Biennial contest launched to spread anti-crime messages
Mrs Leung and
Mr Tsang meet three of the 2010 competition winners
Introduced
in
1975, this biennial competition is one of the major crime prevention
programmes organised by the Force and has been sponsored by Hang Seng
Bank since 1994. Aiming at alerting youngsters to juvenile crimes and
forging a police-community partnership in addressing this problem, the
competition attracted a record number of over 140 000 participants in
2010.
Speaking at the launching ceremony, Commissioner Tsang Wai-hung said that while the number of arrested young people aged between 10 and 20 dropped from some 9 000 in 2007 to about 7 000 last year, they had committed wounding and serious assault, shop and miscellaneous thefts, and serious drug offences. He hoped that through the competition, young people would learn more about the serious consequences of committing these crimes, and that the competition would encourage them to help police fight crime.
Also officiating at the ceremony, the Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive of Hang Seng Bank, Mrs Margaret Leung, said the bank is committed to youth development and building positive life attitudes among youngsters. She hoped the competition would unify young people in spreading anti-crime messages to schools and the community.
The competition consists of five categories: Primary Group (Primary 4-6), Junior Group (Form 1-3), Senior Group (Form 4-6), Post Secondary Group, and Non-government Organisation (NGO) (youth service) Group, the latter including the youth uniformed corps subvented by Home Affairs Bureau.
Contestants will go through three phases of evaluation on web game, quiz, report on newspaper article, essay writing, project presentation, aptitude test and interview. Winners will be awarded scholarships and represent Hong Kong as fight crime ambassadors in an overseas exchange tour in August.
Entry forms are available at the Police Public Relations Branch (PPRB), Police Community Relations Offices, Junior Police Call (JPC) clubs and the Public Enquiry Service Centres of Home Affairs Department. The forms can also be downloaded from the JPC website. The deadline for applications for the Primary Group, Junior Group, Senior Group, and Post-Secondary Group is May 20, and May 31 for the NGO (youth service) Group.
For enquiries about the competition, contact PPRB on 2860-6143 or visit the JPC website at http://www.hkpjpc.org.hk.
Mr Tsang encourages
students attending the launching ceremony to take part in the
competition
Speaking at the launching ceremony, Commissioner Tsang Wai-hung said that while the number of arrested young people aged between 10 and 20 dropped from some 9 000 in 2007 to about 7 000 last year, they had committed wounding and serious assault, shop and miscellaneous thefts, and serious drug offences. He hoped that through the competition, young people would learn more about the serious consequences of committing these crimes, and that the competition would encourage them to help police fight crime.
Also officiating at the ceremony, the Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive of Hang Seng Bank, Mrs Margaret Leung, said the bank is committed to youth development and building positive life attitudes among youngsters. She hoped the competition would unify young people in spreading anti-crime messages to schools and the community.
Five Categories
The competition consists of five categories: Primary Group (Primary 4-6), Junior Group (Form 1-3), Senior Group (Form 4-6), Post Secondary Group, and Non-government Organisation (NGO) (youth service) Group, the latter including the youth uniformed corps subvented by Home Affairs Bureau.
Contestants will go through three phases of evaluation on web game, quiz, report on newspaper article, essay writing, project presentation, aptitude test and interview. Winners will be awarded scholarships and represent Hong Kong as fight crime ambassadors in an overseas exchange tour in August.
Entry forms are available at the Police Public Relations Branch (PPRB), Police Community Relations Offices, Junior Police Call (JPC) clubs and the Public Enquiry Service Centres of Home Affairs Department. The forms can also be downloaded from the JPC website. The deadline for applications for the Primary Group, Junior Group, Senior Group, and Post-Secondary Group is May 20, and May 31 for the NGO (youth service) Group.
For enquiries about the competition, contact PPRB on 2860-6143 or visit the JPC website at http://www.hkpjpc.org.hk.
Mr Tsang encourages
students attending the launching ceremony to take part in the
competition