WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1989
1990 CRIME VICTIMISATION SURVEY TO BEGIN
VISITED AND ABOUT 20,000 RANDOMLY SELECTED HOUSEHOLDS WILL BE
NEXT YEAR THE HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS INTERVIEWED BETWEEN JANUARY 8 AND 22
STATISTICS DEPARTMENT UNDER IN A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND THE AUSPICES OF THE GOVERNMENT'S FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE.
WHICH SURVEY,
WILL BE PURPOSE OF THE
THE SURVEY IS THE CRIME VICTIMISATION CONDUCTED FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN HONG KONG. THE MAIN SURVEY IS TO COLLECT UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ABOUT CRIMES, OFFENDERS, AND VICTIMS AND THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARDS REPORTING WAS FIRST CONDUCTED IN 1979 AND THEN REPEATED IN 1982 AND 1987.
CRIME. THE SURVEY
EACH HOUSEHOLD SELECTED FOR THE SURVEY WILL NEXT WEEK NOTIFYING THEM OF THE SURVEY.
RECEIVE A LETTER
THE
THE
FROM JANUARY 8 TO 22, ENUMERATORS BEARING A GOVERNMENT IDENTITY
DEPARTMENT CARD ISSUED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS
WILL VISIT SELECTED HOUSEHOLDS AND INTERVIEW ALL MEMBERS AGED 12 AND OVER IN HOUSEHOLD TO COLLECT DATA ON PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND ANY CRIMES WHICH AFFECTED THEM DURING 1989. HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS AGED 18 AND OVER WILL ALSO BE ASKED TO GIVE AN OPINION ON SOME ISSUES OF SENTENCING AND THE TRIAD RENUNCIATION SCHEME.
SUPPLY
IN ADDITION, THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD WILL BE ASKED TO INFORMATION ON HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS AND ANY CRIMINAL ACTS WHICH AFFECTED THE HOUSEHOLD IN ANY WAY.
IN
ALL INDIVIDUAL DATA COLLECTED IN THE SURVEY WILL BE TREATED STRICT CONFIDENCE AND WILL NOT BE RELEASED TO ANY PERSON OR ORGANISATION OUTSIDE THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT. ONLY AGGREGATE STATISTICS WILL BE PUBLISHED.
AS THE FINDINGS OF THE SURVEY ARE EXTREMELY FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE AND THE POLICE IN EVALUATING PREVENTION AND ANTI-CRIME MEASURES AND IN DEVISING COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS APPEALS TO HOUSEHOLDS TO CO-OPERATE IN THE SURVEY.
USEFUL TO THE EXISTING CRIME NEW ONES, THE ALL SELECTED
SEMINAR ON PEER COUNSELLING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
A SEMINAR ON PEER COUNSELLING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS FOR CAREERS TEACHERS AND GUIDANCE TEACHERS WILL BE HELD AT THE YMCA HONG KONG CENTRE, HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, TOMORROW (THURSDAY).
THE SEMINAR IS ORGANISED RY THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF CAREERS MASTERS AND GUIDANCE MASTERS AND SPONSORED BY THE CHINESE YMCA, HONG KONG CENTRE.
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