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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1988

TEACHERS AND STUDENTS DISCUSS WAYS TO COMBAT TRIADS

MORE THAN 400 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FROM 20 IN KWUN TONG THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING DISCUSSED EFFECTIVELY COMBAT TRIAD ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT.

SECONDARY SCHOOLS WAYS TO MORE

THEY WERE ATTENDING AN ANTI-TRIAD SEMINAR, WHICH WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE AND THE KWUN TONG SCHOOL LIAISON COMMITTEE.

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SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE SEMINAR, A MEMBER OF CENTRAL FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE (FCC), DR HO KAM-FAI, SAID BOTH GOVERNMENT AND THE FCC HAD BEEN MAKING CONSIDERABLE FFFORTS IN COMBATTING TRIAD ACTIVITIES.

"IN RECENT YEARS, THE AUTHORITIES HAVE STEPPED UP MEDIA PUBLICITY TO EXPOSE THE DARK SIDE OF TRIADS, ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC. PARTICULARLY YOUNG PEOPLE, TO DISASSOCIATE FROM TRIADS AND TO REPORT TRIAD INFORMATION," HE ADDED.

DR HO OUTLINED THE THREE APPROACHES ADOPTED BY THE FCC TO COUNTER THE TRIAD PROBLEM.

THE FIRST APPROACH, HE SAID, INVOLVED ACTIVITIES, IN HAND OR PLANNED, WHICH AIMED AT MAKING A DENT IN THE INFLUENCE OF TRIADS. THESE INCLUDED THE TRIAD RENUNCIATION SCHEME, CONFISCATION OF THE ASSETS OF DRUG TRAFFICKERS AND THE FORMATION OF SPECIAL INTER-DEPARTMENTAL GROUPS TO INVESTIGATE COMPLEX AND ORGANISED CRIME.

ANOTHER APPROACH WAS TO GIVE YOUNG PEOPLE PROPER GUIDANCE AND TO INCULCATE IN THEM A POSITIVE OUTLOOK ON LIFE.

"THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON YOUNG OFFENDERS UNDER THE

FCC, THE JUNIOR POLICE CALL AND THE YOUNG OFFENDER ASSESSMENT PANEL ALL DEAL WITH WORK IN THIS ASPECT, HE NOTED.

DR HO WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE THIRD MEASURE HAD BEEN TAKEN BY INDIVIDUAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, SUCH AS THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND THE MARINE DEPARTMENT, TO COMBAT TRIAD ACTIVITIES IN THE FISH AND VEGETABLE MARKETS; SQUATTERS AND PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES; AS WELL AS THE CARGO HANDLING AREAS RESPECTIVELY.

HE SAID THAT WHILE THE AUTHORITIES WOULD CONTINUE TO COUNTER TRIAD CRIME AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE EXTRICATE THEMSELVES FROM TRIADS, THE MOST EFFECTIVE METHOD WAS FOR YOUNGSTERS то EXERCISE SELF-DISCIPLINE AND TO BE MORE AWARE OF THE EVIL OF TRIADS.

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THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY TALKS BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE POLICE ANTI-TRIAD SECTION AND GROUP DISCUSSION BY PARTICIPANTS.

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