Question No. 10
Question:
Reply by the Secretary for Security to a question by the Hon. CHEUNG Yan-lung in the Legislative Council on Wednesday,
29 May 1985
Will the Government inform this Council of the number of crimes reported on KCR premises and trains during 1984 compared with the MTR during the same period and say whether it will consider extending the MTR police unit to cover ... the KCR?
Reply:
Yes Sir,
The answer to the first part of Mr. CHEUNG's question is that 332 cases of reported crime occurred on KCR premises and trains in 1984. The corresponding figure for the MTR was 249.
The answer to the second part of Mr. CHEUNG's question
is "Yes", but only if and when circumstances so justify.
The present arrangements for the TR are that the MTR
Police District is a dedicated unit which provides police coverage
to all MTR stations and trains.
The police coverage of KCR trains and stations is co- ordinated by the Regional Police Commander of the New Territories. The day to day responsibility for providing uniformed and plain- clothes police coverage in KCR stations and on the trains remains with the District Commanders of Mongkok, Kowloon City, Shatin and
Frontier Districts.
The police conducted a comprehensive review of these arrangements in 1984. The review found that they were working well and that a change in the command structure would not be justified. These findings were confirmed in a second review completed earlier this year. Reported crime on the KCR dropped from 472 in 1983 to 332 in 1984 and the indications are that it might be even lower
in 1985.
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