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Wednesday, January 30, 1974
"The fight is not over,
The stressed.
"There is still far too much
robbery, too much mugging by gangs and too much criminal violenco for a
healthy society."
Suggestions would be welcome, he said, and could be made to the
Commissioner of Police or the Secretary for Home Affairs either by lotter or
telephone and to City District Officers or Divisional Superintendents.
The Fight Violent Crime Campaign, he went on, had demonstrated how
wide public response could be and how swift the police could react to cries
of help and calls on 999.
"Public involvement not only in the Area Committees but also through
over 1,000 Mutual Aid Committees was unprecedented.
"It is this public concern that will in the end be the most effective
weapon against violent crime," Mr. Bray said.
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COMMITTEES BEING REVIEWED
The government is reviewing the functions and terms of reference
of both the Land Dovelopment Planning Committee and the Industrial Sites
Co-ordination Committee.
This was disclosed today by the Secretary for the Environment, the
Hon. James Robson, in reply to a question from the Hon. Woo Pak-chuen who
wanted to know whether the government would appoint non-official members to
the two committees.
Mr. Robson said the suggestion would be carefully looked into,
but it seemed unlikely at this stage that the terms of reference of the
committees would be such that unofficial representation would be appropriate.
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