SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1990
"IF YOU HAVE A SITUATION IN WHICH PEOPLE TOTALLY LOSE IN MOTIVATION AND ARE NO LONGER INTERESTED IN THE JOB AND ARE LEAVING
IS NO LARGE NUMBERS, THEN THAT WILL AFFECT THEIR ABILITY. BUT THERE
OR SUGGESTION FROM
THE THE
OFFICERS POLICE FORCE EITHER FROM THE OR FROM SENIOR OFFICERS
THAT FILE.
THAT SITUATION APPERTAINED IN HONG KONG, "THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID.
THE RANK AND
ASKED IF THE RECENT SPATE OF CRIMES WOULD AFFECT HONG KONG'S WHEN IMAGE ABROAD, SIR DAVID SAID: "I THINK THERE IS A DANGER ALWAYS THERE IS HIGH PROFILE CRIME WHICH CATCHES THE PUBLIC HEADLINES THAT IT WILL BE TAKEN OUT OF PERSPECTIVE.'
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"THAT
IS WHY I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE IN HỌNG SEE THE PROBLEM IN PERSPECTIVE. IT IS A FACT THAT IN HONG KONG WE ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN THE WORLD; SAFEST IN THE REGION; SAFEST IN THE WEST, AND WE INTEND TO KEEP IT A SAFE CITY," HE SAID.
KONG ARE
AN
"CLEARLY, THOSE HIGH PROFILE CRIMES THAT DO CATCH THE HEADLINES DO HAVE
MUST TAKE IMPACT HERE AND OVERSEAS, AND WE ACCOUNT, HE ADDED.
THAT
INTO
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ORDER WAS AND
OF THE CRIME IS IF
OUR
ASKED IF
DETERIORATING BECAUSE INCREASE IN CRIME RATE, SIR DAVID SAID: "IN SOME AREAS OUR INCREASING, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIGURES OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS; YOU LOOK AT THE CRIME PER THOUSAND POPULATION, YOU WILL See that CRIME NOW IS NO HIGHER THAT IT WAS 10 YEARS AGO.
H
MIND
KONG
TO
AS
DEAL WK
"THAT IS A REMARKABLE RECORD. ONE WHICH WE MUST BEAR IN AND WE MUST KEEP IN OUR MIND. CRIME IS NOT OUT OF CONTROL. HONG IS NOT AN UNSAFE CITY, BUT THERE ARE PROBLEMS WHICH WE HAVE WITH. WE BELIEVE WE ARE GOING TO DEAL WITH THEM AS VIGOROUSLY POSSIBLY CAN, THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID.
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RELENTLESS ACTION AGAINST CRIMINALS STRESSED
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MR LI KWAN-HA, TODAY (SATURDAY) RELENTLESS IN ITS ACTION AGAINST
THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, STRESSED THAT THE FORCE WOULD BE CRIMINALS.
SPEAKING AFTER A PASSING-OUT PARADE AT THE POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL IN ABERDEEN, MR LI SAID THAT POLICE HAD LAUNCHED A MASSIVE SERIES OF DUSK-TO-DAWN ANTI-CRIME OPERATIONS DURING THE PAST WEEK.
AS A RESULT OVER 350 CRIMINALS, 30 WANTED PERSONS AND BETWEEN
600 AND 700 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WERE ARRESTED.
HE SAID THE OPERATION INVOLVED POLICE TACTICAL UNIT, EMERGENCY UNITS, OPERATIONAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICERS FROM THE ORGANISED AND SERIOUS CRIME GROUP.
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