WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1980
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+UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE DIVISION HEAD, THE INVESTIGATION AND REMEDIES SECTION WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE RAPID PROGRESS IN THE INITIAL MONTHS IN DEVELOPING TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM OF ACCIDENT BLACK SPOTS,+ HE SAID.
+THE UNIT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE TO THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT HIGHWAY ENGINEER AND ITS WORK WILL BE GUIDED AND MONITORED BY AN INTER-DEPARTMENTAL STEERING COMMITTEE.+
MR STEAN ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE APPLICATION OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES TO THE PROBLEM OF ROAD ACCIDENTS HAD BEEN AN ON-GOING TASK OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE SINCE THE 1960'S BUT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PROPOSED ROAD SAFETY DIVISION WOULD MEAN AN UPGRADING AND CONCENTRATION OF THIS EFFORT TO COMBAT AN INCREASING PROBLEM.
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STATISTICS ON POLICE FIREARMS USAGE *****
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 1977 POLICE OFFICERS HAVE DISCHARGED FIREARMS ON 114 OCCASIONS IN THE COURSE OF PREVENTING THE COMMISSION OF SERIOUS CRIME OR IN ATTEMPTING TO APPREHEND VIOLENT CRIMINALS.
ON 78 OF THESE OCCASIONS ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE AS A DIRECT RESULT OF OPENING FIRE, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON LEWIS DAVIES SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON S.L. CHEN, MR DAVIES SAID FIREARMS HAD BEEN DISCHARGED ON A FURTHER 34 OCCASIONS IN WHICH THE PUBLIC WERE NOT INVOLVED.
+THESE COMPRISE SUICIDE CASES, HUMANE DISPOSAL OF ANIMALS AND ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE, HE EXPLAINED.
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