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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBR 24, 1985
+AND WHEN THESE COMPLAINTS ARE MADE, THEY ARE INVESTIGATED. AND THAT IS REALLY THE STATE OF AFFAIRS AS IT IS NOW,+ HE SAID. +THERE IS NOT REALLY VERY MUCH I CAN ADD TO THAT.+
ASKED WHETHER HE WOULD CONSIDER APPOINTING SOMEONE WHO HAS LOST IN THE FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SIR EDWARD SAID THE ONE THING HE WAS NOT GOING TO DO TODAY WAS TO MAKE ANY COMMENT ABOUT THE ELECTIONS.
+BECAUSE IF I DID SOMEONE WOULD SUGGEST I WAS GOING TO INFLUENCE THEM. +
IN REPLY TO ANOTHER QUESTION, SIR EDWARD DECLINED TO SAY WHEN HE WAS GOING TO ANNOUNCE THE NAMES OF THE APPOINTED MEMBERS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
+BUT IT WON'T BE VERY LONG, I CAN ASSURE YOU, BECAUSE AFTER ALL THE NEW LEGCO IS GOING TO MEET AT THE END OF OCTOBER. SO ALTHOUGH I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN EXACT DATE, IT WON'T BE TOO LONG.+
ASKED WHETHER IT WOULD BE +A FEW DAYS+ OR +WEEKS+ AFTER THE ELECTIONS, SIR EDWARD REPLIED, +A CERTAIN TIME. +
ASKED TO COMMENT ON THE RECENT SPATE OF SHOOTING CASES IN WHICH CRIMINALS SEEMED TO BE GETTING MORE RUTHLESS, SIR EDWARD SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT ANY FORM OF SHOOTING INCIDENT.
+THE POLICE ARE DOING THE IR UTMOST TO BRING WHOEVER IS RESPONSIBLE TO BOOK.
+WE DON'T LIKE THESE SHOOTING INCIDENTS AND YOU CAN BE QUITE SURE THAT THE POLICE WILL BE USING EVERY EFFORT THEY CAN PUT INTO IT TO APPREHEND THOSE RESPONSIBLE AND SO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF CRIME.
+ONE OF THE REASONS WE SET UP THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE WAS TO ENSURE THAT ALL RESOURCES ARE TARGETED AGAINST THIS KIND OF CRIME, HE SAID.
ON HIS REACTION TO THE RAID BY THE POLICE IN HAPPY VALLEY THIS MORNING, SIR EDWARD SAID HE DID NOT HAVE THE DETAILS YET AND THAT HE HAD NOT YET WATCHED THE COVERAGE ON TELEVISION.
+BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE POLICE DID A VERY GOOD JOB,+ HE SAID.
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