Question No. 13
Reply by the Secretary for Security to a question by the Hon. YEUNG Po-kwan, CPM, in the Legislative Council on
Wednesday, 6 February 1985
Question :
Will Government inform this Council:
(a) the number of burglary cases in schools in Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories in 1984 as compared with 1983?
(b) whether the computer equipment stolen recently by burglars from Lee Wai Lee Technical Institute was fully covered by insurance?
(c) what measures have been taken to improve
security to minimize the risk of burglaries in educational institutions run by Government?
Reply :
Sir,
a)
b)
c)
In 1984 there were 46 burglaries in schools and in other educational institutions on Hong Kong Island, 136 in Kowloon and 211 in the New Territories. In 1983 the corresponding figures were 66, 160 and 166.
The computer equipment stolen recently from the Lee Wai Lee Technical Institute was not insured.
The Police Crime Prevention Bureau surveys all new Government and government subvented school premises at the design and construction stage to ensure that suitable security features are incorporated into them. For existing schools, the Crime Prevention Bureau provides general crime prevention advice for the Education Department to pass on to individual schools. The Bureau also visit such schools upon request to give advice.
The schools and other institutions take special measures to secure valuable items of equipment, such as locking away television sets and tape-recorders after school and during school holidays. For computer rooms, schools install anti-burglar bars on windows, replace wooden doors with iron ones and reinforce door locks. Finally, most government schools have two quarters for junior staff to live on site. of the responsibility of this staff is to report criminal activity.
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