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"A
DISCOUNTED, BE WHICH CANNOT FACTOR, FURTHER
" HE ADDED. CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF A LONG STAY IN A REFUGEE CAMP,
MOST OF THE CRIMES COMMITTED BY THE REFUGEES WERE PETTY AND MINOR ASSAULTS, HE NOTED.
IS THE
THEFTS
NOT DID
SUGGEST THE POLICY OF SEEKING PENDING WHICH THE
MR BARNES EXPLAINED THAT THE STATISTICS
GOVERNMENT'S OVERALL DURABLE SOLUTIONS,
NEED FOR ANY CHANGE IN THE EARLY RESETTLEMENT AND OTHER CLOSED CENTRE POLICY HAD THEREFORE TO CONTINUE.
CRIME RATE
AS
MR BARNES ALSO PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING TABLE ON THE AMONG VIETNAMESE REFUGEES AS COMPARED WITH THAT FOR THE POPULATION
PER 1,000 OF THE A WHOLE, ON THE BASIS OF THE NUMBER OF OFFENDERS POPULATION AGED SEVEN OR OVER:
VR OFFENDERS
1983
55.3
1984
60.2
1985
77.6
1986
83.6
1987
86.2
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ALL OFFENDERS
7.6
7.8
8.7
8.3
8.4
PRIVATISATION OF HOS MANAGEMENT SERVICES A SUCCESS
*
CONTRACTS OUT FIRMS FURTHER
THE TRIAL SCHEME BY WHICH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES OF HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME COURTS TO PRIVATE HAS BEEN A SUCCESS AND THE PILOT SCHEME WILL BE EXTENDED TO A FOUR COURTS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
THE HON ROBIN PUI-LAM
WORKS, AND LANDS FOR SECRETARY THE ACTING SAUNDERS, SAID THIS IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON CHUNG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
"THE PILOT SCHEME, WHICH
WAS STARTED
IN
BY
JANUARY 1987, HAS HAS BEEN ACHIEVED MANAGEMENT
IN-HOUSE DEPARTMENT'S HOUSING THE
WORKED VERY WELL, AND THE STANDARD OF
COMPARABLE TO THAT
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PROVIDED
STAFF, MR SAUNDERS SAID.
/HE ADDED
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