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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1990
"THE POLICE WILL ALSO REVIEW REPORTING ΤΟ SIMPLIFYING THEM, AND THUS REDUCING THE CRIME," HE SAID.
PROCEDURES WITH A VIEW
TAKEN TO
TIME
REPORT
TRIAD SOCIETY WERE BASED ON A
ON CALLS FOR THE RECONSTITUTION OF THE FORMER BUREAU, MR ASPREY SAID HE BELIEVED THAT THESE MISUNDERSTANDING.
"THERE HAS BEEN NO REDUCTION IN THE TRIADS, INDEED THE POLICE HAVE IN RECENT YEARS ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AT TERRITORIAL, REGIONAL AND DISTRICT LEVELS
ACTIVITIES
OF
THE
TRIADS
AND
EFFORT POLICE
AGAINST DEVOTED CONSIDERABLE
COMBAT SYNDICATES.
THE
OTHER
ΤΟ ORGANISED CRIME
"THESE
POLICE DEPLOYED EFFICIENTLY
TO COUNTER THE INCREASING COMPLEXITY SOPHISTICATION OF PRESENT-DAY ORGANISED CRIME,
RESOURCES ARE NOW BETTER
AND ORGANISED
MORE
AND
HE SAID.
MR ASPREY POINTED OUT THAT THE RECENT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF HAD CRIMES INVOLVING THE USE OF FIREARMS, MANY IMPORTED FROM CHINA, HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION AGAINST CRIME.
"WE SHARE A COMMON INTEREST WITH GUANGDONG IN ILLEGAL IMPORT OF FIREARMS INTO HONG KONG.
PREVENTING THE
DEPARTMENT EXCISE
MAINTAIN
"THE POLICE AND THE CUSTOMS AND CLOSE LIAISON AND GOOD COOPERATION WITH THE AUTHORITIES IN CHINA.
WEAPONS
"MANY SUCCESSFUL SEIZURES OF ILLEGALLY IMPORTED BEEN MADE BY THE POLICE, AMOUNTING TO ALMOST 250 WEAPONS IN THE THREE YEARS, HE SAID.
MR ASPREY SAID ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE MEANS CRIME REMAINS AN ADEQUATE POLICE PRESENCE ON THE STREETS.
HAVE PAST
OF PREVENTING
THE DIFFICULTIES OF RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION IN A TIGHT LABOUR ADDRESSED MARKET WHICH THE POLICE FACED EARLIER THIS YEAR WERE BEING
CONDITIONS OF SERVICE, ALREADY THROUGH A REVIEW OF SALARIES AND COMPLETED FOR THE JUNIOR POLICE OFFICERS.
WERE BEING DEPLOYMENT OTHER MEASURES TO IMPROVE
WHERE INCLUDING
CIVILIANISATION OF CERTAIN POSSIBLE POLICE FORCE, AND INCREASED USE OF THE AUXILIARY POLICE, SAID.
POSTS
PURSUED, IN THE MR ASPREY
MOST IN THE
"SOME 800 AUXILIARY POLICEMEN ARE NOW ON DUTY EVERY DAY,
ROLE IMPORTANT THEY PLAY A VERY THEM ON BEAT PATROL. POLICING OF HONG KONG," HE ADDED.
OF
THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME, SAID MR ASPREY, MUST ALSO BE THROUGH THE PENAL AND REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES.
PURSUED
FROM RECENT CRIME
"ONE OF THE MORE ENCOURAGING CONCLUSIONS STATISTICS IS THE GRADUAL DECREASE IN CRIME BY JUVENILES.
/"THE EXTENSIVE
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