XN000022-1991-12-15 — Page 5

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1991

RESIDENTS URGED TO HELP FIGHT CRIME

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN COMBATTING CRIME AND IN MAINTAINING LAW AND ORDER IN THE TERRITORY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SOURTHERN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE (SDFCC), MR CHAN YAU-YUE, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

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MR CHAN MADE THE REMARK DURING AN ANTI-CRIME PUBLICITY PARADE JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE COMMITTEE AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE AS PART OF THIS YEAR'S DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN.

HE SAID RESIDENTS SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID OF TROUBLE AND SHOULD DISCHARGE THEIR CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY BY PREVENTING, REPORTING AND PROVING CRIME WITHOUT HESITATION, AS IS CALLED FOR IN THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN.

"BY DOING SO, RESIDENTS CAN HELP CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES, AND THEY THEMSELVES THIS," HE ADDED.

THE POLICE CLAMP DOWN ON ARE SET TO BENEFIT FROM

IN THIS REGARD, MR CHAN SAID THE DISTRICT'S MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES (MAC) WERE TAKING THE LEAD AS INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THEM HAD PROVED A TREMENDOUS HELP TO THE POLICE IN TRACKING DOWN CRIMINALS IN THEIR NEIGHBOURHOOD.

SDFCC MEMBERS RECENTLY VISITED THESE RESIDENTS ORGANISATIONS AND EXCHANGED VIEWS WITH THEM ON RESIDENTS' CONCERN OVER LAW AND ORDER AND OBTAINED INFORMATION ON THE LOCAL SITUATION.

ECHOING MR CHAN'S VIEWS, THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MRS ROSANNA URE, PRAISED THE SDFCC'S ACHIEVEMENTS IN PROMOTING CO-OPERATION BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND THE POLICE.

SHE NOTED THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD ALL ALONG BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO GET ACROSS THE FIGHT CRIME MESSAGE THROUGH VARIOUS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ACTIVITIES.

SO FAR THIS YEAR THE COMMITTEE HAS ORGANISED A JUVENILE DELIQUENCY SEMINAR IN A FAMILY DAY CAMP, A PRIMARY STUDENTS' COLOURING CONTEST, VISITS TO MAC'S AND TODAY'S BUS PARADE.

MRS URE WAS PLEASED TO NOTE THAT ALL THESE ACTIVITIES HAD BEEN WELL-RECEIVED BY RESIDENTS.

MORE OF SUCH ACTIVITIES WERE IN THE PIPE-LINE, SHE SAID.

THESE INCLUDE A MAJOR CRIME PREVENTION PUBLICITY DRIVE IN THE ABERDEEN TYPHOON SHELTER DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR PERIOD AND A LARGE- SCALE CARNIVAL IN FEBRUARY.

/MRS URE