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The Chief Executive, Mr Tung Chee Hwa, today (Friday) bids farewell to 10 winners of the "Help the Police Fight Youth Crime Competition 1998", who will soon embark on overseas trips as the Hong Kong Special Adminstrative Region's fight crime ambassadors.
The winners, led by the Commissioner of Police, Mr Eddie Hui Ki-on, met Mr Tung at the Chief Executive's Office. Mr Tung congratulated them for their outstanding performance in such a meaningful contest and wished them a fruitful and interesting journey. He encouraged the young people to be well prepared for the challenges of the 21st century.
The fight youth crime competition was organised by the Police to raise young people's fight crime awareness and to tap their ideas on how best to tackle juvenile crime and drug abuse by youths.
It is sponsored by Hang Seng Bank and Qantas Airways Limited. Television Broadcasts Limited, the co-organiser of the competition, will organise a fight crime show with performance by famous artistes on July 19.
The competition is open to all secondary and tertiary students and working youths. It is divided into five individual and one school categories. A record of over
19 000 entries was received for the five individual categories. In addition, a fight crime bookmark design competition is open to primary school students.
The top winners and first runners-up of the five individual groups - two young men and eight young women - were awarded a free trip either to Australia or Singapore.
The first-prize winners are Chan Wing-yi, Tse Ho-ting, Choi Yin-han, Chik Ka-man and Leung Wing-hung. They will visit Sydney and Melbourne in Australia from July 21 to 30.
The first runners-up, Lee Wai-chi, Ma Sze-wan, Hui Wun-fung, Kwok Yee-shan and Au Ka-pik, will tour around Singapore between August 10 and 15.
Apart from sightseeing, they will visit police formations and community organisations and befriend youths in the two places.
Police Report No.2
Issued by PPRB
End/1505 hrs, Friday, July 17, 1998 (DK)