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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1988
"THE POLICE WILL ALSO CONTINUE ΤΟ PAY REGULAR VISITS ΤΟ SCHOOLS WITH THE AIM OF URGING YOUNG PEOPLE NOT TO BECOME INVOLVED CRIME OF ANY KIND," MR JEAFFRESON SAID.
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IN ADDITION, A SCHEME OF RENUNCIATION OF TRIAD MEMBERSHIP WHICH WAS AIMED LARGELY AT YOUNG PEOPLE WOULD BE AMONG OTHER MEASURES THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE PLANNED TO INTRODUCE THIS YEAR, HE SAID.
MATERIALS FOR USE IN SCHOOLS TO WARN AGAINST THE DANGER OF BEING INVOLVED WITH TRIADS WOULD BE PREPARED, MR JEAFFRESON ADDED.
NOTING THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S ANTI-CRIME MEASURES DID NOT TEND SAID MR JEAFFRESON HOWEVER TO FOCUS ON CERTAIN GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS, MEASURES TO COMBAT CRIME BY YOUNG PEOPLE WOULD HAVE MORE EFFECT IN THE NEW TOWNS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WHERE THERE WAS A PROPORTIONATELY YOUNGER POPULATION.
VACATION OF ARGYLE STREET RECEPTION CENTRE BY SEPTEMBER
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WILL BE ABLE TO VACATE THE ARGYLE STREET RECEPTION CENTRE SITE NOT LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 1 THIS YEAR. THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON DAVID JEAFFRESON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HE WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON HENRIETTA IP, WHO HAD ASKED ABOUT THE TARGET DATE OF VACATION OF THE SITE UPON WHICH A START ON THE ARGYLE STREET OPHTHALMIC CENTRE PROJECT WOULD DEPEND, AND THE POSSIBLE PROBLEMS IN ACHIEVING THIS TARGET.
MR JEAFFRESON SAID THE ARGYLE STREET RECEPTION CENTRE WAS TO BE REPROVISIONED IN PART OF THE KAI TAK TRANSIT CENTRE.
"THE DATE FOR VACATING THE RECEPTION CENTRE IS DEPENDENT ON THE PROGRESS OF THE WORK NECESSARY TO REFURBISH ACCOMMODATION FOR IT IN THE KAI TAK TRANSIT CENTRE.
"I AM ADVISED THAT THIS WORK WILL BE COMPLETED IN AUGUST 1988.
"WE DO NOT FORESEE ANY PROBLEMS IN ACHIEVING THIS TARGET DATE, HE ADDED.
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