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Tuesday, February 13, 1973
committees, and in these last weeks I have tried to visit some of those
concerned to congratulate them. Nevertheless they would be the first
to agree that it was the response of the public that turned the day.
"I attach great importance to the results achieved because they may
show a way in which some other problems may be tackled. Some things
can only be achieved by a partnership in which the Government works out
what can be done and then enlists the co-operation and participation of
the whole community in doing them.
"I spoke earlier of safety and ease of mind for our population
being something of paramount importance. I believe that at this moment
these are things which many people do not have. It is our clear duty
and obligation to restore them. Crime, violent crime has grown rather
later in Hong Kong than in most of the other great cities of the world,
but in the last four years it has grown much faster, and its effect on
our closely packed population has been much more disturbing.
Crime Prevention
"We are confronted by a few people, who have spread fear in our
society. And they are products of that society; reminders of the fact that
shortcomings need to be remedied if we produce such people.
"I addressed our Legislative Council on the social measures this
government is working to achieve, including measures to benefit young people.
While I advocate them on their own merits, I hope that they may help to
remedy the conditions which
breed crime.
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if some of our sociologists are to be believed
"But in the short term, as I said then, we must look to other methods.
"I want ..........