Help Police fight youth crime contest on again
The "Hang Seng Bank - Help the Police Fight Youth Crime Competition 2010" was launched on April 20, with "Combatting Youth Drug Abuse and Cyber Crime" as the theme.
This biennial competition, introduced in 1975, is one of the major crime prevention programmes organised by the Force and has been sponsored by Hang Seng Bank since 1994.
Aiming at raising youngsters’ alertness to juvenile crime and fostering a police-community partnership in fighting youth crime, the competition has attracted about 600,000 participants over the years.
Speaking at the launching ceremony, Commissioner Tang King-shing pointed out that the number of youngsters involved in narcotics offences saw an increase last year while computer-related crime was also on the rise at the same time.
He hoped young people, through the competition, would learn more about the consequences of committing these crimes, and would be encouraged to help the Force fight crime.
Also officiating at the ceremony, the Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive of Hang Seng Bank, Mrs Margaret Leung, pledged full support for the Force's anti-crime initiatives. She believed the competition would help promote positive values among tomorrow’s leaders - youngsters.
The competition is open to students in the categories of Primary Group (Primary 4-6), Junior Group (Form 1-3), Senior Group (Form 4-7), Post Secondary Group, and young people from non-government organisations (youth service) category (including youth uniformed groups recognised by Home Affairs Bureau).
Contestants will go through three phases of evaluation comprising a combination of web game, quiz, report on newspaper articles, essay writing, project presentation, aptitude test and interview.
Winners will get scholarships and have the opportunity to represent Hong Kong as fight crime ambassadors in an overseas exchange tour in August.
Entry forms are available at Police Public Relations Branch, Police Community Relations Offices, Junior Police Call (JPC) clubs and District Offices, or can be downloaded from JPC Website www.hkpjpc.org.hk. The deadline for applications is May 20.
For enquiries, contact Police Public Relations Branch on 2860-6143 or visit JPC website.
Mr
Tang
with District Fight Crime Committee representatives and Junior
Police Call members from Wong Tai Sin at the launching ceremony