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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1987

GOVT DETERMINED IN ANTI-TRIAD DRIVE

TRIAD SOCIETIES WERE NOT GLAMOUROUS BUT AN EVIL COULD WELL BE WITHOUT, THE ACTING COMMISSIONER OF SERVICES, MR GARTH HYDES, SAID THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON.

THE COMMUNITY CORRECTIONAL

"THE GOVERNMENT IS DETERMINED IN ITS DRIVE AGAINST ITS EFFORTS WILL BE RELENTLESS, HE SAID.

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TRIADS

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SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CRIME PREVENTION CARNIVAL ORGANISED BY THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE AT MORSE PARK, MR HYDES ADVISED THE MORE VULNERABLE YOUNG AGAINST JOINING TRIAD SOCIETIES.

WILL

"IF YOU JOIN, IT WILL ONLY BE A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE YOU E ADMITTED TO ONE OF MY DEPARTMENT'S INSTITUTIONS AND YOUR FUTURE WILL BE JEOPARDISED, HE SAID.

HE CALLED ON PARENTS AND SCHOOLS то PLAY THEIR PART IN SUPERVISING AND GUIDING YOUNG PEOPLE.

MR HYDES ALSO PRAISED THE EFFORTS MADE BY THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE IN ORGANISING HOME TO RESIDENTS, PARTICULARLY THE YOUNG MESSAGE.

THE CARNIVAL TO BRING PEOPLE, THE ANTI-TRIAD

TRADE FAIR OPENS IN MONG KOK

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A SEVEN-DAY TRADE FAIR WAS OPENED TODAY (SUNDAY) AT THE MACPHERSON PLAYGROUND AS PART OF THE MONG KOK DISTRICT FESTIVAL.

GOODS AND SERVICES WERE DISPLAYED AND EXPERTS OF VARIOUS TRADES DEMONSTRATED THEIR SKILLS AT THE FAIR.

OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING OF THE FAIR, MONG KOK DISTRICT OFFICER, MRS BRENDA FUNG, SAID THE DISTRICT FESTIVAL, WITH THE THEME OF "HOME IN MONG KOK", WAS AIMED AT' ENHANCING RESIDENTS' SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE DISTRICT AND PROMOTING TRADE ACTIVITIES.

SHE NOTED THAT THE HOLDING OF A TRADE FAIR WAS A RATHER NOVEL CONCEPT IN THE DISTRICT.

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