TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1987
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MR ANNING TOLD MEMBERS THAT IN COMPARATIVE TERMS HONG KONG SHOWED UP MOST FAVOURABLY WHEN ITS CRIME SITUATION WAS COMPARED WITH OTHER MODERN CITIES AND TERRITORIES,
'BUT WE MUST NOT BE COMPLACENT BECAUSE CRIME HAS RISEN BY 4 PER CENT IN FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR''
ON THE LAW AND ORDER IN ISLANDS DISTRICT, MR ANNING NOTED THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF 26 CRIMES IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REPORTED CRIMES IN 1986 OVER THAT OF 1985.
THIS MAY WELL BE DUE TO THE CONSTANT ENCOURAGEMENT TO REPORT
ALL CRIMES, NO MATTER HOW SIGNIFICANT, TO THE POLICE.
''OF CONCERN, HOWEVER, IS THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN BURGLARIES FROM 140 CASES IN 1985 TO 167 IN 1986, AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 20 PER CENT.''
HE POINTED OUT THAT MANY OF THESE CASES COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED AS MORE THAN HALF OF THE REPORTED BURGLARIES INVOLVED NO BREAK-IN.
MR ANNING SAID DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEES PROVIDE A WELCOME OPPORTUNITY FOR THE POLICE TO ACQUAINT MEMBERS WITH THE CURRENT CRIME SITUATION AND TO HEAR THEIR VIEWS ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND DETERMINATION OF IDEAS FOR THE PREVENTION AND DETECTION OF CRIME.
HE ASSURED MEMBERS THAT THEIR SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED BY THE CENTRAL FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE OF WHICH HE IS A MEMBER.
JSEA SCALING TEST TO BE SCRAPPED
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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT THE PUBLIC SCALING TEST OF THE JUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSESSMENT (JSEA) WILL BE ABOLISHED FROM NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 1987.
THE TEST WILL BE REPLACED BY A NEW METHOD TO ALLOCATE SUBSIDISED FORM 4 PLACES, AS PROPOSED IN THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION PAPER ON THE REVIEW OF JSEA PUBLISHED LAST OCTOBER.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID THE DECISION TO IMPLEMENT THE NEW PLACEMENT METHOD KNOWN AS MER (MEAN ELIGIBILITY RATE) - ALLOCATION HAD BEEN MADE WITH THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE SUPPORT OF MOST SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING IN THE JSEA.
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