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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1989

OFFICIATING AT THE

ALSO

CEREMONY WERE MR KEITH LOMAS, DIRECTOR OF POLICE (PERSONNEL AND TRAINING) AND MR JUSTEIN C. FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE MEMBER.

WONG,

"THE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG IN RECENT YEARS HAS ENABLED THE PEOPLE HERE TO ENJOY A BETTER ENVIRONMENT," SAID MR LEE.

"ALL THIS IS THE RESULT OF THE STRENUOUS PARTIES CONCERNED INCLUDING THE CENTRAL AND COMMITTEES, DISTRICT BOARDS, GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS AND OF COURSE, THE POLICE."

AND SAFER LIVING

EFFORTS BY ALL THE DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME DEPARTMENTS, PRIVATE

"IT IS THEIR UNDAUNTED DEVOTION THAT HAS HAMMERED HOME THE CRIME PREVENTION MESSAGE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND HAS INSTILLED A STRONG SPIRIT OF CIVIC-MINDEDNESS AMONG THEM WHO HAVE EXPRESSED AN INCREASING WILLINGNESS TO COMBAT CRIME.

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ON PUBLIC EFFORTS, MR LEE SAID MORE PEOPLE WERE WILLING COME FORWARD TO REPORT CRIME AND IN MANY CASES, THEY HAD EVEN PUT THEMSELVES IN DANGER TO ASSIST THE POLICE TO APPREHEND CRIMINALS.

"IT IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTING TO SEE THAT MORE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE BECOMING AWARE OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE COMMUNITY. THIS ENCOURAGING TREND WILL BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY

AS A WHOLE, MR LEE

SAID.

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YOUNGEST BEING

OF THE 43 AWARDEES, MANY WERE YOUTHS WITH THE JUST 11 YEARS OLD. THEY HAVE ASSISTED THE POLICE TO ARREST CRIMINALS IN CASES OF ROBBERY, BURGLARY, THEFT, WOUNDING AND OTHER OFFENCES.

THE AWARDEES, WHO WERE EACH PRESENTED WITH A CERTIFICATE AND A CASH AWARD, COME FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, COMPRISING WORKERS, DRIVERS BUSINESSMEN, CIVIL SERVANTS, STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS.

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*WHILE SOME OF THEM OFFERED PHYSICAL ASSISTANCE IN CHASING THE CULPRITS AND, IN SOME CASES, IN EVENTUALLY SUBDUING THEM, OTHERS USED THEIR WITS AND RESOURCEFULNESS TO FOIL CRIME."

OBSERVATION,

MR LEE ALSO PRAISED THE AWARDEES FOR THEIR SHARP CALMNESS AND MOST IMPORTANT, THE DETERMINATION ΤΟ ACT ΤΟ PUT THE EVIL-DOERS TO JUSTICE.

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SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE SCHEME IN 1973 A TOTAL PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PRESENTED WITH THE COVETED AWARD.

OF 1,963

MR LEE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE BRAVE ACTIONS OF THE GOOD CITIZENS WOULD NOT ONLY ENCOURAGE US IN THE WORK OF FIGHTING CRIME, BUT WILL ALSO INSPIRE OTHERS TO FOLLOW SUIT.

"FIGHTING CRIME IS AN ONGOING BATTLE, BUT AS MORE PEOPLE ARE RESPONDING TO OUR APPEAL OF 'FIGHT CRINE TOGETHER', A GREATER ADVANCEMENT IS IN SIGHT, MK

LEE ADDED.

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