TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1984
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND CRIME
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS, TAKING ACTION TO ESTABLISH A SYSTEMATIC PROGRAMME OF IN-SERVICE TRAINING ON MORAL EDUCATION= TO GIVE SCHOOLS MORE ADVICE ON ORGANISING GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING SYSTEMS TO PREPARE A PAMPHLET ON THE SOCIAL SERVICES AVAILABLE TO PARENTS AND STUDENTS TO ENCOURAGE TEACHERS TO ADOPT A WIDER PERSPECTIVE OF THE IR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND TO GET UNIVERSITIES TO RUN MORE PART-TIME IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSES ON STUDENT GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING.
IN JUNE AND JULY ABOUT 1 100 HEADS AND TEACHERS OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS ATTENDED ANOTHER SERIES OF DISTRICT SEMINARS ON UNRULY AND DELINQUENT BEHAVIOUR, AND THE DEPARTMENT IS CONDUCTING A SECOND SURVEY ON THE SAME SUBJECT TO SUPPLEMENT THE ONE CARRIED OUT IN 1982.
IT HAS ALSO BEEN SUGGESTED THAT MORE IN-DEPTH INVESTIGATIONS BE CONDUCTED INTO FOUR MAJOR AREAS OF DELINQUENT BEHAVIOUR - PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, STEALING, GAMBLING AND SUSPECTED INVOLVEMENT BY STUDENTS IN TRÍAD ACTIVITIES.
TRIAD AND GANG ACTIVITIES
THE WORKING GROUP ON GANGS, SET UP IN MARCH THIS YEAR, IS CURRENTLY IDENTIFYING AREAS OF TRIAD OR GANG ACTIVITIES, AND ASCERTAINING THE EXTENT TO WHICH TRIADS ARE INVOLVED IN ORGANISED CRIME.
THE GROUP IS DISCUSSING THOSE PROBLEMS WITH GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND HOPES TO SUBMIT ITS REPORT, AND RECOMMENDATIONS, TO THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE NEXT YEAR.
MEANWHILE, THE POLICE ARE CONTINUING THEIR TERRITORY-WIDE OPERATIONS TO DISRUPT BLATANT TRIAD ACTIVITIES.
VICE-ASSOCIATED ESTABLISHMENTS
THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION IS NOW CONSULTING DISTRICT BOARDS AND DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEES TO ASCERTAIN THE IR VIEWS ON A PROPOSAL TO INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO MAKE PROVISIONAL CLOSURE ORDERS ON PREMISES WHERE NUISANCE CAUSED BY VICE ESTABLISHMENTS IS PROVED BY A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS, AND BY ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, OWNERS' CORPORATIONS AND RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATIONS.
/THE WORKING