Chapter 16
Public Order
Hong Kong continues to be one of the safest places in the world in which to live and work. Its crime rate is low and detection rate high, compared with other metropolitan cities, due to the city's professional law enforcement agencies and law-abiding citizens. Education also plays a big part in bringing about this enviable environment.
Fight Crime Committee
Chaired by the Chief Secretary for Administration, the Fight Crime Committee provides advice and recommendations on measures to prevent and reduce crime, and coordinates crime-fighting efforts and monitors their results.
During the year, the committee continued to monitor the crime situation, including the trend of various types of commercial crimes. Targeting the prevailing crime situation, the committee launched a publicity campaign that focused on anti- theft and anti-deception messages.
The committee also discussed the existing support services provided for victims. of domestic violence and families at risk, and explored ways to reduce domestic violence.
The committee welcomed the introduction of a Risk and Needs Assessment and Management Protocol for Offenders by the Correctional Services Department (CSD) to facilitate the identification of prisoners prone to custodial and re-offending risks and the delivery of rehabilitative programmes matching their needs. The committee also noted that through its strategic publicity programme, CSD had been successful in soliciting community support for the reintegration of rehabilitated offenders into the society.
Where young offenders were concerned, the committee kept under review the progress of the Police Superintendent's Discretion Scheme which serves as an alternative to prosecution.
In 2006, the committee kept the Government's anti-drug policy under review. While observing a declining trend in both overall drug abuse and drug abuse among
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