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MONDAY. NOVEMBER 6, 1989

SHEUNG SHUI THA FIRE ON DB COMMITTEE AGENDA

THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD'S SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE EXPRESS ITS CONCERN OVER A THIRD ALARM FIRE, WHICH BROKE SHEUNG SHUI TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA TWO WEEKS AGO. AT TOMORROW (TUESDAY).

WILL

OUT IN THE ITS MEETING

A COMMITTEE MEMBER WILL ASK THAT THE GOVERNMENT MAKE PUBLIC THE FINDINGS OF AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE BLAZE. HE WILL ALSO ENQUIRE WHETHER FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT IN TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS REQUIRES IMPROVEMENTS.

REPLENISHMENT

OF FIRE

FROM TWO FIGHTING

IN OTHER BUSINESS. APPLICATIONS FOR COMMITTEE FUNDS RESIDENTS' WELFARE ASSOCIATIONS FOR EQUIPMENT WILL BE DISCUSSED.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE MEETING OF BOARD'S SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE TOMORROW CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE. FANLING. THE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 2.30 TM.

THE NORTH DISTRICT

(TUESDAY) IN THE

JOCKEY CLUB ROAD.

POLICING OF KWUN TONG DISTRICT

CRIMINAL

POLICE PROVIDE ROUND-THE-CLOCK COVERAGE IN COUNTERING ACTIVITIES IN KWI'N TONG. ONE OF THE OLDER INDUSTRIAL AREAS IN THE TERRITORY. PARTICULARLY IN FACTORY AREAS WHERE THEFTS AND BURGLARIES

ARE RAMPANT.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE DISTRICT COMMANDER. SAU MAU TONY FERRIGE. WHEN HE ADDRESSED MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE ASSOCIATION TODAY (MONDAY).

PING, MR KWUN TONG

"THE FACTORIES OF KWUN TONG WITH THEIR EVER BUSY MOVEMENT OF GOODS AND PEOPLE PROVIDE AN ATTRACTIVE TARGET FOR CRIMINALS. THIS IS PARTICULARLY SO WHERE MANY INDIVIDUAL FACTORIES ARE LOCATED IN THE SAME BUILDING, THUS INCREASING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEFTS. MR FERRIGE SAID.

POINTING OUT THAT THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 198 REPORTED THEFT CASES IN 1988 FROM THE FACTORY AREA, INDICATING AN AVERAGE OF 16.5 CASES PER MONTH OR APPROXIMATELY ONE IN EVERY TWO DAYS. MR FERRIGE SAID THAT THERE WERE 138 REPORTED CASES IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, REPRESENTING AN AVERAGE OF 15.3 PER MONTH, WHICH WAS SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THE FIGURE LAST YEAR.

/AS FAR