To further improve communication with the Non-ethnic Chinese (NEC) community, Lantau District (LTDIST) and Kwai Tsing District (KWTDIST) have set up NEC Corners in the report rooms of Lantau North Police Station and Kwai Chung Police Station for the NEC community.
The NEC Corners of the two Districts opened on August 19 and August 28 respectively before a large gathering of NEC leaders, District Fight Crime Committee members, school principals, Junior Police Call (JPC) honorary presidents and representatives from non-governmental organisations.
The NEC Corners provide government and police information in different languages on the NEC's rights and messages on crime prevention and road safety.
At the opening of the NEC Corner in Lantau North Police Station, LTDIST Commander Patrick Laidler thanked all the parties concerned for supporting the NEC Corner, which he described as a good start for strengthening communication with the NEC community. Mr Laidler added that LTDIST hoped to enhance mutual understanding and trust through different forms of co-operation.
An Indian leader and a Pakistan leader both thanked LTDIST for taking care of the NEC community and undertook to work more closely with LTDIST.
KWTDIST held the first Kwai Tsing District Liaison Meeting with the NEC community on the opening day of the NEC Corner. On hand to support the event were NEC leaders, NEC representatives from churches, public housing estates, private buildings and commercial sector, members of the KWTDIST Fight Crime Committee, and school principals.
At the meeting, KWTDIST Commander Wong Kin-wah welcomed his guests to discuss implementation and directions of the community policing, while his officers gave a briefing on the recent crime trend and crime prevention work. The NEC representatives also expressed their views about various issues in their community.
At the opening of the NEC Corner in Kwai Chung Police Station, the KWTDIST and LTDIST JPC leaders who had helped design the facility said that their fight crime activities and programmes also catered for the NEC community in a bid to boost mutual understanding and promote cultural exchanges. They had used the favourite colours and traditional patterns of the Indians and Pakistanis to decorate the NEC Corner to make it more attractive and cosy.
