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Members of the public all had a role to play in helping the Police fight crime, said the Secretary for Justice, Ms Elsie Leung, today (August 19) during a visit to the Junior Police Call (JPC) Fight Crime Summer Camp.
Ms Leung called on the public to make use of their powerful weapons - eyes, ears, mouths and hands - to watch out for crime, always be alert, report to the Police and join hands with the Police to fight crime.
She added that full support and active involvement from different sectors of the community were also essential in the fight against crime.
Accompanied by the Commissioner of Police, Mr Lee Ming-kwai, Ms Elsie Leung participated in a Guinness World Record breaking attempt "Simultaneous Balloon Popping".
A total of 3 100 JPC members and their family members popped 2 477 'fight crime' balloons within 10 seconds, breaking the previous world record of 1 603 balloons set in the United States of America early this year.
Guinness World Records officials have accepted JPC's request to have the feat recognised as a world record, and JPC will submit relevant documents for verification.
The attempt was one of the activities to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the JPC Scheme.
The annual JPC summer camp at Wu Kwai Sha Youth Village in Ma On Shan is organised by the Police with sponsorship and support from the Summer Youth Programme Committee and other organisations. It is aimed at providing wholesome activities for JPC members during the summer vacation.
This year, the camp adopted the theme of "Helping the Police fight crime". Messages on anti-drug and fight crime were effectively disseminated to campers through a variety of activities including cartoon drawing competition, sharing session with rehabilitated drug addicts, singing contest, games design competition and various sports activities.
Two winning teams from the games design competition will participate in a territory-wide collective games competition organised by the Summer Youth Programme Committee.
Running from August 17 to 20, the JPC fight crime summer camp attracted over 3 000 JPC members.
Police Report No.1
Issued by PPRB
Ends/1720 hrs, Thursday, August 19, 2004 (KW/JL)
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