Anti-Deception Events

Operation SHIELD Publicity Campaign (Eastern District)

Time

  1. Between 0830 and 0930 hours on 2023-05-04

  2. Between 1430 and 1500 hours on 2023-05-04

  3. Between 0830 and 0930 hours on 2023-05-10

  4. Between 1330 and 1430 hours on 2023-05-10

  5. Between 0830 and 0930 hours on 2023-05-17

  6. Between 1330 and 1430 hours on 2023-05-17

  7. Between 0830 and 0930 hours on 2023-05-24

  8. Between 1330 and 1430 hours on 2023-05-24

  9. Between 0830 and 0930 hours on 2023-05-31

  10. Between 1330 and 1430 hours on 2023-05-31

Venue

  1. At the junction of Kam Wah Street and Mong Lung Street, Shau Kei Wan

  2. Outside Exit A&B, Quarry Bay MTR Station

  3. Outside No.430 King’s Road, North Point

  4. Outside Chai Wan Market, 338 Chai Wan Road, Chai Wan

  5. Siu Sai Wan Estate, Chai Wan

  6. Outside  North Point MTR Station

  7. Outside Exit C, Quarry Bay MTR Station

  8. Outside Exit D1, Tai Koo MTR Station

  9. Outside Exit A&B Sai Wan Ho MTR Station

  10. At the junction of North Point Road and Chun Yeung Street

Target Audience

The general public

Details

The highlight of the Event is as follows:

 

In 2021, 19,249 deception cases were recorded, representing a significant increase by 24% as comparted with last year.  The total number of deception cases amount to approx. 30% of all cases.  In Eastern District, there were a total of 698 deception cases reported between January and June 2022, representing an increase of 59.7% (+261 cases) from 437 deception cases in the same period last year.

 

In light of the increasingly prevalent deception trends, Eastern District launched an anti-deception operation named “Operation SHIELD” with a view to raising the public awareness of various kinds of scams for prevention.

Image


 

 

 

 


External link

Eastern Police District