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SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 1989

LAST TO ARRIVE WAS A DELEGATION OF SENIOR THAI OFFICIALS ON A TOUR OF NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS INCLUDING JAPAN, KOREA AND CHINA, BESIDES HONG KONG.

GOVERNMENT

ASIA,

IN

THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT TOWN PLANNER AND HEAD OF THE TOWN PLANNING OFFICE, DR PETER PUN, SAID: "THE VISITS ARE PART OF AN ONGOING EXCHANGE OF PROFESSIONAL KNOW-HOW BETWEEN TOWN PLANNERS HONG KONG AND THEIR COUNTERPARTS OVERSEAS.

IN

"IT IS ALSO NOTEWORTHY THAT OUR NEW TOWNS HAVE BEEN WIDELY REGARDED AS ONE OF HONG KONG'S SUCCESS STORIES,

SO MUCH SO THAT NEARLY ALL VISITING PLANNERS HAVE ASKED TO BE TAKEN ON A SITE VISIT.

"MOST OF THEM ARE FAVOURABLY IMPRESSED BY OUR TOWN PLANNING SYSTEM AND HOW IT IS RELATED ΤΟ LAND, BUILDING AND GENERAL

DEVELOPMENT."

TSUEN WAN HOLDS ANTI-TRIAD CARNIVAL

THOUSANDS OF TSUEN WAN RESIDENTS TODAY (SUNDAY) TOOK PART IN A DISTRICT ANTI-TRIAD CARNIVAL AND PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY AT THE SHA TSUI ROAD PLAYGROUND.

AWARDS WERE PRESENTED TO FIVE PEOPLE IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR BRAVERY IN HELPING THE POLICE TO FIGHT CRIME.

THE CARNIVAL WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE. THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE TSUEN WAN POLICE DISTRICT TO AROUSE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF ANTI-TRIAD MESSAGES.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY. THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR RAYMON ANNING, SAID THAT ACTION AGAINST TRIAD ORGANISATIONS, STREET GANGS AND ORGANISED CRIME SYNDICATES WOULD REMAIN THE HIGHEST PRIORITY OF THE POLICE FORCE.

MR ANNING NOTED THAT TODAY'S EVENT MIRRORED SIMILAR FUNCTIONS WHICH HAD BEEN ORGANISED TERRITORY-WIDE IN RESPONSE TO THE CENTRAL FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE'S CALL FOR UNITY IN DISSEMINATING THE ANTI-TRIAD MESSAGE.

HE SAID THE AIM OF THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN WAS TO WARN THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AND IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE, AGAINST THE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES OF BECOMING INVOLVED WITH TRIAD MEMBERS.

"WE ARE ALSO URGING PEOPLE TO REPORT TRIAD ACTIVITIES AND HAVE MADE CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION EASIER BY SETTING UP OUR OWN TRIAD HOTLINE (5-277887) WITHIN OUR POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS BRANCH," HE SAID.

/MR ANNING