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SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 1991

LOWER CRIME RATE IN TSEUNG KWAN O

THE CRIME RATE IN TSEUNG KWAN O HAS BEEN KEPT AT A MUCH LOWER LEVEL THAN IN OTHER POLICE DISTRICTS, THE KWUN TONG POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER, MR CHRIS BIRCH, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE APPOINTMENT CEREMONY OF THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME STAR IN PO LAM ESTATE, TSEUNG KWAN O, MR BIRCH SAID IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1991, THE NUMBER OF CRIMES IN HONG KONG AS A WHOLE WAS 346.6 PER 100,000 PEOPLE, WHEREAS THE FIGURE FOR TSBUNG KWAN O WAS HELD DOWN TO 164.5.

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HE SAID TSEUNG KWAN O HAD A POPULATION OF OVER 100,000, AND WOULD EVENTUALLY BE DEVELOPED INTO A NEW TOWN ACCOMMODATING 440,000

PROPLE.

INTO

HE SAID THE NEW TSEUNG KWAN O POLICE STATION WOULD BE PUT OPERATION BY THE END OF THIS YEAR TO STRENGTHEN POLICING IN THE DISTRICT,

MR BIRCH APPEALED TO THE RESIDENT POLICE TO FIGHT CRIMES.

TO JOIN FORCES WITH

THE

"I WOULD ASK YOU TO EXERCISE YOUR CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES AND CO-OPERATE WITH US IN REPORTING AND PREVENTING CRIME AND WHERE NECESSARY GO TO COURTS TO GIVE EVIDENCE, HE SAID.

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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, MR CHEUNG CHUN-HOI, ALSO SAID LARGE-SCALE ACTIVITIES WOULD BR ORGANISED IN SAI KUNG AND TSEUNG KWAN O AREAS TO DRIVE HOME THE THEME OF THE CAMPAIGN "TO PREVENT, REPORT, AND PROVE CRIMES".

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THE COMMITTEE WOULD ALSO STEP UP ITS CO-OPERATION AIDS COMMITTEES IN FIGHTING CRIMES, HE ADDED.

WITH MUTUAL

WAS

AT TODAY'S CEREMONY, FAMOUS TV ARTISTE, MISS CHAN SAU-MAN, APPOINTED THE SAI KUNG FIGHT CRIME STAR.

THE CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY A LARGE-SCALE CARNIVAL WITH GAMES STALLS, VARIETY SHOWS, AND PERFORMANCES BY THE POLICE PIPE BAND.

THE POLICE ROBOT, "MR SMART", AND AN

EXHIBITION VEHICLE WERE

ALSO PRESENT TO PUBLICISE THE FIGHT CRIME MESSAGES.

OTHER OFFICIATING GUESTS INCLUDED THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR WILLIAM WAN; AND THE ACTING SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS BERNADETTE LINN.

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