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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1992

DFCC EFFORTS YIELD GOOD RESULTS

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BY THE

PUBLICITY EFFORTS IN SPREADING THE FIGHT CRIME MESSAGE YAU TSIM DISTRICT FIGHT. CRIME COMMITTEE (DFCC) IN THE PAST YEARS

YIELDED GOOD RESULTS, WON THE SUPPORT OF LOCAL RESIDENTS COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR LI KWAN-HA, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

AND

HAVE THE

CEREMONY OF THE YAU TSIM DISTRICT SPEAKING AT THE OPENING

PARK, MR LI SAID FIGHT CRIME CARNIVAL AT THE PIAZZA OF THE KOWLOON THESE EFFORTS HAD MADE LOCAL RESIDENTS MORE ALERT TO CRIMES, LED THEM THEM TO TO TAKE PART IN FIGHT CRIME ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS ENCOURAGED CO-OPERATE WITH THE POLICE IN COMBATING CRIME.

YEAR IN WHEN COMPARED

HE POINTED OUT THAT THERE WERE 7,523 CRIME CASES LAST THE DISTRICT, WHICH WAS 439 CASES OR 5.5 PER CENT LESS WITH THE FIGURES IN 1990.

IT HAD DECREASED FROM AS REGARDS VIOLENCE CRIME, MR LI SAID

DECREASE 1,997 CASES IN 1990 TO 1,808 CASES LAST YEAR, REPRESENTING A OF 9.5 PER CENT.

L

NOTING THAT THE

DETECTION RATE FOR THE YAU TSIM DISTRICT THE COMMISSIONER SAID THE MAINTAINED AT OVER 48 PER CENT,

OVERALL LOW SIDE WHEN COMPARED WITH CRIME RATE IN THE DISTRICT WAS ON THE OTHER MAJOR CITIES.

CLOSELY MONITOR "NEVERTHELESS, THE POLICE WILL

DEPLOYMENT ORDER IN THE DISTRICT AND BE FLEXIBLE IN THE

MR LI SAID. AND RESOURCES TO COPE WITH FUTURE NEEDS,

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THE LAW AND OF MANPOWER

HE SAID PUBLICITY WAS ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO COMBAT CRIME

BEING PREVENTION WAS

PRODUCED TO TEACH A GUIDELINE ON CRIME PUBLIC HOW TO PREVENT CRIME AND ENSURE HOME AND PROPERTY SAFETY.

AND

THE

ALL HOUSEHOLDS "THIS COLOURFUL BOOKLET WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO

THAT THE FIGHT CRIME MESSAGE IN THE TERRITORY SOON, WITH THE HOPE COULD REACH EVERY FAMILY, MR LI ADDED.

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YANG CIVIC

THE DFCC CEREMONY,

MR CHAIRMAN, ALSO SPEAKING AT THE

ΤΟ NOT TO FORGET

FULFIL THEIR TZE-KIANG, URGED OBLIGATION BY ACTIVELY TAKING PART IN FIGHT CRIME ACTIVITIES.

RESIDENTS

HE NOTED THAT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC THE POLICE IN MAINTAINING A STABLE COMMUNITY.

RESPONSIBILITY

OF

TAKING

CRIME

ΤΟ SUPPORT

"WE HAVE THE MEASURES IN OUR DAILY LIVES, LEAVING NO CHANCE FOR CRIMINALS.

"WE ALSO MUST REPORT TO THE POLICE IF WE

PREVENTION

ENCOUNTER ANY CRIME

AS WELL AS COME FORWARD AS WITNESSES, MR YANG SAID.

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ATTENDED THE CARNIVAL WHICH BY THE DFCC WITH SPONSORSHIP FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD.

WAS ORGANISED

/IN ADDITION