TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1983
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NEW FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE MEETS
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THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, WITH ITS EXPANDED MEMBERSHIP AND TERMS OF REFERENCE, HELD ITS FIRST MEETING TODAY FOLLOWING ITS RECENT RECONSTITUTION.
THE COMMITTEE WAS STRENGTHENED TO IMPROVE THE CO-ORDINATION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE VARIOUS EFFORTS BEING PUT INTO CRIME PREVENTION.
IT IS CHAIRED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY AND COMPRISES IN ADDITION THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, AND FOUR UNOFFICIALS, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, MR CHARLES YEUNG, DR HO KAM-FAI AND MRS SOPHIA HO.
IN ANNOUNCING THE RECONSTITUTION OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, HAD REASSURED THE PUBLIC THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHARED THEIR CONCERN ABOUT THE INCREASED CRIME RATE.
HE SAID THE DECISION TO WIDEN THE SCOPE OF THE COMMITTEE REFLECTED THE IMPORTANCE THE GOVERNMENT ATTACHED TO THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME, AND ITS DETERMINATION TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM.
IN THEIR MEETING TODAY, MEMBERS WERE BRIEFED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE ON THE CURRENT CRIME SITUATION AND REVIEWED THE PROGRESS OF VARIOUS SUPPORTING COMMITTEES, INCLUDING THE DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEES.
THEY ALSO CONSIDERED A NUMBER OF ANTI-CRIME PROPOSALS AND BACK-UP MEASURES, ONE OF WHICH WAS A COMPREHENSIVE FIGHT YOUTH CRIME PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR.
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