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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1989.

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38 GOOD CITIZENS HONOURED

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD EXERCISE THEIR CIVIC THE POLICE IN RESPONSIBILITY AND OFFER THEIR CO-OPERATION TO ASSIST THE MAINTENANCE OF LAW AND ORDER.

COMMITTEE. MRS THIS WAS STATED BY A MEMBER OF THE FIGHT CRIME

GOOD MIRIAM LAU KIN-YEE, AT A

CITIZEN AWARD PRESENTATION CEREMONY

THE TO HONOUR 38 PEOPLE WHO HAD IN

PAST MONTHS HELD TODAY (TUESDAY)

IN THE COMBAT AGAINST RENDERED INVALUABLE ASSISTANCE TO THE POLICE CRIME.

AND HAS "THE GOOD CITIZEN AWARD SCHEME WAS INTRODUCED IN 1973

THE PUBLIC SINCE BECOME A REGULAR MACHINERY THROUGH WHICH MEMBERS OF

ARE WHO HAVE MADE OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME GIVEN DUE RECOGNITION." SHE SAID.

NOTING THAT THE AWARDS HAD BEEN GIVEN OUT CONTINUOUSLY OVER THE YEARS, MRS LAU SAID THAT IT WAS A VERY ENCOURAGING SIGN,

IN

IT TELLS US THAT THERE ARE A GREAT NUMBER OF GOOD CITIZENS

ΤΟ PUBLIC OUR MIDST. IT ONLY TAKES THE RIGHT INCIDENT TO BRING THEM NOTICE.

ANOTHER THING IT SHOWS IS THAT THE COMMUNITY IS BEHIND OUR FIGHT AGAINST CRIME, MRS LAU SAID.

Fi

US IN

TN SHE POINTED OUT THAT A GOOD CITIZEN WAS

FACT AN ORDINARY CITIZEN. BUT THEY HAD BECOME UNIQUE BECAUSE AT THE RIGHT MOMENT THEY HAD MADE A RIGHT DECISION WHICH LED TO EITHER THE CRIMINAL OR THE PREVENTION OF A CRIME.

APPREHENSION

OF A

IN THE 38 AWARDEES TODAY HAD THE POLICE THROUGH EXERCISING THEIR INTELLIGENCE, CALMNESS AND BASICALLY, A SENSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.

DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES HELPED

COURAGE, PHYSICAL PROWESS,

"WE MAY NOT ALL BE QUICK OR STRONG, BUT WE DO SHARE A YEARNING

AND THE GOOD FOR LAW AND ORDER IN OUR SOCIETY.

CITIZENS ARE THOSE WHO PUT THEIR THOUGHTS INTO ACTIONS," MRS LAU SAID.

THE AWARDEES, WHO WERE EACH PRESENTED WITH A CERTIFICATE AND

OF ALL CASH AWARD, WERE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND

AGES. WITH THE YOUNGEST BEING 17 YEARS OLD AND THE OLDEST 63.

A

THE INCLUDING 2.036 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INCEPTION.

LATEST GROUP OF 38 GOOD CITIZENS,

AWARDED WITH THE COVETED AWARD

TOTAL A

OF SINCE ITS

"COMMUNITY SUPPORT IS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT FOR THE THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME.

SUCCESS IN

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'I AM SURE THAT THE FINE DEEDS OF OUR GOOD CITIZENS WILL SERVE AS SHINING EXAMPLES FOR MANY MORE TO COME. MRS LAU ADDED.

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ALSO OFFICIATING AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WERE DIRECTOR OF THE

BRIGADIER TAN KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,

CHRISTIE. DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF POLICE (CRIME), MR PETER WONG.

HONG AND THE

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