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THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1978
+THE GOVERNMENT BELIEVES, HOWEVER, THAT THIEVES AND ROBBERS IN COUNTRY PARKS AND ELSEWHERE ARE BEST TACKLED BY STRENGTHENING THE PRESENCE OF THE POLICE AND THEIR ABILITY TO RESPOND TO CALLS FOR HELP.
+PART OF THE PROCESS OF IMPROVING POLICE EFFECTIVENESS IS THE EXTENSION OF BEAT RADIO TO THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+BEAT RADIO IS ALREADY USED IN KWAI CHUNG AND TSUEN WAN. THE SCHEME HAS PROVED VERY EFFECTIVE, BUT IT IS EXPENSIVE AND THERE ARE TECHNICAL PROBLEMS TO OVERCOME.
+NEVERTHELESS, IT IS THE INTENTION THAT THIS SYSTEM SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO SHA TIN AND TUEN MUN DURING THIS AND THE NEXT FINANCIAL YEAR, AND LATER TO YUEN LONG AND SHEUNG SHUI,+ HE SAID..
MR. AKERS-JONES CONTINUED TO SPEAK ON PROPOSALS TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY AND INDIVIDUAL AWARENESS AND PARTICIPATION IN COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATION, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON YOUNG PEOPLE.
+1 AM SURE THERE IS MUCH MORE THAT CAN BE DONE IN THIS DIRECTION AND WITH THIS IN VIEW, THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, WHO IS THE COUNTRY PARKS AUTHORITY, WILL PRESENT HIS PLANS ON CONSERVATION EDUCATION TO THE COUNTRY PARKS BOARD DURING THE SUMMER, AND WILL PUT FORWARD THE AUTHORITY'S INTENTIONS TO THIS FIELD, SAID MR. AKERS-JONES.
AS FOR THE POINT THAT THERE SHOULD BE A REVIEW OF FACILITIES BEING PROVIDED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. AKERS-JONES SAID: THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES HAS JUST COMPLETED SUCH A REVIEW AND IT WILL SHORTLY BE EXAMINED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS COMMITTEE, WHICH I CHAIR, SO THAT THE LONG-TERM IMPLICATIONS OF THE PROGRAMME CAN BE PROPERLY ASSESSED AND, EQUALLY IMPORTANT, SO AS TO ENSURE THE ADEQUACY OF THE MACHINERY TO IMPLEMENT AND MANAGE THE PROGRAMME OF WORKS INVOLVED.+
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