WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1987
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SUMMONSES AGAINST GAMES CENTRES DECREASING
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A TOTAL OF 3 330 SUMMONSES WERE ISSUED LAST YEAR FOR BREACHES OF LICENCE CONDITIONS, MAINLY FOR OPERATING UNAPPROVED GAMES AND MACHINES AND FOR ADMITTING UNDERAGED PERSONS TO ADULT CENTRES, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON DAVID FORD, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHUNG PUJ-LAM, MR FORD SAID THAT THIS REPRESENTED A DROP OF NEARLY 1 000 SUMMONSES COMPARED TO THE 4 362 IN 1985.
+1 AM ADVISED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE THAT AMUSEMENT GAMES CENTRES ARE NOT MORE PRONE TO CRIME THAN OTHER PLACES WHERE THE PUBLIC CONGREGATE,+ HE SAID.
IN 1986, HE ADDED, 143 CASES OF VIOLENT CRIMES WERE REPORTED TO HAVE OCCURRED IN SOME 680 AMUSEMENT GAME CENTRES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, WITH THE THREE MOST COMMON OFFENCES BEING SERIOUS ASSAULTS, ROBBERIES AND CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
MR FORD SAID THAT STATISTICS ON CRIMES WHICH OCCURRED IN AMUSEMENT GAME CENTRES WERE NOT KEPT SEPARATELY IN 1985.
CENSUS COVERS LEGAL IMMIGRANTS
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LEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE COVERED IN THE CENSUS AND THE NUMBERS OF ONE-WAY PERMIT HOLDERS LIKELY TO ARRIVE FROM CHINA EACH YEAR ARE INCLUDED IN POPULATION PROJECTIONS, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON DAVID JEAFFRESON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON SELINA CHOW, MR JEAFFRESON SAID THESE PROJECTIONS PROVIDED A FRAMEWORK BY AGE AND SEX FOR USE IN PLANNING PUBLIC SERVICES.
HE SAID THAT 27 111 ONE-WAY PERMIT HOLDERS FROM CHINA HAD BEEN ALLOWED TO STAY DURING LAST YEAR. THE FIGURES FOR 1985 AND 1984 WERE 27 202 AND 27 755 RESPECTIVELY.
+THE NUMBERS ACCORD WITH THE LEVEL OF ADMISSIONS AGREED WITH CHINA AND ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN AT THIS LEVEL IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE,+ MR JEAFFRESON ADDED.
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