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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1990
GOVT DETERMINED TO COMBAT CRIME
THE GOVERNMENT IS DETERMINED TO COMBAT CRIME AND ΤΟ ENSURE THAT HONG KONG REMAINS ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN THE WORLD IN TERMS OF LAW AND ORDER, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY,
SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
"THIS IS A MAJOR OBJECTIVE OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT," MR ASPREY SAID.
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MR ASPREY SAID HE AND THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR LI
THE KWAN-HA, HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE IN
CAPABILITY OF THE POLICE TRACK DOWN THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUSPECTED ARSON AND HOMICIDE CASE IN A MAHJONG CLUB IN HUNG HOM.
THE POLICE WILL DEPLOY SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO PREVENT AND COMBAT ORGANISED CRIME. CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE AND POLICE PATROL ON THE STREET WILL BE THE SPEARHEAD IN THIS BATTLE.
LONGER-TERM MEASURES BEING ACTIVELY EXAMINED BY THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE INCLUDE THE INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION TO DEAL WITH ORGANISED CRIME.
"AT THE SAME TIME, THERE WILL BE NO LET UP IN THE POLICE EFFORT AGAINST OTHER CRIME, HE SAID.
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MR ASPREY NOTED THAT THE FIRE SERVICES SWIFTLY ON RECEIPT OF THE ALARM.
"FIREMEN REACHED THE SCENE WITHIN THREE RESPONSE UNDOUBTEDLY SAVED MANY LIVES."
DEPARTMENT RESPONDED
MINUTES. THIS PROMPT
YESTERDAY'S INCIDENT MOST EFFECTIVE DETERRENT
DOWN THE
CRIMINALS
AND
PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS INDICATE THAT WHICH KILLED SIX PERSONS WAS ARSON. THE
TRACK AGAINST CRIMES OF THIS NATURE IS TO BRING THEM TO JUSTICE,
TWO MEN BY
ROBBERY
"THE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE POLICE AND THEIR CHINESE COUNTERPART THROUGH INTERPOL WHICH LED TO THE ARRESTS OF THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RECENT ARMED CASE IN SHEUNG WAN IS A CLEAR INDICATION THAT THE HONG KONG POLICE WILL SEEK TO ENSURE THAT CRIMINALS WILL BE BROUGHT TO SAID.
JUSTICE," HE
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