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MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1984
+WHAT IS NOW A MATTER OF CONCERN IS THAT, IN SPITE OF THIS EFFORT, THE TRIADS SEEM TO HAVE STRENGTHENED RECENTLY AND IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, THROUGH ITS WORKING GROUP ON GANGS, IS CONSIDERING WHAT SPECIAL MEASURES MAY BE REQUIRED TO COMBAT THIS NEW THREAT,+ HE SAID.
MR JEAFFRESON POINTED OUT THAT THIS WORKING GROUP WAS NOT JUST A TALK ING-SHOP+,
+IT HAS BEEN TASKED WITH ANALYSING THE PROBLEM AND WITH RECOMMENDING SOLUTIONS TO THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE. THE LATTER IS CHAIRED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY AND INCLUDES IN ITS MEMBERSHIP THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY.
+ IT IS AN INFLUENTIAL BODY AND IF IT ENDORSES THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GROUP, IT IS LIKELY THAT THE HIGHEST PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO THEIR IMPLEMENTATION. THERE ARE NO EASY SOLUTIONS. WHATEVER THE STRATEGY ULTIMATELY RECOMMENDED, ITS EFFECTIVENESS WILL REMAIN IN LARGE PART DEPENDENT UPON THE WILLINGNESS OF THE PUBLIC TO CO-OPERATE BY REPORTING CRIME AND AGREEING TO GIVE EVIDENCE IN COURT, HE SAID.
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WITH REGARD TO TRIAD ACTIVITIES IN SCHOOLS, MR JE AFFRESON SAID THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST ANY MASSIVE TRIAD INFILTRATION OR +REIGN OF TERROR+ IN HONG KONG'S SCHOOLS AS WAS CLAIMED IN A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE.
+THERE IS EVIDENCE, HOWEVER, TO INDICATE AN INCREASE IN GANG OR BULLY-BOY ACTIVITIES IN CERTAIN SECONDARY SCHOOLS SOME OF IT UNDER THE NAME OF TRIADS, HE SAID.
+THIS IS A PROBLEM FOUND BY EDUCATION AUTHORITIES IN MOST MAJOR POPULATION CENTRES IN THE WESTERN WORLD, OFTEN ON A MUCH WORSE SCALE THAN ANYTHING EXPERIENCED HERE IN HONG KONG. A MASSIVE EFFORT IS BEING MADE TO DEAL WITH THIS SITUATION. IN JUNE AND JULY OF THIS YEAR ALONE THE POLICE ORGANISED A SERIES OF SEMINARS SUPPORTED BY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ON THIS PROBLEM. THE SEMINARS WERE ATTENDED BY 1 100 SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, HEADMASTERS AND TEACHERS, JUNIOR POLICE CALL CLUBS HAVE NOW BEEN FORMED IN 257 SECONDARY AND 103 PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND THE EXISTENCE OF THESE CLUBS HAS BEEN SEEN TO HELP REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF SUCH GANG BEHAVIOUR.
+THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, AS THE RESULT OF A FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE INITIATIVE, IS ALSO WORKING ON A PLAN TO INTRODUCE IN-SERVICE TRAINING ON MORAL EDUCATION- GIVE MORE ADVICE TO SCHOOLS ON GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING SYSTEMS- PRODUCE A PAMPHLET ON SOCIAL SERVICES AVAILABLE TO PARENTS AND STUDENTS AND TO GET UNIVERSITIES TO RUN MORE TRAINING COURSES ON STUDENT GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING, HE SAID.
MR JE AFFRESON POINTED OUT THAT THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE HAD ALREADY TAKEN NEW OPERATIONAL MEASURES WHICH HAD HAD SOME SUCCESS IT WAS NOT SIMPLY A QUESTION OF WAITING FOR THE WORKING GROUP TO REPORT.
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