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Youth spread the 'prevent crime' word in Bishan
By Amelia Tan
The bearers of this crime-prevention message: 250 students from Raffles Junior college and nine other secondary schools and junior colleges, not the police.
These youths fanned out on Sunday to 2,000 households in Bishan estate to dispense tips to residents on how they can prevent themselves from becoming victims of crime.
They named the initiative Crime Zero @ Bishan.
Working in groups of four or five and equipped with posters and brochures, they knocked on doors and reminded residents not to deck themselves with expensive jewellery and for women to refrain from entering lifts with male strangers and to be cautious when strangers ask to be let into their homes.
The Crime Zero @ Bishan programme was jointly organised by a 12-member committee of RJC students and grassroots leaders from Bishan East and the Bishan Neighbourhood Police Centre.
Deputy Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC Wong Kan Seng, who was at the launch of the programme, credited the police and vigilant citizens for Singapore's low crime rate.
He also said he was 'heartened' that the students had taken taken an interest in community affairs, because everyone had to play a part to keep neighbourhoods safe.
By Amelia Tan
The bearers of this crime-prevention message: 250 students from Raffles Junior college and nine other secondary schools and junior colleges, not the police.
These youths fanned out on Sunday to 2,000 households in Bishan estate to dispense tips to residents on how they can prevent themselves from becoming victims of crime.
They named the initiative Crime Zero @ Bishan.
Working in groups of four or five and equipped with posters and brochures, they knocked on doors and reminded residents not to deck themselves with expensive jewellery and for women to refrain from entering lifts with male strangers and to be cautious when strangers ask to be let into their homes.
The Crime Zero @ Bishan programme was jointly organised by a 12-member committee of RJC students and grassroots leaders from Bishan East and the Bishan Neighbourhood Police Centre.
Deputy Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC Wong Kan Seng, who was at the launch of the programme, credited the police and vigilant citizens for Singapore's low crime rate.
He also said he was 'heartened' that the students had taken taken an interest in community affairs, because everyone had to play a part to keep neighbourhoods safe.
