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SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1991

FIGHT CRIME AND ANTI-NARCOTICS CARNIVAL IN TSUEN WAN

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MORE THAN 1,000 TSUEN WAN RESIDENTS TODAY (SATURDAY) TOOK PART IN A DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME AND ANTI-NARCOTICS CARNIVAL AT THE SHA TSUI ROAD PLAYGROUND.

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THE CARNIVAL WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE (DFCC) AND THE ACTION COMMITTEE NARCOTICS TO PROMOTE FIGHT CRIME AND ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGES.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR IAN STRACHAN, SAID CRIMES, IN PARTICULAR VIOLENT ONES' INCREASED AND DRUG ABUSE REMAINED A SEVERE PROBLEM LAST YEAR.

"THE USE OF FIREARMS IN THE PURSUIT OF CRIME HAS ALSO CAUSED US A GREAT CONCERN," MR STRACHAN SAID, ADDING THAT THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME AND DRUGS REMAINED VIGOROUS AND EFFECTIVE.

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HE NOTED THAT THE POLICE HAD STEPPED UP THEIR RAIDS ON VICE ESTABLISHMENTS, MAHJONG PALROURS AND OTHER PLACES FREQUENTED BY CRIMINALS OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS.

"NEW LEGISLATION AIMED AT COMBATING ORGANISED CRIME IS BRING DRAFTED TO PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK AGAINST SUCH CRIMES AND THE PUBLIC WILL BE CONSULTED ON THIS LEGISLATION IN THE FORM OF A WHITE BILL THIS YEAR, HE SAID.

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MR STRACHAN NOTED THAT THE ABUSE OF BOTH ILLEGAL DRUGS SUCH HEROIN AND CANNABIS, AND DRUGS WHICH COULD BE PRESCRIBED LEGALLY FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES, WAS STILL A MAJOR PROBLEM IN OUR COMMUNITY.

"INTENSIFIED PUBLICITY HAS BEEN DIRECTED AT THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, INSTILLING IN THEM A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TO LIFE AND A SENSK OF SELF-ESTEEM, AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO SAY NO TO ALL DRUGS, HE SAID.

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TSUEN WAN DFCC, MR DAVID HO, SAID VARIOUS ACTIVITIES INCLUDING THE TSUEN WAN CITIZEN FIGHT CRIME AWARD SCHEME, WATCHMEN LIAISON SCHEME AND A FIGHT CRIME SEMINAR WERE ORGANISED DURING THE YEAR.

MR HO URGED RESIDENTS TO CONTINUE TO GIVE FIRM SUPPORT то THE POLICE IN STAMPING OUT CRIME.

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