CONFIDENTIAL
With regard to other kinds of crime, there is
no evidence to suggest that any significant
part of the increase before the middle of 1973
has been due to more willingness to report. The
only changes in the recording practices of the
Police relate to the classification of offences
under the Theft Ordinance, which was enacted in
1970, and do not affect the figures sent to us
by Hong Kong.
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The murder figures expressed as the "murder
rate" per million are as follows:
1960/65
8.5
1968
13.1
1969
14.2
1970
17.9
1971
24.2
1972
27.9
1973
26.9 (rate per annum
as at end of
October 1973 when the figure was 94).
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Private Secretaries to the other members of
DOPC and to Brian Webster.
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