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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1987
CONSTRUCTED BY THE NEW HONG KONG TUNNEL COMPANY LIMITED, THE ENC WILL TAKE THREE TO FOUR YEARS TO COMPLETE.
MR JACOBS ALSO SAID THE PROJECT WAS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF A TERRITORY-WIDE PLAN DESIGNED TO REDUCE CURRENT LEVELS OF CONGESTION AND PROVIDE EFFICIENT TRANSPORT LINKS TO ALL PARTS OF THE TERRITORY.
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY UNDER CLOSE STUDY
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THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE (FCC) IS GEARING UP ITS WORK AGAINST JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND CRIME, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, MR DAVID FORD, SAID THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING.
SPEAKING AT A DINNER HOSTED BY DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE (DFCC) CHAIRMEN, HE SAID THERE WERE CLEAR AND WORRYING TRENDS THAT MORE JUVENILES WERE BECOMING INVOLVED IN CRIME AND ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR - AND AT A YOUNGER AGĒ.
+SUCH A TREND HAS BEEN THE EXPERIENCE OF MANY COUNTRIES. IN HONG KONG, WE MUST TRY AND REVERSE IT,+ MR FORD SAID.
HE ADDED THAT COMMITTEES UNDER THE FCC WERE EXAMINING A NUMBER
OF QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE JUVENILE PROBLEM.
THESE INCLUDED SUCH MATTERS AS COULD TEACHERS AND SOCIAL WORKERS BE BETTER TRAINED IN HOW TO DEAL WITH YOUNG DEL INQUENTS AND HOW THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT COULD BE IMPROVED TO PROVIDE WHOLESOME DIVERSIONS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
ALSO, COULD THE EDUCATION SYSTEM BE ADJUSTED TO FORESTALL THE LESS BRIGHT STUDENTS FROM BECOMING ACADEMICALLY FRUSTRATED AND TURNING TO DELINQUENCY, AND WHAT COULD BE DONE TO TACKLE TRIADS AND GANGS IN SCHOOLS.
MR FORD CALLED ON THE 19 DFCC'S TO CONSIDER THE JUVENILE ISSUE AND REFLECT THEIR VIEWS TO THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
NOTING THAT THE JUVENILE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DIVORCED FROM TRIADS, HE SAID: +1 AM PLEASED TO SAY THAT WE ARE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS WITH THE MEASURES THE PUBLIC SUPPORTED IN OUR DISCUSSION DOCUMENT OPTIONS FOR CHANGES IN THE LAW AND IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW TO COUNTER THE TRIAD PROBLEM'.+
/MR FORD
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