WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1936
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VICE CONTROL UNDER CONSTANT REVIEW
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ISSUES RELATING TO FURTHER CONTROL OF VICE-ESTABLISHMENTS AND OBSCENE SIGNBOARDS WOULD CONTINUE TO BE KEPT UNDER CONSTANT REVIEW BY THE CENTRAL FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE AND THE GOVERNMENT, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THE HON DONALD LIAO TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, MR LIAO SAID, THE DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE REGULARLY MONITORED THE SITUATION ON VICE-ESTABLISHMENTS AND TRENDS, AND THE POLICE HAD CONTINUED TO CONDUCT RAIDS ON THESE ESTABLISHMENTS AS WELL AS PORNOGRAPHIC OUTLETS FROM TIME TO TIME.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON LEE YU-TAI ON STEPS TO IMPROVE THE +RED LIGHT DISTRICT+ OR +SUSIE WONG'S WORLD+ IMAGE OF WAN CHAI, MR LIAO SAID THE DISTRICT HAD, OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, GRADUALLY ACHIEVED A MORE POLISHED IMAGE.
+GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE PROBABLY SHARE THE SAME FEELING THAT THE 'SUSIE WONG'S WORLD' SHOULD EVENTALLY BE A TALE IN THE PAST,+ HE SAID.
+ IN FACT THE SUSIE WONG-TYPE BARS HAVE GRADUALLY DECLINED TW VIEW OF URBAN RE-DEVELOPMENT AND DECREASING CUSTOMERS.
+MANY OF THE OLD FOUR-STOREY TENEMENT BUILDINGS, TRADITIONAL SITES OF THE SUSIE WONG-TYPE BARS, HAVE NOW DISAPPEARED.
WITH THE END OF THE VIETNAM WAR 10 YEARS AGO, VISITS BY OLD CUSTOMERS, NAMELY SAILORS FROM THE U.S. NAVY ON REST AND RECREATION HAVE DECREASED, HE ADDED.
MR LIAO SAID THERE WERE ONLY 18 LICENSED BARS IN THE VICINITY OF LOCKHART ROAD AND THAT BUSINESSMEN WERE OPENING MORE DISCOS AND PUB-TYPE BARS FOR SOCIAL DRINKING IN RESPONSE TO A CHANGING DEMAND.
+GOVERNMENT IS NEVER COMPLACENT ABOUT TRANSFORMING THE IMAGE
OF WAN CHAI INTO ONE WITH A MODERN OUTLOOK BOTH IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL AND ADEQUATE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES,+ HE SAID.
MR LIAO POINTED OUT THAT ALL UNLICENSED MASSAGE PARLOURS IN THE DISTRICT HAD BEEN REMOVED AND THE 18 LICENSED ONES WERE SUBJECT TO LEGISLATIVE CONTROL. THE NUMBER OF VICE-ESTABLISHMENTS HAD ALSO DROPPED IN THE PAST THREE YEARS.
→THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD HAS ALSO ACCORDED PRIORITY TO ANTI-PORNOGRAPHIC EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO IMPROVING THE IMAGE OF WAN CHAI THROUGH JOINT COMMUNITY EFFORT.+
/+OVERALL, THE .....................