Speech by the Secretary for Security in
the Legislative Council on 15th November 1978
It is noteworthy that so far only one Member has
Some may
referred to the fight against crime in this debate.
say that was because he spoke early in the debate and covered the
subject so comprehensively, it left nothing more to be said. If this is so, then it was not always the case. For example, in the
1975 debate the principal preoccupation of Members was with crime in general and violent crime in particular, and in the year before it had been the control of crime which caused the greatest anxiety
amongst Unofficial Members.
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2.
Despite Miss Dunn's rather chilling reminder that
it is dangerous to interpret public silence as indicative of
public satisfaction, I believe that the efforts and success of the Royal Hong Kong Police in the fight against crime are appreciated by the public. I'would like to add my own thanks to the Force for its continuing dedication to this task.
3.
The thrust of Police operations is constantly being refined and redirected to meet new challenges and developments as they occur. As an example the activities of triads are the
subject of close investigation and coverage by the Force. There
are also further plans to bring greater pressure on triads. These initiatives have been considered in the Fight Crime Committee and it is the intention to put a proposal for the amendment of legislation to Your Excellency in Council shortly. At the same time a small official group is being established to co-ordinate more comprehensively, than has been done before, the counter measures which other
Government Departments are taking.
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