FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1979
REPORT WILL AID FIGHT AGAINST CRIME
FINDINGS OF HONG KONG'S FIRST VICTIMISATION SURVEY PUBLISHED
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HONG KONG HAS BEGUN TO ARM ITSELF WITH A NEW STATISTICAL WEAPON IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME - FACTS AND FIGURES ON CRIME VICTIMISATION COLLECTED AND COMPILED IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONALLY ACCEPTED STANDARDS.
WITH THE PUBLICATION TODAY (FRIDAY) OF THE FIRST OFFICIAL TERRITORY-WIDE REPORT TO BE PREPARED UNDER SUCH A SYSTEM, THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAS COMMITTED ITSELF TO PRODUCING A FURTHER REPORT IN 1982. THIS WILL BE BASED ON CRIME DATA FOR THE YEAR 1981.
THE REPORT, TITLED +CRIME AND ITS VICTIMS IN HONG KONG+, IS THE RESULT OF THE CRIME VICTIMISATION SURVEY CONDUCTED IN JANUARY THIS YEAR BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT COVERING CRIME IN THE CALENDAR YEAR 1978. THE SURVEY WAS CARRIED OUT UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE WITH THE AIM OF PROVIDING NEW INSIGHT INTO THE IMPACT OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN HONG KONG.
THE +SELECTED FINDINGS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
* AS MEASURED BY THE SURVEY, AN ESTIMATED 132 400 CRIMINAL
VICTIMISATIONS WERE COMMITTED AGAINST PERSONS AND HOUSE HOLDS IN 1978, INCLUDING BOTH COMPLETED AND
ATTEMPTED OFFENCES. 62 PER CENT OF THE VICTIMISATIONS INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS AND 38 PER CENT OF THEM INVOLVED HOUSE HOLDS.
* ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF ALL VICTIMISATIONS OCCURRED IN
KOWLOON, ONE-FIFTH IN HONG KONG ISLAND, AND THE BALANCE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
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TEENAGERS (AGED 12 TO 19) HAD THE LOWEST VICTIMISATION RATE IN BOTH CRIMES OF VIOLENCE AND CRIMES OF THEFT.
MALE PERSONS AGED 65 AND OVER HAD A PARTICULARLY HIGH RISK FOR CRIMES OF VIOLENCE.
* FOR BOTH CRIMES OF VIOLENCE AND CRIMES OF THEFT, PERSONS
EARNING $2 500 AND ABOVE PER MONTH WERE THE MOST LIKELY VICTIMS.
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COMMENTING ON THE REPORT TODAY. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, MR. F.K. LI, EXPRESSED HIS THANKS TO ALL THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAD PLAYED THEIR PART IN THE SURVEY BY ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS ABOUT VICTIMISATION.
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+PROVIDING SUCH DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE TIME-CONSUMING AND TEDIOUS, SAID MR. LI, BUT THE RESULTS IN THIS CASE FULLY JUSTIFY THE LABOUR.
/+WHAT THE