WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1980
POLICE BEAT RADIO SCHEME TO COVER MORE NT AREAS
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EXPANSION OF THE POLICE BEAT RADIO SCHEME TO THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL TAKE PLACE AS FAST AS RESOURCES PERMIT, CONCENTRATING INITIALLY ON SHA TIN, TUEN MUN, YUEN LONG, THE FRONTIER DIVISION AND TAI PO, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON LEWIS DAVIES SAID TODAY.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHARLES YEUNG, MR DAVIES SAID THE BEAT RADIO SYSTEM ALREADY OPERATED IN TSUEN WAN AND KHAI CHUNG.
THE EARLIER INTENTION TO EXPAND THE SYSTEM TO INDIVIDUAL URBAN CENTRES GAVE RISE TO OPERATIONAL, TECHNICAL AND STAFFING DIFFICULTIES, AND IT WAS DECIDED TO DEFER ACTION ON THIS BASIS PENDING FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF AN INTEGRATED UHF COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES AND, ULTIMATELY, THE TERRITORY AS A WHOLE.
THE INTEGRATED SYSTEM, WHICH IS THE MOST DESIRABLE LONG TERM SOLUTION, NECESSITATES A DETAILED FEASIBILITY STUDY. THE FIRST STEPS IN THIS PROCESS ARE NOW BEING TAKEN UTILISING THE SERVICES OF CONSULTANTS.
SUBJECT TO SATISFACTORY CONCLUSION OF THE STUDY, EVALUATION OF ITS RESULTS, AND THE DRAWING UP OF DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS, EXPANSION OF THE BEAT RADIO SCHEME WILL TAKE PLACE AS FAST AS RESOURCES PERMIT, HE EXPLAINED.
-E ADDED THAT IN THE INTERIM, LIMITED BEAT RADIO SCHEMES, UTILISING EXISTING EQUIPMENT, HAD BEEN INTRODUCED WHEREVER POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES WITH THE MOST URGENT OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
PLEADING BY LETTER TO ID CARD OFFENCE
THOSE HO FAIL TO CARRY AND PRODUCE PROOF OF IDENTITY ILL BE ABLE TO PLEAD GUILTY TO THE OFFENCE BY LETTER, FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF A MOTION BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS AFTERNOON.
INTRODUCING THE RESOLUTION UNDER THE MAGISTRATES ORDINANCE THE LAW DRAFTSMAN, THE HON G.P. NAZARETH SAID PLEAS OF GUILTY EY LETTER NOT ONLY SAVE MAGISTRATES AND THE PROSECUTION TIME AND EFFORT, +BUT THEY ALSO SAVE DEFENDANTS WHO DO NOT WISH TO DISPUTE THE CHARGE, THE INCONVENIENCE OF HAVING TO ATTEND AND PLEAD GUILT IN PERSON.
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HE SAID OFFENCES FOR WHICH THIS SHOULD BE ALLOWED SHOULL CLEARLY INCLUDE THE RECENTLY INTRODUCED ONE OF FAILURE TO CARRY AND PRODUCE PROOF OF IDENTITY UNDER THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE, AND THE IMILAR ONE UNDER THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS REGULATIONS FOR FAILURE CAPPY AND PRODUCE AN ID CARD IN SPECIFIEL AREAS.
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