DON’T FORGET

POSTCODE YOUR PROPERTY

In only 9% of cases where something has been stolen is property returned.

Marked property can stop burglars because it’s harder for a thief to sell and can help the police to return it if found.

Mark items with some understandable information-showing your postcode and the number of your house or flat or the first two letters of its name-using a permanent etching tool or an ultraviolent marker pen. Only use UV marking when other methods would reduce the value of the object — because the mark can fade.

Take pictures of all valuable items like jewellery and silverware and write down the serial numbers of your TV, video, hi-fi, home computer and camera equipment, to help the police identify them should they be recovered. If you have many valuable items, fit a safe.

Ask your local police station for postcode property stickers to display in the front and back windows of your house.

A secure home will reduce the chance of you getting burgled. But, if you get home and notice is of a break-in:

All police forces have offices trained in crime prevention-contact your local station for advice. Some forces can arrange surveys of your home or workplace and recommend security improvements. This is a popular service — if there’s a waiting list, you may be sent an information pack so that you can do your own survey.

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Here comes your chance! Youth Explorer has prepared you with a three-day summer programme full of hands-on activities and live animal encounters (相遇)-----giraffes, snakes, tigers, you name it! You will be spending time at the Fun Zoo exploring topics like animal care, animal handling and a lot more! The details of the programme are as follows:

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When Tsinghua University’s new freshmen arrived on campus last August, the first question they were statistics released after the first group of the freshmen enrolled (注册、加入) in the university, more than half of the 540 students came alone. In a letter to freshmen this year, the president of Tsinghua University encouraged them to “start this new adventure by standing on your own two feet.”

To help freshmen grow up, some universities have thought of new methods. At Tsinghua, for example, freshmen need to register and find their dormitory by themselves. The process requires two to three hours, during which volunteers take parents on a tour of the campus.

At Zhejiang University, a banner hanging in the information center says “Parents let go please; let us help your children.” Lu Guodong, dean (学院院长) of undergraduate studies at Zhejiang University, coined the slogan. “The slogan is for parents. Often parents like to do things or make decisions for their children. In their eyes, children never grow up.” said Lu.

A girl arrived at the railway station with all her luggage and looked around for her university’s welcome team. She was Jin Hongting, 19, from Hebei province and would study industry and business administration at Beijing Union University.

When asked why she came alone, Jin said: “There’s no need to bother my parents to come with me. It only takes four hours from my hometown to Beijing.

Sometimes, however, the distance between university and home is so great that many parents are too worried to let their children travel alone. To reassure parents. Renmin University of China introduced a new method. It asked senior students to go back to their hometown and accompany freshmen back to the campus. This helps freshmen get used to living independently.