SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 1989
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1,720 ARRESTED IN 4,781 PAIDS IN MARCH
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DRUGS,
ILLEGAL
OF 1.720 PEOPLE IN
SUSTAINED POLICE ACTION AGAINST VICE ACTIVITIES LED TO THE ARREST THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY LAST MONTH.
GAMBLING AND
4,781
RAIDS
THE MONTH,
A POLICE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT DURING
RAIDS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 259 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED IN 971
1,093 AND 342 PEOPLE WERE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED IN 3,461 RAIDS IN KOWLOON, ARRESTED IN 311 RAIDS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
IN ADDITION, NARCOTICS BUREAU OPERATIONS AND ARRESTED 26 PEOPLE.
1,104
OFFICERS ALSO CARRIED OUT 38
DRUG TRAFFICKING,
THE DRUGS GRAMS OF NO. 4
IN THEIR ONGOING ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST
RAIDS IN
LAST MONTH. POLICE ARRESTED 840 PEOPLE
25 SEIZED INCLUDED 11.64 KILOGRAMS OF NO. 3 HEROIN, HEROIN, 1 KILOGRAM OF OPIUM AND 60 GRAMS OF CANNABI
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IN 139 ON THE ANTI-GAMBLING FRONT, POLICE ARRESTED 741 PEOPLE
$194,000 AND BETTING SLIPS RAIDS, SEIZING TABLE MONEY AMOUNTING TO WORTH ABOUT $1.4 MILLION.
POLICE
ALSO CARRIED
OUT
3.538
ESTABLISHMENTS IN MARCH, RESULTING IN THE ARREST THE SEIZURE OF 234 OBJECTIONABLE MAGAZINES AND 196 PORNOGRAPHIC TAPES.
VICE OPERATIONS AGAINST
OF 139 PEOPLE AND VIDEO
HOME-BASED TEACHING PACKAGE FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED
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WITH MENTAL JOINTLY
DEPARTMENT,
A TEACHING KIT ON HOME-BASED TRAINING FOR PERSONS HANDICAP HAS BEEN PRODUCED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE WITH ACADEMICS AND EXPERTS FROM THE VOLUNTARY WELFARE SECTOR.
IS THE FIRST EVER PERSONS IN THE
(HBTP) PACKAGE TEACHING THE HOME-BASED
OF MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PRODUCED FOR THE TRAINING TERRITORY.
NEED CAUSED AT
IT HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO FILL A TEMPORARY TRAINING
PLACEMENTS AND IS LARGELY AIMED BY A SHORTFALL IN POST-SCHOOL PEOPLE WITH MODERATE MENTAL HANDICAP.
THERE ARE AT PRESENT THREE HOME-BASED TEAMS,
CLIENTS, OPERATED BY VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.
EACH SERVING 80
WONG, DESCRIBED
THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH THE HBTP AS THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS BETTER COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
/SHE SAID