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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1991

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RESIDENTS URGED TO HELP FIGHT CRIME

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RESIDENTS IN THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT WERE URGED ΤΟ ASSIST THE POLICE IN COMBATING CRIME.

THE APPEAL WAS MADE BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME CARNIVAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR LEW KAM-KI, AT THE EVENT'S OPENING CEREMONY ON MAPLE STREET PLAYGROUND TODAY (SUNDAY).

MR LEW CALLED ON RESIDENTS TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE POLICE BY TAKING EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO PREVENT CRIME.

HE SAID THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE (DFCC) WOULD CONTINUE ITS EFFORTS TO PUBLICISE THE FIGHT CRIME MESSAGE AMONG RESIDENTS.

MR LEW NOTED THAT THE DFCC HAD IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS ORGANISED A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES FOR THIS PURPOSE.

"THESE INCLUDED AN ANTI-BURGLARY POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION AN AWARD SCHEME FOR BUILDING CARETAKERS, HE SAID.

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ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, THE POLICE MR NG MAN-KIM, APPEALED TO RESIDENTS TO REPORT IDENTIFY SUSPECTS.

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DISTRICT COMMANDER, CRIME AND TO HELP

"REPORTING CRIME AND GIVING MUTUAL HELP TO FELLOW RESIDENTS WILL DETER BURGLARS AND OTHER CRIMINALS.

"RESIDENTS MAY REPORT CRIME IN PERSON, BY TELEPHONE OR BY USING THE CRIME INFORMATION FORMS WHICH ARE AVAILABLE AT ALL DISTRICT OFFICES, CONVENIENCE STORES AND BANKS, MR NG ADDED.

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MORE THAN 1,000 RESIDENTS ATTENDED THE CARNIVAL WHICH FEATURED STALL GAMES, AN EXHIBITION ON CRIME PREVENTION, A MAGIC SHOW AND PERFORMANCES BY POPULAR SINGERS AND THE POLICE DOG UNIT.

THE CARNIVAL WAS ORGANISED BY THE DFCC WITH SPONSORSHIP FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD. IT ALSO MARKED THE CLOSING OF THE DISTRICT FESTIVAL.

OTHER OFFICIATING GUESTS AT THE CARNIVAL INCLUDED THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR CHOY WAI-SHEK; DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ALAN FUNG; AND THE DFCC CHAIRMAN, MR FAN KAM-PING.