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Then there are the related subjects of crime, corruption
Of all fields in Hong Kong other than that of
and narcotics.
income, this is the one which touches people most closely and
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which has been my major single preoccupation; and I au post
grateful for the public spirited and typical practical way in
which the Chamber has given its support. All I can say is that
with devoted and imaginative leadership and action in the services
concerned, and with the newly created organisation and support
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of the public, some real progress can now be discerned; and I say
this realising that some recent spectacular crimes have understand-
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ably disturbed the public. Provided the build-up of police strength,
the leadership, the pressure and the public support can be main-
tained and strengthened, I believe that this progress will steadily
become more evident.
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In this process I am convinced that the provision of
proper recreation facilities for young people and the help and
organisation that can be provided by voluntary agencies and cen be
coordinated by the Government Community Youth and District Recreation
Services have a mejor part to play. The latter services are now
well into their stride and should be exerting a strong and widely
spread influence within the next two or three years, let alone 1983.
I believe that these goals, and the measures necessary to
achieve them, have virtually universal support in Hong Kong. There
is genuine enthusiasm at all levels of society to make Hong Kong the
place it could so easily be. Of course we want this on its merits
for its own sake. We also want to escape from the present situation
in which there is sometines more than a grain of truth in what our
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