TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1985
RESEARCH
THE RESEARCH SUB-COMMITTEE STUDIED THE INVOLVEMENT IN CRIME OF RECENT IMMIGRANTS AND YOUTH OFFENDERS. IT ALSO PROPOSED SETTING UP A STANDARDISED LAW AND ORDER STATISTICS SYSTEM TO PROVIDE COMPATIBLE STATISTICS FOR THE USE OF ALL BRANCHES OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
DURING THE PERIOD, MEMBERS OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE CONTINUED TO RECEIVE REPORTS ON ACTIVITIES OF THE 19 DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEES AND TO VISIT THE DFCCS ON A ROSTER BASIS.
DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEES MET REGULARLY TO KEEP UNDER REVIEW THE STATE OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THEIR DISTRICTS, THEREBY ASSISTING THE POLICE AND CO-ORDINATING DISTRICT EFFORTS TO COMBAT AND TO PREVENT CRIME. A WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS WERE DISCUSSED INCLUDING RE-ORGANISATION OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICE UNIT (NPU) SCHEME, CONTROL OF VICE ESTABLISHMENTS AND CONTROL OF OBJECTIONABLE PUBLICATIONS.
+DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEES PLAY A VERY IMPORTANT PART IN PROMOTING THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME AND IN ENCOURAGING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT DISTRICT LEVEL, SAID SIR PHILIP.
AU-YEUNG TO SUCCEED LADD
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THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT MR VICTOR LADD WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE IN AUGUST THIS YEAR. MR LADD HAS BEEN COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE SINCE SEPTEMBER 1979 AND WILL ON RETIREMENT HAVE COMPLETED 28 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE.
MR LADD'S SUCCESSOR AS COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE WILL BE MR ANTHONY AU-YEUNG FU, WHO IS CURRENTLY DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE.
THE GOVERNMENT ALSO ANNOUNCED THE ACTING APPOINTMENT OF MR OSMAN GHAFUR AS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE, IN SUCCESSION TO MR AU-YEUNG, MR GHAFUR IS CURRENTLY AN ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE.
FOLLOWING ARE BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THESE OFFICERS :
/MR VICTOR