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SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 1991
"IT'S VERY EASY TO GET A CREDIT CARD IN HONG KONG. YOU CAN GET ONE JUST BY HAVING A REGULAR JOB. IT'S A SOCIETY THAT IS USED TO HAVING CARDS; PEOPLE HAVE TWO OR THREE OF THEM. WITH THESE CONDITIONS FRAUD IS ALMOST INEVITABLE," MR BARLOW SAID.
WE HAD A GREAT DEAL. OF CO-OPERATION FROM THE BANKS IN BREAKING THIS CASE.
BANK.
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"YOU'RE EQUALLY AT RISK WHETHER YOU ARE A CARD HOLDER OR A
MR BARLOW SAID THAT PROGRESS WAS BEING MADE INTRODUCTION OF CARDS THAT WERE FRAUD PROOF.
IN THE
"THESE CRIMES HAVE TO BE COMMITTED QUICKLY, BEFORE THE VICTIM CAN KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON OR THE BANKS REALISE THINGS ARE STRANGE.
"THIS CASE TOOK A LOT OF HARD WORK TO GET A CONVICTION AND MY COLLEAGUES AND I GOT A LOT OF SATISFACTION IN GETTING THE CASE RECOGNISED."
FOR
THE CREDIT CARD COMPANY HAS WRITTEN OF ITS APPRECIATION THE OFFICERS' "PAINSTAKING ENQUIRIES AND UNREMITTING EFFORTS" TO COMMISSIONER OF POLICE MR LI KWAN-HA.
OTHER OFFICERS ON THE CASE WERE SENIOR INSPECTOR JEREMY DICKER, DETECTIVE SERGEANT WONG KIT-FAI, WOMAN INSPECTOR CHIU CHI-PING AND INSPECTOR HUNG TAI-WAI,