TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1984
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GOVERNOR'S LUNAR NEW YEAR MESSAGE
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THE GOVERNOR SIR EDWARD YOUDE. WILL DELIVER HIS NEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM FANLING LODGE ON LUNAR NEW YEAR'S DAY, THURSDAY (FEBRUARY 2).
THIS WILL BE HIS SECOND NEW YEAR MESSAGE SINCE HIS ARRIVAL IN HONG KONG IN MAY 1982.
RTHK RADIO 1, 2, 3 AND 4 AND COMMERCIAL RADIO (BOTH CHANNELS) WILL BROADCAST THE MESSAGE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE AT 6 PM.
THE MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE BROADCAST ON 1
TVB JADE AT 6.15 PM
TVB PEARL AT 7.25 PM
ATV ENGLISH AT 6.55 PM AND,
ATV CHINESE AT 6 PM
FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE +OFF TO GOOD START+
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE IS IN EARNEST IN ITS EFFORTS TO REDUCE THE LEVEL OF CRIME.
SIR PHILIP IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHAIRMAN OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, WAS SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE RE-CONSTITUTED FCC'S FIRST REPORT.
THE RE-CONSTITUTED FCC HAD GOT OFF TO A GOOD START AND HAD FOCUSED ATTENTION ON MATTERS WHICH MOST CONCERNED AND AFFECTED THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, HE SAID.
ONE OF THE FCC'S TERMS OF REFERENCE IS TO REPORT ON PROGRESS TO THE GOVERNOR TWICE YEARLY.
+THE COMMITTEE'S FIRST REPORT, COVERING MAY TO OCTOBER 1983, HAS NOW BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE GOVERNOR AND HAS BEEN SEEN BY MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS, SAID SIR PHILIP.
IT WAS VERY DETAILED AND REFLECTED THE CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF GROUND WHICH HAD BEEN COVERED BY THE COMMITTEE DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF ITS EXISTENCE, HE SAID.
THE REPORT COVERS, IN MAIN, TWO ASPECTS; FIRST
TWO ASPECTS; FIRST, THOSE SUBJECTS WHICH ARE CURRENTLY UNDER ACTIVE CONSIDERATION OR RESEARCH; AND SECOND, MATTERS ON WHICH ACTION HAS BEEN WHOLLY OR PARTLY COMPLETED.
/THOSE MATTERS