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MR GOODLAD'S VISIT TO HONG KONG: FOLLOW UP: LAW AND ORDER
1. ON HIS RETURN TO LONDON, MR GOODLAD CALLED IN A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHINESE EMBASSY (IN THE ABSENCE OF AMBASSADOR MA) TO PRESS HOME HIS CONCERNS AT THE DETERIORATION OF LAW AND ORDER IN HONG
KONG.
2. MR GOODLAD TOLD COUNSELLOR HU THAT FROM HIS TALKS WITH PEOPLE IN MANY WALKS OF LIFE IN HONG KONG IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE RECENT ESCALATION IN VIOLENT CRIME WAS CAUSING GREAT ANXIETY. MANY OF THE INCIDENTS SEEMED TO INVOLVE CRIMINALS (OFTEN ARMED) FROM THE PRC. COOPERATION BETWEEN THE HONG KONG
POLICE AND THE GUANGDONG AUTHORITIES WAS GENERALLY GOOD AND IT WAS HELPFUL THAT A PUBLIC SECURITY BUREAU LIASON OFFICER WAS TO BE POSTED TO HONG KONG. BUT IT WAS ALSO IMPORTANT THAT THE AUTHORITIES IN PEKING SHOULD DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO URGE GUANGDONG PROVINCE TO PUT THE NECESSARY RESOURCES INTO SOLVING THIS PROBLEM AND TO SUSTAIN THEIR EFFORTS.
3. MR GOODLAD SAID THAT HE WOULD WANT TO TALK FURTHER TO AMBASSADOR MA ABOUT THIS ISSUE IN DUE COURSE.
4. WE ARE LETTING THE PRESS KNOW THAT THE MINISTER REGISTERED HIS CONCERN ABOUT LAW AND ORDER WITH THE EMBASSY.
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