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+THE LANDS DEPARTMENT WILL ALWAYS LISTEN TO ADVICE FROM PEOPLE IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE SO THAT WE WILL NOT LOSE SIGHT OF ANY ASPECT WHILST DEVISING THE APPROPRIATE POLICIES.+
MR HO SAID THE LAND AND CONSTRUCTION SECTOR REPRESENTED A CERTAIN PROPORTION OF THE HONG KONG ECONOMY AS A WHOLE. ITS ACTIVITIES WERE BOUND TO HAVE INTER-RELATIONSHIP WITH THOSE OF OTHER SECTORS.
+IT IS CONSTANTLY SAID WE ARE ADVOCATING A LAISSEZ-FAIRE ECONOMIC POLICY, MR HO SAID.
+WE ARE. NEVERTHELESS, THE PROPERTY MARKET HAS BEEN OPERATING WITHIN A LEGAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND PLANNING FRAMEWORK WITH GOVERNMENT'S INTERVENTION BEING KEPT TO THE MINIMUM.
+GOVERNMENT SEES IT AS A DUTY TO ADOPT A FLEXIBLE APPROACH, SO AS TO ALLOW THE PROPERTY SECTOR TO RESPOND TO CHANGING DEMAND SO THAT ITS TRANSACTIONS TEND TO BENEFIT THE ECONOMY AT LARGE+.
FIGHT CRIME EFFORT TO BE STRENGTHENED *****
A SEPARATE DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE (DFCC) FOR KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI WILL SOON BE SET UP, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR TAM WING- PONG SAID THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING.
AT A MEETING WITH 150 MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE OFFICE-BEARERS AND LOCAL LEADERS, MR TAM POINTED OUT THAT AT PRESENT THERE WAS ONLY ONE SUCH COMMITTEE SERVING THE THREE DISTRICTS OF TSUEN WAN, KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI.
+DUE TO THE POPULATION GROWTH IN KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI. PROBLEMS RELATING TO LAW AND ORDER HAVE BECOME MORE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT,+ HE SAID.
+IT IS FELT THAT A SEPARATE COMMITTEE IS NEEDED FOR KWAI CHUN G
THE AND TSING YI TO HANDLE FIGHT CRIME WORK MORE EFFICIENTLY. PROPOSAL HAS BEEN AGREED BY THE POLICE.+
BUT MR TAM STRESSED THAT EVEN IF A SEPARATE COMMITTEE WAS TO BE SET UP, SUPPORT FROM LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND RESIDENTS WAS STILL NEEDED.
HE SAID THE WORK OF THE DFCCS, WHICH HAD BEEN SET UP IN ALL THE 18 DISTRICTS, WAS COORDINATED BY THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY,
THE MAJOR TASKS OF THESE COMMITTEES ARE TO REVIEW REGULARLY THE LAW AND ORDER SITUATION IN THE DISTRICTS, TO MAKE RECOMMENDATION S FROM THE PUBLIC'S POINT OF VIEW, TO COORDINATE THE VARIOUS RESOURCES IN THE DISTRICTS TO HELP POLICE FIGHT CRIME. AND TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE REGARDING COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN FIGHT CRIME WORK.
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