SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 1990
STATISTICS MAINTAINED BY THE CAMP MANAGEMENT SHOW THAT THERE WERE 243 TRANSFER OR REUNION CASES IN JANUARY AND 219 IN FEBRUARY.
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MEANWHILE, AFTER BEING APPROACHED BY A CHURCH-BASED VOLUNTARY AGENCY FOR ASSISTANCE IN OPENING A KINDERGARTEN AND PRIMARY SCHOOL THE CAMP, THE MANAGEMENT LOCATED A SITE CAMP FOR THE PROJECT. THE
SCHOOL HAS BEEN OPERATING SINCE SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR.
AND IN JANUAPY, A SMALL ZIPPER FACTORY WAS OPENED IN THE SAME AREA BY ANOTHER VOLUNTARY AGENCY, THIS PROVIDES NOMINAL EMPLOYMENT FOR ABOUT 80 INMATES.
"GIVEN THE FACT THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF ITEMS INSIDE THE SCHOOLS AND FACTORY, WE HAVE TO DEPLOY TWO POLICE CONSTABLES TO GUARD THE AREA ON A ROUND-THE-CLOCK BASIS TO PREVENT BURGLARY, MR MAK SAID.
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"IN GENERAL, OUR RELATIONS WITH THE INMATES ARE QUITE CORDIAL.
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POLICE ARRESTED 1,157 PEOPLE IN 4,050 RAIDS IN FEBRUARY
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CONTINUED THEIR THREE-PRONGED ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST DRUGS, ILLEGAL GAMBLING AND VICE ACTIVITIES LAST MONTH, RESULTING IN THE ARREST OF 1,157 PEOPLE IN 4,050 RAIDS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
A POLICE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT DURING THE MONTH, 207 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED IN 523 RAIDS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 747 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED IN 3,248 RAIDS IN KOWLOON AND 183 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED IN 259 RAIDS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
IN ADDITION, NARCOTICS BUREAU OFFICERS ARRESTED 20 PEOPLE IN 20 OPERATIONS,
IN THEIR SUSTAINED EFFORTS AGAINST VICE ACTIVITIES, POLICE ARRESTED 114 PEOPLE IN 3,250 RAIDS AND SEIZED 2,268 PORNOGRAPHIC VIDEO TAPES.
ON THE ANTI-GAMBLING FRONT, POLICE CONDUCTED 114 RAIDS AND ARRESTED 546 PEOPLE, SEIZING $155,000 IN TABLE MONEY AND BETTING SLIPS WORTH ABOUT $3.8 MILLION.
POLICE ALSO CARRIED OUT 686 RAIDS AND ARRESTED 497 PEOPLE IN THEIR FIGHT AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKING IN FEBRUARY, THE DRUGS SEIZED INCLUDED 6.3 KILOGRAM OF NO. 3 HEROIN, 50 GRAMS OF NO. 4 HEROIN, 234 GRAMS OF OPIUM AND 32 GRAMS OF CANNABIS.
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