HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
18 October 1989
香港立法局
————一九八九年十月十八日
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There is no indication that the maintenance of law and order in Hong Kong has been adversely affected by the deployment of police officers for Vietnamese boat people (VBP) detention duties. The size and versatility of the police force fortunately permit a flexible response to cope with various tasks as and when they arise. Whereas up to 700 police officers may be called upon to man VBP camps every day, they represent no more than 2.6% of total police strength, and the force's commitment to regular watch and ward duties remains very high.
However, the deployment of police officers for VBP duties has been made possible only through careful adjustments to general Uniform Branch strength at the district level. The situation is closely monitored by the Commissioner of Police. Every effort has been made, and is being made, to ensure that the force is kept up to strength.
林貝聿嘉議員問:主席先生,保安司在答詞中,提及每日有700位警員由各區抽調往船民中心 維持秩序。政府可否告知本局,這700名警察是否由19區平均抽調?過去九個月中,有超過 12000宗暴力罪行,請問這些罪行分佈的情況如何?又暴力罪行增加的區份是否由於警方抽 調人手駐守船民中心所致?
SECRETARY FOR SECURITY: Sir, the number of police officers deployed adds up not to 700 but 590 because the actual number varies from week to week and the figure of 700 includes the number earmarked for the High Island Camp yet to be opened. 227 officers have been redeployed from Kowloon, 32 from Hong Kong Island, 229 from the New Territories and 102 from Marine. As to the second part of the question, Sir, although I have a mass of figures here, I think it would take me longer than a few seconds to decide whether this pattern of deployment also represents a pattern of crime in districts or any increase in crime in districts. I shall look into this and shall provide a written answer (Annex IV). I do not believe that the increase in violent crime is the result of the redeployment of these police officers. As I have indicated, the increase in violent crime has occurred during a portion of this year. There had in fact been a drop in violent crime from August. So it is too early to establish whether there is any trend in this increase in violent crime. It is therefore too early to say whether it is a result of deployment of police from police districts to VBP duties.
鄭德健議員問:主席先生,政府可否告知本局,各個船民中心的船民人數及派駐警務人員的比例
如何?這比例對警務人員的士氣及其安全産生多大的影響?又如何改善這問題?