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SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 1989

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YOUNG PEOPLE WARNED AGAINST INVOLVEMENT WITH TRIADS

YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD NOT GET INVOLVED WITH TRIADS, EVEN IF UNDER DURESS OR INDUCEMENTS, BECAUSE THIS WOULD RUIN THEIR LIVES, THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MRS MAUREEN CHAN, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

SPEAKING AT A FIGHT CRIME CARNIVAL ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE (DFCC), SHE ASKED THOSE WHO HAD BEEN INITIATED AS TRIAD MEMBERS TO TAKE TO THE TRIAD RENUNCIATION SCHEME 90 THAT THEY CAN START A NEW LIFE.

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HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS WERE DRAWN TO TODAY'S CARNIVAL AT AP CHAU ESTATE WHICH OFFERED A VARIETY OF GAMES WITH AN ANTI-CRIME THEME, PERFORMANCES BY RENOWNED RADIO AND TELEVISION ARTISTES AND THE DISTRICT'S CHILDREN'S CHOIR, AND AN ANTI-TRIAD PLAY BY THE JUNIOR POLICE CALL.

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THE FUN-FILLED CARNIVAL MARKED THE CONCLUSION OF THE 1988-89 FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN IN THE DISTRICT WHICH INCLUDED A NUMBER ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE THE ANTI-SHOPTHEFT AND HOME SECURITY THEMES.

"THESE INCLUDED A SEMINAR FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY ELDERLY PEOPLE, TO DEMONSTRATE HOW TO USE THE EMERGENCY HOTLINE SERVICE' OUTSIDE POLICE NEIGHBOURHOOD UNITS, AND A SERIES OF VISITS TO SCHOOLS BY DFCC MEMBERS AND POLICE STAFF," THE DFCC CHAIRMAN, MR KAN MAN-LEE, SAID.

"THERE WERE ALSO AN ANTI-SHOPTHEFT SLOGAN

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ANTI-TRIAD PEOPLE, HE ADDED.

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COMPETITION AND AN COMPETITION ESPECIALLY ORGANISED FOR YOUNG

THE WINNERS OF THE TWO COMPETITIONS WERE AWARDED PRIZES DURING TODAY'S CARNIVAL..

OTHER OFFICIATING GUESTS AT THE CARNIVAL AND CAMPAIGN CLOSING CEREMONY WERE THE DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR HUI YUNG-CHUNG ; POLICE WESTERN DISTRICT COMMANDER, MR R.0. TOAL: POLICE ABERDEEN DIVISION COMMANDER, MR

CHAIRMAN OF THE CAMPAIGN ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR ALBERT POON, AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS MR. CHAN KWONG, MR TSE KIT-TO, MISS MAR YURT-HAR AND MRS SO CHAU YIM-PING.

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