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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1988

"EACH YEAR, INTERESTED AND CIVIC-MINDED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE RECRUITED TO ASSIST PROBATION OFFICERS

BY BEFRIENDING, HELPING AND ADVISING PROBATIONERS ON A PERSONAL BASIS AND THEY ARR MATCHED WITH AN INDIVIDUAL PROBATIONER ACCORDING TO THE LATTER'S PROBLEMS AND NEEDS.

MR KWOK SUGGESTED THE MANY WAYS IN WHICH VOLUNTEERS COULD HELP, SUCH A9 BY PROVIDING ASSISTANCE FOR THE PROBATIONERS WHO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH SCHOOL WORK; GUIDING THEM IN THE PROPER USE OF LEISURE TIME AND DIRECTING THEIR INTERESTS INTO WHOLESOME SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

"THEY CAN PROVIDE FRIENDSHIP TO THOSE WHO ARE OR WHO COME FROM BROKEN FAMILIES; AND THEY CAN HELP MOTHERS TACKLE PROBLEMS ON HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT AND SAID.

WITHOUT SUPPORT YOUNG WIVES AND CHILD CARE,' HE

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"OVER THE PAST 11 YEARS, 245 VOLUNTEERS HAVE TAKEN PART IN

PROBATIONERS AND 16 VOLUNTEERS ARE CURRENTLY

HE ADDED.

ASSISTING PROBATIONERS,

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AT TODAY'S CEREMONY, 18 VOLUNTEERS WERE AWARDED A OF APPRECIATION AS A TOKEN OF THANKS FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN WORKING WITH A PROBATIONER FOR A SIX-MONTH PERIOD.

FIVE VOLUNTEERS WERE AWARDED A SOUVENIR FOR THEIR CONTINUING SERVICE OF MORE THAN ONE OCCASION WITH ONE OR MORE PROBATIONERS.

BOTH MRS WONG AND MR KWOK COMMENDED THE VOLUNTEERS AND THE PARTIES CONCERNED FOR THEIR GOOD WORK AND SUPPORT OF THE OFFENDERS.

POLICE KEEP UP WORK AGAINST VICE ACTIVITIES

ON GAMBLING,

POLICE KEPT UP THEIR THREE-PRONGED ATTACK DANGEROUS DRUGS, AND VICE ACTIVITIES IN JANUARY. IN THE 3,583 RAIDS ON 1 LLEGAL GAMBLING ESTABLISHMENTS, DRING DIVANS AND VICE DENS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, 1,739 PROPLE WERE ARRESTED.

IN TERMS OF REGIONS, 540 RAIDS WERK CONDUCTED ON HONG KONG ISLAND, WITH 423 PROPLE ARRESTED; 2, 586 RAIDS WERE CONDUCTED IN KOWLOON, WITH 976 PEOPLE ARRESTED; AND 404 RAIDS WERK CONDUCTED TN THE NEW TERRITORIES, WITH 318 PEOPLE ARRESTED.

OF ALL THESE RAIDS, 1,195 WERE AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKERS, RESULTING IN 824 PEOPLE BEING ARRESTED. IN ADDITION, THE NARCOTICS BUREAU CONDUCTRD 53 OPERATIONS AND ARRESTED 22 TRAFFICKERS. THE DRUUS SEIZED DURING THE MONTH INCLUDED 20.3 KG OF NO. 3 HEROIN, KG OF OPLUM AND FIVE KA OF CANNABIS.

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