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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1988
HOME SECURITY, FOR THE FIFTH SUCCESSIVE THE MAJOR THEMES OF THE FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN.
YEAR, REMAINS ONE OF
AFTER FOUR YEARS OF CONCERTED EFFORTS, PUBLIC VIGILANCE
FOSTERED. TOWARDS HOME SECURITY HAS BEEN
THE SIR DAVID ATTRIBUTED ENHANCED AWARENESS TO THE WELL-RECEIVED NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME A TOTAL OF WHICH, SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1985, HAS SO FAR ATTRACTED 92,615 FAMILIES IN 497 BUILDINGS TO FORM ALTOGETHER 8,893 NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH UNITS.
PHASE VI OF THE SCHEME LAUNCHED EARLY NEXT YEAR.
IS UNDERWAY
AND PHASE VII WILL BE
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"BY THE END OF MARCH NEXT YEAR, NO LESS THAN 110,000 HOUSEHOLDS SCHEME, SIR DAVID IN SOME 600 BUILDINGS WILL BE TAKING PART IN THE SAID.
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING OUTLINED
THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN, YESTERDAY DESCRIBED IN SAN FRANCISCO THE STEPS BEING TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT HONG KONG'S TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE REMAINS ADEQUATE TO COPE WITH DEMAND BOTH INTERNALLY AND FROM CHINA.
MRS CHAN WAS ADDRESSING AN AUDIENCE OF BUSINESS EXECUTIVES AND BANKERS AT A RECEPTION ARRANGED BY THE ASIAN BUSINESS LEAGUE AND SPONSORED BY THE SAN FRANCISCO-BASED PACIFIC BANK (WHICH IS OPENING AN OFFICE IN HONG KONG THIS WEEK).
"TO CATER FOR INCREASING FLOWS OF GOODS AND PEOPLE TO AND FROM CHINA, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING IN HONG KONG HAS INCREASINGLY TO TAKE THE CHINA DIMENSION INTO ACCOUNT," MRS CHAN SAID.
"HONG KONG IS PRESENTLY SERVICING A GREATER AREA OF CHINA THAN MAY SEEM SUSTAINABLE IN THE LONG RUN," SHE SAID, AND ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IN THE LONGER TERM PORTS SUCH AS SHANGHAI AND THOSE FURTHER NORTH ARE LIKELY TO IMPROVE THEIR EFFICIENCY.
MRS CHAN ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE CHINESE HAVE CONFIRMED THAT HONG KONG WILL REMAIN THE LEADING PORT OF SOUTHERN CHINA.
/DESCRIBING PLANS