THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1986
ONCE A CANDIDATE WAS PLACED IN EMPLOYMENT, MR CHEN n THE OFFICER WOULD CONDUCT A FOLLOW-UP SERVICE FOR AT LEAST THREE MONTHS TO ENSURE THAT HE OR SHE WAS SETTLING DOWN WELL IN THE JOB.
+ALTHOUGH SOME EMPLOYERS MAY REGARD THE VISIT AS A NUISANCE, THE MAJORITY AGREE THAT IT CAN BE VERY USEFUL TO THEM BECAUSE THEY MAY BE DEALING WITH EMPLOYEES WITH DISABILITY FOR THE FIRST TIME, HE SAID.
AFTER ALL, MR CHEN ADDED, HELPING THE DISABLED PERSON TO FIND THE RIGHT JOB IS WHAT THE 'SELECTIVITY' OF THE SERVICE IS ABOUT. +
A YEAR OF CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS FOR POLICE
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WANTED CRIMINALS IN HONG KONG STAND A NEARLY 50 PER CENT CHANCE OF BEING CAUGHT.
THIS IS REVEALED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR RAYMON ANNING, IN THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE REVIEW OF 1985, RELEASED TODAY THURSDAY).
THE COMMISSIONER SAID THE CROSS-THE-BOARD CRIME DETECTION RATE OF 45.8 PER CENT FOR LAST YEAR WAS A COMMENDABLE ACHIEVEMENT.
''OVERALL, 1985 WAS A YEAR OF CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS FOR THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE," SAID MR ANNING, NOTING THAT IT WAS PARTICULARLY GRATIFYING TO SEE A DECREASE IN THE CRIMINAL USE OF
A PHENOMENON WHICH FIREARMS AND A REDUCTION IN VIOLENT CRIME FEW LARGE CITIES IN THE WORLD COULD BOAST.
HE SAID THE SMALL INCREASE IN TOTAL CRIME FOR THE YEAR WAS DUE, IN PART, TO INCREASING CASES OF SHOPLIFTING AND BURGLARY THE LATTER BEING A PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT OFFENCE TO DETECT AND ONE IN WHICH PREVENTION IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN CURE.
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I HOPE THAT WE WILL ENLIST THE CO-OPERATION OF EVEN MORE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO REDUCE THESE STATISTICS DRAMATICALLY IN THE COMING YEAR," SAID THE COMMISSIONER.
ANTI-NARCOTICS OPERATIONS HAD BEEN MAINTAINED AT A HIGH LEVEL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, RESULTING IN THE SEIZURE OF 467 KILOGRAMS OF OPIATE DRUGS AND THE PROSECUTION OF OVER 4,500 PEOPLE FOR SERIOUS NARCOTICS OFFENCES -- A RISE OF 33 PER CENT OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
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