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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1979
POLICE ACTION AGAINST ILLEGAL GAMBLING AND VICE
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THE GOVERNMENT IS TAKING ACTION AGAINST ILLEGAL GAMBLING AND VICE ESTABLISHMENTS OPERATING IN DOMESTIC PREMISES, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON. LEWIS DAVIES SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. ANDREW SO, MR.
DAVIES STRESSED THAT POLICE ACTION AGAINST ILLEGAL GAMBLING AND VICE ESTABLISHMENTS WAS A CONTINUOUS PROCESS.
HE ADDED THAT SPECIAL POLICE SQUADS IN DIVISIONAL STATIONS AND IN DISTRICT POLICE HEADQUARTERS OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY TO COUNTER
ILLEGAL GAMBLING AND VICE.
+THE OUTCOME OF THIS ACTION IN 1978 WAS THAT 510 PERSONS WERE PROSECUTED FOR OPERATING ILLEGAL GAMBLING ESTABLISHMENTS AND 305 FOR KEEPING VICE ESTABLISHMENTS.+
ADEQUATE RECREATION AMENITIES IN NT ****
THE GOVERNMENT WAS NOT SATISFIED THAT THERE WERE ADEQUATE RECREATION AMENITIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, BUT THIS HAD TO BE SET IN THE WIDER BACKGROUND OF A GENERALLY MORE PLEASANT ENVIRONMENT THAN THE CROWDED STREETS OF THE URBAN AREAS, THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE HON. DAVID AKERS-JONES SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. CHARLES YEUNG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR. AKERS-JONES SAID THERE WERE ITEMS IN THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME WHICH, WHEN FUNDS BECAME AVAILABLE. WOULD MAKE GOOD DEFICIENCIES TO BRING DISTRICT PROVISION UP TO APPROVED STANDARDS.
+IN THIS CONTEXT IT HAS TO BE REMEMBERED THAT THE PROVISION OF RECREATION FACILITIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES HAS TO BE SET IN THE WIDER BACKGROUND OF A GENERALLY MORE PLEASANT ENVIRONMENT THAN THE CROWDED STREETS OF TOWN, AND WHEN THERE ARE MANY CALLS ON PUBLIC FUNDS, IT IS INPORTANT TO GET OUR PRIORITIES RIGHT, HE POINTED OUT.
HE TOLD MEMBERS THAT IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS RUNNING TRACKS IN THE YUEN LONG AND TSUEN WAN SPORTS GROUNDS HAD BEEN RELAID, THE TSUEN WAN SPORTS GROUND FLOODLIT, A NEW MULTI-PURPOSE SPORTS GROUND OPENED AT KWAI CHUNG AND A SWIMMING POOL OPENED AT FANLING.
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