NATHAN ROAD AND CAMERON ROAD; JUNCTION OF NATHAN ROAD AND MODY ROAD: JUNCTION OF GRANVILLE ROAD AND CARNAVON ROAD: JUNCTION OF

SALISBURY ROAD CANTON ROAD; JUNCTION OF JORDAN ROAD AND NATHAN ROAD; JUNCTION NATHAN ROAD AND WATERLOO ROAD: AND NEAR TWO SHOPPING CENTRES AT NATHAN ROAD AND DUNDAS STREET.

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"WE HOPE THAT THE SIGNBOARDS, BEARING THE BEWARE OF PICKPOCKETS' WARNING IN CHINESE, ENGLISH AND JAPANESE, WILL ALERT BOTH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND TOURISTS TOWARDS GUARDING THEIR PROPERTY, THE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR JOHN WU, SAID.

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"THE BLACK SPOTS WILL BE REGULARLY REVIEWED BY THE POLICE AND THE SIGNBOARDS WILL BE MOVED TO OTHER LOCATIONS WHERE NECESSARY, ADDED.

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DB COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS POLLUTION OF SHING MUN RIVER

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AND WELFARE SHING MUN RIVER AT

THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD'S HEALTH, EDUCATION COMMITTEE WILL DISCUSS THE POLLUTION PROBLEM IN ITS MEETING ON WEDNESDAY (DECEMBER 2).

THE ENVIRONMENTAL

DB MEMBER MR WONG HONG-CHUNG WILL ASK PROTECTION DEPARTMENT WHETHER THE POLLUTION OF TOLO REACH A CRITICAL POINT NEXT YEAR AND ITS EFFECT ON THE OF SHING MUN RIVER.

ANOTHER DB MEMBER MR CHAN TO-YEUNG WILL PROGRESS OF THE COMMUNITY CENTRE CONSTRUCTION COURT, SHING MUN EAST.

HARBOUR WILL WATER QUALITY

ENQUIRE ABOUT THE

NEAR YUE TIN

PROJECT

/OTHER ITEMS