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SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1988

FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF NEXT MONTH, DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF WILL VISIT HOUSEHOLDS IN THE DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN NEW

BUILDINGS.

IN ADDITION, 5,000 POSTERS AND 25,000 LEAFLETS HAVE BEEN PRINTED FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THE PUBLIC.

KWUN TONG FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN STARTS

THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE 1988-89 WILL BE MOUNTING A SERIES OF COLOURFUL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR TO DRIVE HOME THE FIGHT CRIME MESSAGE.

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SPOKESMAN FOR THE COMMITTEE SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THE PUBLICITY PACKAGE INCLUDES VISITS, A GOOD CITIZEN AWARD SCHEME, A COLOURING AND DRAWING COMPETITION, DISPLAY OF PUBLICITY SIGNBOARDS AND A FIGHT CRIME CARNIVAL.

"ALL THE ACTIVITIES ARE AIMED AT INVOLVING EVERY SECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY IN CRIME PREVENTION, AND BOLSTERING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF FIGHTING CRIME," THE SPOKESMAN NOTED.

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE HAVF JUST STARTED A PROGRAMME GROUP VISITS TO LOCAL MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS' CORPORATIONS.

EACH GROUP IS ACCOMPANIED BY REPRESENTATIVES

OFFICE, THE POLICE AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.

OF THE DISTRICT

THE PROGRAMME, WHICH ENABLES MEMBERS TO EXCHANGE VIEWS WITH GRASSROOT ORGANISATIONS ON THE LAW AND ORDER SITUATION, WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MARCH.

THERE ARE ALSO PLANS TO VISIT PRISONS AND MAGISTRACIES SO THAT MEMBERS CAN HAVI A FULLER UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS.

TO ENCOURAGE DISTRICT-WIDE PARTICIPATION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, A COLOURING AND DRAWING COMPETITION WOULD BE ORGANISED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE KWUN TONG SCHOOL LIAISON COMMITTEE TO AROUSE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF CRIME PREVENTION,

IN ADDITION, THE GOOD CITIZEN AWARD SCHEME AND THE FIGHT CRIME SEMINAR WHICH WERE HELD LAST YEAR WOULD BE REPEATED.

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