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WEDNESDAY, NOVEER 13, 1985
HE SAID THE WORK ING GROUP ON GANGS, SET UP UNDER THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE AND CHAIRED BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MAS TIDENTIFY AREAS OF ACTIVITY BY TRIADS AND GANGS, TO DETERMINE AN OVERALL STRATEGY AND TO CO-ORDINATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS STRATEGY.
THE WORK ING GROUP, WHICH INCLUDED A LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR DR HO KAM-FAI, AND A MEMBER OF A DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, HAD BEEN HOLDING DETAILED DISCUSSIONS WITH HEADS AND SENIOR STAFF OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, WHICH MIGHT BE AFFECTED BY TRIAD ACTIVITIES, TO FIND WAYS IN WHICH THEY COULD ASSIST, MR THOMAS SAID.
+AS A RESULT THE GROUP HAS MADE FIRM RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGES IN THE WHOLESALE FISH MARKETS, HAWKER CONTROL MEASURES, AND WATER AND ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ARRANGEMENTS, AIMED AT THWARTING TRIAD ACTIVITIES, HE SAID.
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MR THOMAS ADDED THAT THE WORKING GROUP HAD BEEN ASSISTED IN THIS WORK BY THE URBAN COUNCIL'S REVIEW OF THE IR POLICY ON HAWKER CONTROL.
SOME DEPARTMENTS HAD ALSO TAKEN THEIR OWN INITIATIVES, HE SAID. FOR EXAMPLE, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT NOW UNDERTAKES THE COMPLETE FITTING OUT OF FAMILY HUTS IN TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS.
THIS HAS LIMITED THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRIADS IN THAT FIELD. +
NOTING THAT THESE WERE ALL STEPS THAT THE GOVERNMENT COULD TAKE, MR THOMAS SAID THIS KIND OF CRIME WAS ALSO A PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY.
+ALL HONOURABLE MEMBERS CAN PLAY THE IR PART IN ASSISTING THE GOVERNMENT TO DESTROY THE INFLUENCE AND THE APPEAL OF THE TRIADS, ESPECIALLY TO THE YOUNG. MUST BE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT TRIAD ACTIVITIES.
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+EVERY OPPORTUNITY MUST BE TAKEN TO SHOW THAT TRIADS ARE NEITHER HONOURABLE NOR GLAMOROUS HANDS OF BROTHERS, THEY ARE GANGS OF THUGS AND BULLIES. SUCCESS IN THE END WILL DEPEND UPON THE COMMUNITY'S DETERMINATION TO STAND UP TO THREATENING BEHAVIOUR AND TO RESIST CONTEMPTIBLE RACKETS,+ MR THOMAS SAID.