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SUNDAY, JUNE 4, 1989
"GOOD TRUST IS AN
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT
то
SECRECY
AND A MUTUAL HAS BEEN PROVED IN CASES INVOLVING THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE AND THE AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE.
"SUCCESS DEPENDS ON THE UNSELFISH SHARING OF INFORMATION. WE DON'T CARE WHO GETS THE KUDOS AS LONG AS THE CRIMINALS ARE CAUGHT.
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MR ROWLEY SAID THE TWO RECENT MAJOR CASES HAD DEMONSTRATED WHAT COULD BE ACHIEVED THROUGH FULL CO-OPERATION TO MUTUAL BENEFIT.
"AND NOT ONLY IN THE NARCOTICS BUREAU BUT ELSEWHERE IN THE FORCE WE HAVE HAD TOTAL CO-OPERATION.
"WE HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK WITH THE COMMERCIAL CRIME BUREAU IN QUESTIONS INVOLVING THE LAUNDERING OF MONEY."
MR ROWLEY ALSO SPOKE OF VALUABLE LINKS WITH THE CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE BUREAU AND THE ORGANISED AND SERIOUS CRIME GROUP,
MR ROWLEY DISCOUNTED SUGGESTIONS OF TRIAD INVOLVEMENT IN DRUG TRAFFICKING IN AUSTRALIA.
"IN MY VIEW ANY LINK WITH TRIADS IS PURELY COINCIDENTAL TO THE COMMON PURPOSE OF CRIMINALS IN MAKING MONEY.
"AUSTRALIAN TRIAD STORIES ARE MORE SENSATIONALIST JOURNALSIM THEN BASED ON SUBSTATIATED FACTS. THAT IS NOT TO SAY WE DON'T HAVE A TRIAD PROBLEM BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE IT COULD BE OF A LIKE NATURE TO THAT OF HONG KONG."
76 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN MARCH
FIVE HOTELS WERE AMONG 76 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED BY BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE IN MARCH.
THE
OF THE PLANS, 31 WERE FOR HONG KONG ISLAND, 17 FOR KOWLOON AND 28 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE
APPROVED
PLANS
INCLUDED
26 DEVELOPMENTS:
FOR
APARTMENT,
21
FOR
APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND 10 FOR FACTORY OR GODOWN PROJECTS.
ON
DURING THE MONTH, THE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START 41 PROJECTS, INVOLVING 179,380 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 92,519 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.
/THE TOTAL