Supplementary to Question No. 2 in the
Legislative Council on 29 May 1985
Dr. Ho :
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Sir, as country parks are large in area, and hilly in topography, will consider Government/or has Government considered deploying park rangers or policemen on
horse-back in order to enhance patrol efficiency ?
Secretary for Security : - Not a bad idea, Sir, and we'll certainly give it some
thought.
Miss Dunn : Does the Government have any idea of incidents of unreported crimes
in country parks ?
Secretary for Security : No, Sir, I'm afraid by definition, we have no indication
at all of unreported crime in country parks, except to say to the extent that in
unreported crime there might be obvious evidence lying around in the park, and
we have no evidence of that sort whatsoever.
Mrs. Chow : As the Fight Crime Committee has in fact commissioned research or
survey into incidents of unreported crime generally, wouldn't you say that perhaps
there's something worthwhile to undertake to get a clear picture of exactly what the
situation is in country parks as well ?
Secretary for Security : Yes, Sir, every now and then we do a survey, to the
money
with any degree
extent that
is possible, of accuracy, of crime, trying to determine how
much crime is not reported, We certainly have no evidence from these surveys that
there is any particular unreported crime going on in country parks. Of course
we'll keep this idea in mind.