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Wednesday, January 7, 1976
Mr. Davies thought that the emphasic should be on grenter
co-operation between the Police and monbors of the public.
He said that the Police had tried to got this message neroSS
through a campaign, the Police Call, the Junior Police Call, the Vice of
Junior Police Call, various Radio Hong Kong programmes, Press relenges
and Press conference.
Mr. Hilton Cheong-Leen also suggested making available at CEC's,
Kaifong offices and other suitable places a simple report form for uso
by members of the public who were not prepared to use the normal ch mls
to report crime.
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In reply, Mr. Davies said: "A systen such as my Honcurable
colleague proposes would detract from the present satisfactory trend f
increased reporting of crime to the Police by members of the public."
He said that by providing the simple report forms, it would
probably produce more reports, but I believe it would also produce more
papur and perhaps confusion."
"Certainly their reliability and content would be of a much
lower standard then these unde direct to a police officer so their usu
for investigative and statistical purposes would be lessened," he added.
It might also give a wrong impression that it was sufficient
to fill in a form in reporting crine.
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