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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1975.
MAC'S HELP THWART CRIMINALS
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THE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE SCHEME HAS BEEN A RESOUNDING SUCCESS AND HAS CONTRIBUTED 'SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON. DENIS BRAY, SAID TODAY.
IN PARTICULAR, SECURITY IN BUILDING HAD INCREASED TREMENDOUSLY WITH THE EMPLOYMENT OF WATCHMEN, THE INSTALLATION OF BURGLAR ALARMS, SECURITY GATES, INTERCOM SYSTEMS AND EVEN CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION SYSTEMS INSTALLED BY MAC'S IN MANY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE BUILDINGS.
SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, MR. BRAY NOTED THAT IN SOME BUILDINGS MAC TEAMS HAD EVEN CAUGHT CRIMINALS RED HANDED. HE CITED ONE OUTSTANDING CASE IN WHICH MEMBERS OF THE YUEN CHEONG MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE CAUGHT THE CRIMINAL IN ALL SIX ATTEMPTED BURGLARIES ON ITS PREMISES.
MR. BRAY SAID THE FACT THAT ONLY 19 OF THE 1,636 EXISTING MAC'S WERE INACTIVE WAS IN ITSELF AN INDICATION THAT THE SCHEME WAS WORKING WELL. THE REGISTRATION OF THE 19 INACTIVE MAC'S HAS NOT BEEN RENEWED.
MR. BRAY SAID ANOTHER 100 MAC'S WOULD PROBABLY BE FORMED DURING THE REST OF THIS YEAR.
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ILLEGAL "FERRY' TRADE SCUTTLED
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POLICE AND MARINE DEPARTMENT PATROLS IN HONG KONG WATERS HAVE CONSIDERABLY REDUCED THE ILLEGAL CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS BY UNLICENSED BOATS, THE COLONIAL SECRETARY, THE HON. SIR DENYS ROBERTS, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY..
AND WITH THE STEADY INCREASE OF FRANCHISED FERRY SERVICES, COUPLED WITH STIFFER FINES FOR SUCH OFFENCES, THE PRACTICE SHOULD DECLINE EVEN FURTHER, HE SAID IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. MRS. JOYCE SYMONS.
SIR DENYS TOLD COUNCIL THAT THE MARINE DEPARTMENT AND MARINE POLICE LAUNCHES KEPT A PARTICULARLY CLOSE WATCH FOR ILLEGAL 'FERRIES' DURING WEEKENDS AND ON PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN AREAS WHERE LOCAL CRAFT CARRIED LARGE NUMBERS OF PERSONS.
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