of Human Affairs, the Hon. Jerome Dill.

And Mr. Dill announced a list of ways in which the community will be educated about race relations.

They include new legislation, workshops, neighbourhood action, a Unity in Diversity Week and looking at school books to see if they encourage racism.

The Minister told the House of Assembly: "The basic problem of racism, which is expressed through anti-social acts, is based on the false premise that discriminatory behaviour is justifiable on biological grounds.

"It is based on the notion that one race is superior to another and that different characteristics, like skin colour, make some people better than others.

"Racism, therefore, is rooted in a set of beliefs, assumptions and actions based on this false premise of racial superiority.'' He said racism is manifested within organisations, institutions and programmes, as well as within individual thoughts or behaviour patterns.

He said: "The reality is that the human problems that arise from racism are social in origin rather than biological.

"Within the community there is evidence of a significant lack of understanding and appreciation of the nature of racism and how pernicious it can be.'' PROWLERS CAUGHT CRM Police have praised two members of the public who caught prowlers in separate incidents in the early hours of Saturday.

A security guard and a householder were able to detain the prowlers until the arrival of the Police.

In the first case at 4.45 a.m. a Sandys Parish residents heard noises on his porch. He went out and caught a 40-year-old Pembroke man, and then called the Police.

The other case, around 7 a.m., involved a 27-year-old Southampton man, who was spotted on the balcony of a Pembroke hotel by visitors.

They informed the security guard who responded immediately and chased and caught the suspect.