THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1990
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GOVT DETERMINED TO CRACKDOWN ON ORGANISED AND VIOLENT CRIME: GOVERNOR
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (THURSDAY) REITERATED THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS ABSOLUTELY DETERMINED TO CRACKDOWN ON ORGANISED AND VIOLENT CRIME.
SPRAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER OPENING THE NEW POLICE TACTICAL UNIT DEPOT IN FANLING, SIR DAVID STRESSED THAT THE BATTLE AGAINST TRIADS CERTAINLY WAS NOT A LOSING BATTLE AND IT WAS NOT GOING TO BR LOSING BATTLE.
"WE ARE ABSOLUTELY DETERMINED THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE A SITUATION WHERE ORGANISED CRIME IS ON THE RISE IN HONG KONG, HE SAID.
"EVERY EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO DEAL WITH IT, AND TO FACE THE SITUATION AND MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE A REVIVAL OF THE ACTIVITIES OF ORGANISED CRIME, AND I'M SURE THE POLICE FORCE ARE CAPABLE OF DOING THAT, HE ADDED.
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AS TO WHETHER THE POLICE FORCE WAS CONSIDERING TO RE-ESTABLISH ANTI-TRIAD UNITS, SIR DAVID SAID THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE FORCE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT.
"THE REAL POINT THERE IS THAT THE FORCE IS GOING TO DEAL WITH ANY PROBLEMS OF ORGANISED CRIME OR WHAT IS SOMETIMES THOUGHT OF OR CALLED TRIAD ACTIVITIES, AND THEY WILL WORK OUT THE BEST OPERATIONAL MEANS TO DO THAT," SIR DAVID SAID.
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THE GOVERNOR SAID WE HAD TO FACE THE FACT THAT WE HAD PROBLEMS THAT WE HAD HAD SOME VIOLENT CRIME ON OUR STREETS,
"THAT'S THE SITUATION THAT WE ARE NOT PREPARED TO TOLERATE. WB HAD, SOME YEARS BACK, A SIMILAR RISE IN VIOLENT CRIME; WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST, TRIAD ACTIVITIES IN HONG KONG. WE ARE NOT PREPARED TO THAT PROBLEM COMING BACK ONTO OUR STREETS. IT WILL BE DEALT
TOLERATE
WITH.
"I'M CONFIDENT THAT THE POLICE CAN AND I KNOW THE POLICE ARE DETERMINED TO DEAL WITH IT,' HE ADDED.
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POLICE FOR THE ORDER TO
ASKED IF RECENT PROBLEMS WITH RECRUITMENT MIGHT AFFECT DEPLOYMENT IN BORDER DUTIES, HE SAID ONE OF THE PROBLEMS POLICE RECENTLY HAD BEEN THE GREAT EXPANSION OF NUMBERS IN TAKE OVER THE DUTIES OF PATROLLING THE BORDER.
THAT HAS
"So, AT A TIME WHEN LABOUR IS SHORT IN HONG KONG, INCREASED THE PROBLEMS FOR THE POLICE. BUT IT WON'T, IN ANY WAY, REDUCE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS ON THE BORDER AND I DON'T EXPICT IT WILL HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THE TIMETABLE FOR TAKING OVER BORDER DUTIES," DAVID SAID.
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SIR
/THE GOVERNOR