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SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 1989

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SHA TIN CONTINUES TO DEVELOP IN A HEALTHY WAY

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WITH THE SUPPORT OF RESIDENTS AND ORGANISATIONS CONCERNED, GOVERNMENT WILL. FURTHER DEVELOP SHA TIN INTO A HEALTHY COMMUNITY 80 THAT ADVERSE INFLUENCES WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE ROOT IN THE FAST DEVELOPING NEW TOWN.

SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR VICTOR YUNG, SAID THIS TODAY (SUNDAY) AT THE ANTI-TRIAD VARIETY SHOW AND FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY HELD AT THE NEW TOWN PLAZA.

"WE ARE GLAD THAT THE TRIAD PROBLEM IN SHA TIN IS NOT SERIOUS IN ANY WAY. HOWEVER, WE WILL NOT RELAX OUR EFFORTS CN FIGHTING TRIADS," HE SAID.

"AT THE SAME TIME, WE WILL STEP UP OUR EFFORTS CRIMES TO MAKE SHA TIN A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN.

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MR YUNG ADDED THAT A LARGE-SCALE SHA TIN DISTRICT WOULD BE HELD AT THE END OF THIS YEAR AS PART OF THE EFFORT TO DEVELOP A PROSPEROUS AND HAPPY COMMUNITY.

CHAIRMAN OF THE SHA TIN DISTRICT FIGHT (RIME (STDFCC), MR CHAN SZE-BUN, NOTED THAT GOOD RESULT HAD BEEN IN COMBATTING THE DISTRICT'S JUVENILE CRIME.

FESTIVAL DISTRICT'S

COMMITTEE ACHIEVED

"THE FIGURE OF JUVENILE ARRESTS HAD DROPPED BY ABOUT ONE-THIRD IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1988, COMPARED WITH A MONTHLY AVERAGE OF MORE THAN 100 JUVENILE ARRESTS IN THE BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR, HE SAID.

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IS A RESULT OF THE JOINT EFFORT OF THE STDFCC, THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED AND LOCAL RESIDENTS ΤΟ TACKLE THE PROBLEM AT VARIOUS LEVELS.

THE ANTI-TRIAD VARIETY SHOW AND FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY ORGANISED BY THE STDFCC TODAY WAS COLOURFUL AND EDUCATIONAL.

IT FEATURED KARATE DEMONSTRATION BY A JAPANESE MARTIAL ART GROUP: FOLK DANCE BY THE KIANGSU-CHEKTANG COLLEGE; CHINESP MUSIC BY THE SHA TIN ARTS ASSOCIATION CHINESE ORCHESTRA ; VIOLIN BAND BY MEI LAM PRIMARY SCHOOL: AND FOLK SONGS BY THE JUNIOR POLICE CALL.

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TIFE OCCASION WAS ALSO TAKEN TO PRESENT PRIZES THE SLOGAN, ESSAY, QUIZ AND COLOURING COMPETITIONS ORGANISED STDFCC EARLFER LAST YEAR.

OTHER OFFICIATING.

GUESTS INCLUDED SHA TIN DISTRICT CHAIRMAN, NETH NG CHAN-LAM: POLER DISTRIC COMMANDER, MR HALGEDAY; AND LEGISLATIVE

AND SIA TIN DISTRICT MEMBER, MP ANDREW WONG,

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