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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1990

IT WILL BE LAUNCHED NEXT MONTH AND WILL RUN FOR FOUR MONTHS.

THE NEW INITIATIVE WAS DISCUSSED DURING AN EXTRAORDINARY JOINED BY MEETING OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE AT WHICH MEMBERS WERE THE 19 DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE (DFCC) CHAIRMEN.

HAD AN STRESSING THAT THE DFCCS SPEARHEADING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, SIR EXPLORE ALL METHODS BY WHICH CRIME THEIR LOCAL AREAS

IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY IN DAVID CALLED UPON THEM TO AWARENESS COULD BE IMPROVED IN THE SAME TIME TAKING EVERY POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO ENCOURAGE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO DO THEIR CIVIC DUTY.

WHILE AT

SIR DAVID EXPLAINED THE REASON FOR INCLUDING THE THEME "PROVE CRIME" IN THE THREE KEY MESSAGES. HE SAID PUBLIC COOPERATION WAS

IN ESSENTIAL NOT ONLY

THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION BUT ALSO BY WITNESSES' WILLINGNESS TO COME FORWARD AND GIVE EVIDENCE.

POINTED OUT THAT THIS PROPERTY AND MEASURES THEY

WAS ON CRIME PREVENTION, HE

NOT MERELY

CONFINED TO PROTECTING HOMES,

VEHICLES. "PARENTS AND GUARDIANS ARE REMINDED OF THE

MUST TAKE TO PREVENT YOUNG PERSONS FROM BECOMING INVOLVED IN CRIME OR TRIAD ACTIVITIES.

AS FOR REPORTING CRIME, IN ADDITION TO DIRECTLY APPROACHING A POLICE OFFICER, CALLING AT A POLICE STATION OR DIALLING 999, OTHER

USE METHODS INCLUDE THE

OF CONFIDENTIAL CRIME

FORMS INFORMATION POLICE TELEPHONE HOTLINES, THE GENERAL POST OFFICE BOX 999 AND NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICE OFFICES.

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"CRIME CAN ONLY BE EFFECTIVELY TACKLED THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF

COMMUNITY WORKING TOGETHER AND THAT IS THE WHOLE

WHAT THE NEW CAMPAIGN IS INTENDED TO ACHIEVE.

GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES IN GETTING THE CAMPAIGN OFF THE GROUND WILL INCLUDE A NEW CAMPAIGN LOGO AND THEME SONG, POSTERS, LEAFLETS, TELEVISION AND RADIO COMMERCIALS, ADVERTISING ON CINEMA SCREENS AND

AND UTILISING MTR POSTER SITES

TELE-SCREEN DISPLAY FACILITIES AT STADIA AND RACE-COURSES.

MASSIVE FIGHT MEMBERS FROM MOBILIZED TO COMPETE AND LOCAL ARTISTES IN A COOPERATION IN COMBATTING

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROJECTS WILL INCLUDE A CRIME RALLY EARLY NEXT YEAR AT WHICH JUNIOR POLICE CALL

19 ALL

POLICE DISTRICTS WILL BE ALONGSIDE COMMUNITY LEADERS, CELEBRITIES COLOURFUL TELE-GAME CONTEST WITH PUBLIC CRIME AS ITS THEME. POLICE WILL ORGANISE A "MINI TATTOO" AS PART OF THE PROGRAMME.

CRIME MESSAGE BY PACKAGES WILL BE

FIGHT JPCS WILL THEN BE ASKED TO SPREAD THE

PUBLICITY ORGANISING DISTRICT RALLIES AFTER WHICH DELIVERED TO QUARTER-OF-A-MILLION HOMES.

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