TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1984
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THOSE MATTERS UNDER CONSIDERATION OR RESEARCH INCLUDE PROBLEMS RELATING TO TRIADS, USE OF FIREARMS IN CRIME, VICE-ASSOCIATED ESTABLISHMENTS, SECURITY OF HIGH-RISK PREMISES, USE OF FILM CENSORSHIP IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME, LIAISON WITH DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEES AND SO ON.
ACTION HAS BEEN EITHER WHOLLY OR PARTLY COMPLETED, AND IN SOME INSTANCES NEW LEGISLATION INTRODUCED, ON MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS, FIGHT YOUTH CRIME CAMPAIGN, POSSESSION OF HANDCUFFS FOR ILLEGAL USE, AND COMMERCIAL CRIME.
ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE WERE MR MICHAEL THOMAS, ATTORNEY GENERAL, WHO IS DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF FCC: MR DAVID JEAFFRÉSON, SECRETARY FOR SECURITY; MR ROY HENRY, COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND DR HO KAM-FAL, UNOFFICIAL MEMBER.
CONDOLENCES FROM CHIEF SECRETARY FOR FAMILIES OF VICTIMS
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, TODAY EXPRESSED HIS CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS OF SHOOTING INCIDENTS OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS.
AT THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE PRESS CONFERENCE THIS AFTERNOON, SIR PHILIP SAID THAT HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES ON THE COMMITTEE WOULD' LIKE TO RECORD THEIR PROFOUND REGRET AT THE TWO INCIDENTS.
+AT THIS VERY MOMENT, THE POLICE ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY POSSIBLY CAN TO TRACK DOWN THE VILLAINS CONCERNED, HE SAID.
TAXI FARE INCREASES START FEBRUARY 8
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THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS APPROVED A FARE INCREASE OF ABOUT 14 PER CENT FOR URBAN TAXIS AND ABOUT 15 PER CENT FOR NT TAXIS, TO BE EFFECTIVE FROM FEBRUARY 8.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE PERCENTAGE INCREASES QUOTED ARE, AS USUAL, BASED ON THE DISTANCE TRAVELLED WITH.A $10 FARE, AND THE PRACTICABILITY OF CALIBRATION.
FOR URBAN TAXIS. THE FLAGFALL FOR THE FIRST TWO KILOMETRES WILL BE $5, INSTEAD OF $4.50, WHILE THE CHARGE FOR EVERY SUBSEQUENT 0,266 KILOMETRE WILL BE 70 CENTS INSTEAD OF 60 CENTS.
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