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FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1989
THE NUMBER OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS AGED BELOW 16 ARRESTED. INCLUDING THOSE CAUTIONED WITHOUT PROSECUTION. INCREASED IN THE QUARTER UNDER REVIEW.
OF ALL OFFENDERS ARRESTED DURING THE QUARTER. 1.972 WERE JUVENILES. 180 PERSONS MORE THAN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.
MEANWHILE: 1.833 YOUNG OFFENDERS (AGED 16 ARRESTED DURING THE QUARTER. REPRESENTING A OVER THE PREVIOUS QUARTER AND A 9.9 PER CENT CORRESPONDING PERIOD OF LAST YEAR.
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TO BELOW 21) WERE PER CENT INCREASE INCREASE OVER THE
YOUNG OFFENDERS ACCOUNTED FOR 17.8 PER CENT OF THE 10.584 PERSONS ARRESTED DURING THE QUARTER.
ILLEGAL
DURING THE QUARTER THE NUMBER OF PROSECUTIONS AGAINST IMMIGRANTS FOR BREACHING THE LANS WAS 352. COMPARED WITH 336 IN THE PRECEDING QUARTER AND 244 IN THE SAME QUARTER OF LAST YEAR.
MOST OF THE CASES. OVER 70 PER CENT. WERE RELATED TO UNLAWFUL USE OF DENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS.
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THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES/BOAT PEOPLE ARRESTED FOR VIOLENT CRIME STOOD AT 77 IN THE QUARTER UNDER REVIEW COMPARED 60 IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.
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RESIDENTS URGED TO REGISTER AS VOTERS
LOCAL RESIDENTS WERE URGED TODAY (FRIDAY) TO REGISTER BETWEEN AUGUST 15 AND SEPTEMBER 30 AS VOTERS FOR FUTURE URBAN AND REGIONAL COUNCILS AS WELL AS DISTRICT BOARDS ELECTIONS.
THE APPEAL WAS MADE BY THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS JOEY LAM. TO REPRESENTATIVES OF WINNING FIRMS IN THIS YEAR'S CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT INTER-HONG SPORTS PROGRAMME AT ITS PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY.
"I HOPE YOU WOULD ENCOURAGE NON-VOTERS TO FULFILL RESPONSIBILITY," MISS LAM TOLD THE GATHERING.
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HELD WITH
SHE POINTED OUT THAT THE SPORTS PROGRAMME, WHICH HAD BEEN POPULAR ANNUALLY OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS, HAD PROVED TO BE VERY OFFICE WORKERS IN THE DISTRICT, AND HAD ATTRACTED OVER 600 PEOPLE FROM 33 FIRMS THIS YEAR.
FOLLOWING KEEN COMPETITION, THE HONG CHING CLUB EMERGED AS THE OVERALL CHAMPION THIS YEAR, WHILE THE HONG HONG ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED AND THE CHINESE GOLD AND SILVER EXCHANGE SOCIETY RANKED FIRST AND SECOND RUNNERS-UP RESPECTIVELY.
/THE PROGRAMME