WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1987
BOMBING ENQUIRIES ACCORDED TOP PRIORITY
THE
THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY)
COMMISSIONER
POLICE THAT THE
OF
HAD
TO GIVEN TOP PRIORITY INVESTIGATION INTO THE RECENT BOMBING INCIDENTS,
MR FORD POINTED AND SERIOUS
SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING, OUT THAT ENQUIRIES WERE BEING CONDUCTED BY THE ORGANISED CRIMES BUREAU, SUPPLEMENTED BY OFFICERS DRAFTED IN FROM REGIONAL UNITS AND WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF COMPUTER FACILITIES.
FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF MR FORD'S STATEMENT:
AND
"MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN,
CONCERN, PUBLICLY HAVE OCCURRED RECENTLY. THEY HAVE PRIVATELY, ON EXPLOSIONS WHICH
AND CRUEL ATTACK
BEEN OUTRAGED, IN PARTICULAR BY THE INDISCRIMINATE IN CITY PLAZA ON JULY 8, IN WHICH 15 PEOPLE WERE INJURED.
EXPLOSION "MEMBERS WILL PROBABLY HAVE HEARD THAT ANOTHER SMALL
AT NOON TODAY. NO OCCURRED INSIDE THE QUEENSWAY GOVERNMENT OFFICES
MOTIVE IS UNCLEAR. SIR, NO ONE WARNING WAS RECEIVED AND THE
WAS
INJURED BY THAT EXPLOSION.
ARE DOING
"YOU SIR, AND I HAVE PUBLICLY CONDEMNED THESE SENSELESS ACTIONS AND HAVE REASSURED THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG THAT THE POLICE ALL IN THEIR POWER TO ARREST THE CULPRITS.
THE
"THIS AFTERNOON, I SHOULD LIKE ΤΟ SAY
THAT AGAIN
ΤΟ PRIORITY
THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE HAS GIVEN TOP
INVESTIGATION THESE INCIDENTS. ENQUIRIES ARE
THE INTO ALL
BEING CONDUCTED BY
DRAFTED ORGANISED AND SERIOUS CRIMES BUREAU, SUPPLEMENTED BY OFFICERS
OF COMPUTER FACILITIES. IN FROM REGIONAL UNITS, WITH THE ASSISTANCE
BEEN SET UP AND INTENSIVE A MAJOR INCIDENT INVESTIGATING ROOM HAS
UNDERWAY IN THE CITY PLAZA DOOR-TO-DOOR ENQUIRIES ARE
TO LOCATE AND IN PLAINCLOTHES,
HAVE ALSO BEEN
FURTHER WITNESSES. POLICE PATROLS, IN UNIFORM HAVE INCREASED IN BUSY SHOPPING
SHOPKEEPERS AREAS.
ADVISED AS TO HOW TO MAKE THEIR PREMISES MORE SECURE AND WHAT TO DO IF PRIVATE SECURITY GUARDS HAVE BEEN THEY FIND A SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE.
I HOPE SIR, FROM ALL I HAVE SAID
IT IS URGED TO BE MORE VIGILANT. CLEAR TO MEMBERS AND TO THE PUBLIC THAT THE POLICE HAVE RESPONDED IN A MOST COMMENDABLE WAY.
MAN IS
THIS
NOW
UNDER
RESULTS. MEMBERS "THEIR DETERMINATION HAS ALREADY BROUGHT SOME WILL BE AWARE THAT ONE
CHARGED IN CUSTODY,
WITH THE 55 OF THE POSSESSION OF AN EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCE CONTRARY TO SECTION
ARE MAN'S ACTIVITIES
STILL CRIMES ORDINANCE. SINCE
RESULTS DIVULGE THE INVESTIGATION I WOULD PREFER NOT TO
SO EMPHASISE THAT THE INVESTIGATIONS SO FAR BUT I WOULD POLICE ACTION WHICH I HAVE OUTLINED ABOVE IS CONTINUING."
POLICK
OF
INTENSIVE
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