THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1986
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''DESPITE ANOTHER ABUNDANT HARVEST IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AND THE CONSEQUENT READY AVAILABILITY OF DRUGS FROM THIS SOURCE, THE GOVERNMENT'S ANTI-NARCOTICS AGENCIES ARE MAINTAINING AN EFFECTIVE BARRIER AGAINST SMUGGLING DANGEROUS DRUGS INTO THE TERRITORY,' HE SAID.
''THIS THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO, AIDED BY STRONG INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION.''
ON THE TRAFFIC FRONT, A WELCOME DOWNWARD TREND IN BOTH TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES, WHICH BEGAN IN MID-1982 AND WAS MAINTAINED DURING 1985, SAW THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS DROP BY 1.4 PER CENT TO SLIGHTLY UNDER 15,000, AND CASUALTIES DECREASE BY 2.1 PER CENT TO ABOUT 19,700.
''WHILST IT IS HEARTENING TO SEE THESE REDUCTIONS," SAID THE COMMISSIONER, THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE AND ROAD ACCIDENT STATISTICS ARE ALWAYS TOO HIGH IN THE ENORMITY OF HUMAN MISERY AND SUFFERING THAT THEY REPRESENT AS WELL AS THE UNRELENTING DEMANDS THAT THEY MAKE ON POLICE MANPOWER AND PUBLIC FUNDS.
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THERE HAD BEEN INTENSE INTEREST AND CONSIDERABLE PUBLICITY DURING THE YEAR OVER THE WORK BEING CARRIED OUT TO DESIGN A SCHEME TO INCREASE LOCALISATION IN THE FORCE, MR ANNING SAID HE WAS SATISFIED THAT THE OUTCOME WILL BE A SYSTEM WHICH WILL ACHIEVE A VIABLE AND EFFICIENT POLICE FORCE CONTINUING UP TO 1997 AND BEYOND.
"MORALE IS OFTEN INDICATED BY THE AMOUNT OF WORK BEING DONE AND I CAN REPORT THAT EVERYONE IN THE FORCE IS WORKING HARD, THE RESULTS ARE GOOD ARRESTS AND THE DETECTION RATE ARE UP. CERTAINLY, THERE IS A GOOD SPIRIT ABROAD IN THE FORCE,' SAID MR ANNING.
HONG KONG ENERGY STATISTICS PUBLISHED ******
A STATISTICAL REPORT, +HONG KONG ENERGY STATISTICS 1975-1985+ HAS BEEN PUBLISHED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT IN RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ENERGY SUPPLIES TO THE HONG KONG ECONOMY AND IN RESPONSE TO THE INTEREST EXPRESSED WITHIN GOVERNMENT AND BY THE PUBLIC.
THE REPORT PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION ON DIFFERENT FORMS OF ENERGY, INCLUDING OIL PRODUCTS, ELECTRICITY AND GAS, AS WELL AS COAL AND CHARCOAL.
LIST PRICES STORAGE CAPACITY. TANK STOCK. IMPORT. RE-EXPORT AND QUANTITY OF SALES BY TYPE OF USER FOR VARIOUS OIL PRODUCTS ARE PRESENTED.
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