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HONG KONG HAS MORE POLICEMEN ON THE STREETS THAN IS IN MANY MAJOR CITIES OF THE REGION.
THE
CASE
IS
419.8
184.7
"POLICE STRENGTH PER 100,000 POPULATION IN HONG KONG
TOKYO AND IN 1989, COMPARED WITH 262.6 IN SINGAPORE, 347.2 IN IN BANGKOK. THIS IS THE BEST DETERRENT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME, HE SAID.
IN THE MR STRACHAN SAID DESPITE THE INCREASE
CRIME RATE AS
COMPARED WITH LAST
THIS YEAR, IF
WAS VIEWED
THE IN PERSPECTIVE,
AS THAT OVERALL CRIME RATE IN 1990 IN FACT REMAINED BROADLY THE SAME OF THE PAST DECADE.
PAST 10 YEARS "THE CRIME RATES PER 100,000 POPULATION IN THE
FOR HAVE FLUCTUATED BETWEEN 1,400 AND 1,600. THE PROJECTED CRIME RATE
THAN THIS IS ACTUALLY LOWER
THE CRIME THE WHOLE OF 1990 IS 1,522.7 RATE IN FIVE YEARS OUT OF THE PAST 10 YEARS.
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"OVER THE PAST MONTHS LARGE NUMBERS OF POLICEMEN HAVE
RAIDS ON CONDUCTED FREQUENT
VICE ESTABLISHMENTS, MAHJONG PARLOURS AND OTHER PLACES WHICH THESE CRIMINALS FREQUENT. A SUBSTANTIAL OF WANTED CRIMINALS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED.
NUMBER
LIVES
"THE MAIN EFFECT OF THESE RAIDS HAS BEEN ΤΟ DEMONSTRATE ΤΟ SUCH CRIMINALS THAT IF THEY WILL NOT LIVE PEACEFUL, LAW-ABIDING THEY WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE RIGOURS OF THE LAW," HE SAID.
WAS WOULD BE EARLY NEXT
MR STRACHAN SAID A NEW PIECE OF COMPREHENSIVE LEGISLATION BEING DRAFTED TO FURTHER COMBAT ORGANISED CRIME. THE PUBLIC CONSULTED ON THIS LEGISLATION IN THE FORM OF A WHITE BILL, YEAR, HE SAID.
SAID MR STRACHAN
THE GOVERNMENT HAD ALWAYS CONSIDERED IT IMPORTANT TO INVOLVE THE PUBLIC IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME.
HE ADDED THAT BUILDING ON THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME, LIKE ΤΟ SEE WHICH ENCOURAGED MUTUAL HELP AMONG NEIGHBOURS, HE WOULD
DOWN TO THE THE DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEES REACH RIGHT
FAMILY UNIT, WHICH PLAYED A VITAL ROLE
CIVIC AWARENESS AND
COMBATTING CRIME.
IN DEVELOPING
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201 VBP RETURN TO VIETNAM
A GROUP OF 201 VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE TODAY (THURSDAY} RETURNED ΤΟ VIETNAM UNDER THE UNHCR'S VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME.
COMPRISING 71 MEN, 49 WOMEN, 52 BOYS AND 29 GIRLS, THEY WERE THE 45TH BATCH TO GO BACK UNDER THE PROGRAMME.
SO FAR, A TOTAL OF 6,296 VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE HAVE RETURNED VOLUNTARILY.
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