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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1976,
OBJECTS THROWN FROM HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS
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CITY DISTRICT OFFICERS WILL SEEK THE HELP OF MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES IN EDUCATING THEIR FELLOW RESIDENTS IN MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS NOT TO THROW OBJECTS OUT OF WINDOWS, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON. LI FOOK-KOW, SAID TODAY.
HE WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTIONS BY THE HON, MISS KO SIU-WAH IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT WOULD TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM INJURY CAUSED BY OBJECTS THROWN OUT OF HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS.
MR. LI SAID ACTION HAD ALSO BEEN TAKEN BY POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICERS IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS TO URGE PEOPLE LIVING. IN HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS NOT TO THROW OBJECTS OUT OF WINDOWS.
THESE INCLUDED DISCUSSIONS WITH KAIFONG ASSOCIATIONS, PUBLICITY IN THE PRESS AND ON TELEVISION THROUGH THE JUNIOR POLICE CALL PROGRAMME.
SHA TSUI DETENTION CENTRE
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OF THE TOTAL OF 1,965 PERSONS DISCHARGED FROM THE SHA TSUI CENTRE AND TONG FUK CENTRE, 107 (OR 5.45 PER CENT) HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF CRIMES OF VIOLENCE SUBSEQUENT TO THEIR DISCHARGE, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON. LEWIS DAVIES SAID TODAY.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. PETER WILLIAMS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, HE SAID THAT SINCE THE SHA TSUI CENTRE WAS OPENED IN JUNE 1972, 1,371 PERSONS HAD BEEN DISCHARGED FROM IT AND A FURTHER 594 PERSONS FROM THE TONG FUK CENTRE.
HOWEVER, MR. DAVIES SAID HE DID NOT KNOW HOW MANY OF THOSE DISCHARGED FROM SHA TSUI CENTRE HAD SUBSEQUENTLY ACTUALLY COMMITTED CRIMES OF VIOLENCE.
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