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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1988
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HE POINTED OUT THAT AS A RESULT OF THE NEGOTIATIONS,
SHARE OF THE COST OF THE GARRISON HAD BEEN REDUCED
SIGNIFICANTLY.
"EVEN ALLOWING FOR THE EXPANSION OF OUR OWN SECURITY DEFENCE EXPENDITURE IS UNLIKELY TO EXCEED 0.5 PER CENT OF GDP PERIOD UP TO 1997, HE SAID.
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"BY WORLD STANDARDS OUR EXPENDITURE ON DEFENCE IS SMALL.
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ON THE PUBLIC ORDER (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, THE GOVERNOR SAID IT WAS INTRODUCED BY THE ADMINISTRATION AS A LIBERALISING MEASURE.
"NEVERTHELESS SECTION 27 WAS SEEN BY SOME AS PLACING EXCESSIVE RESTRICTIONS ON PRESS FREEDOM, THROUGH THE PROVISION FOR DEALING WITH 'FALSE NEWS'.
"IN JANUARY, THE GOVERNMENT UNDERTOOK TO REVIEW THIS PROVISION.
"THE REVIEW WILL BEGIN SHORTLY. IT WILL TAKE FULL ACCOUNT OF PUBLIC VIEWS, HE SAID.
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MEASURES AGAINST CRIME STEPPED UP, GOVERNOR
FURTHER MEASURES WILL BE INTRODUCED THIS YEAR TO COMBAT CRIME AND TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THEIR PROPERTY, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
EFFORTS AGAINST TRIADS WOULD BE STEPPED UP, AND IT WAS ALSO PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT THAT EVERYTHING SHOULD BE DONE TO DISCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE FROM BECOMING INVOLVED IN CRIME, HE SAID.
IN ADDITION, TO STRIKE MORE EFFECTIVELY AT THE FINANCIAL ROOTS OF THE DANGEROUS DRUGS TRADE, THE GOVERNMENT WAS PREPARING NEW LEGISLATION WHICH WOULD GIVE THE COURTS POWERS TO CONFISCATE THE PROCEEDS OF DRUG TRAFFICKING.
SIR DAVID SAID RECENT FIGURES SHOWED THAT OVERALL REPORTED CRIME HAD DECREASED SLIGHTLY THIS YEAR, AND THE FALL IN THEFT CASES, INCLUDING A RECENT SHARP DECLINE IN THE NUMBER OF SHOPTHEFT OFFENCES, WAS PARTICULARLY ENCOURAGING.
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