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"THIS WILL CONTINUE THIS YEAR WITH THE OPENING OF THE NEW AIR CARGO TERMINAL. EXPENDITURE ON THE DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR WAS TWICE AS HIGH AS FIVE YEARS AGO, AND MORE THAN HALF OF ITS BUDGET CONTINUES BE DEVOTED TO THE PREVENTION AND DETECTION OF SMUGGLING, HE SAID.
HAS,
TO
THE SECRETARY SAID THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN RECENT YEARS, PLACED GREATER EMPHASIS AND COMMITTED SUBSTANTIAL RESOURCES TO THE PROGRAMMES FOR THE REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS.
THIS HAD BEEN REFLECTED IN THE IMPROVED SUCCESS RATES OF THESE PROGRAMMES, THE SECRETARY NOTED.
"THE SUCCESS RATES OF OUR DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRES ALMOST 70 PER CENT, FOR TRAINING CENTRES THE RATE IS ALSO 70 CENT, FOR YOUNG PRISONERS' PROGRAMMES IT IS OVER 80 PER CENT AND DETENTION CENTRES WELL OVER 90 PER CENT.
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THE SECRETARY SAID RECENT YEARS HAD ALSO SEEN MAJOR NEW INVESTMENT IN THE AUXILIARY AIR FORCE, WHICH WAS BEING RE-EQUIPPED AND EXPANDED ΤΟ IMPROVE ITS CAPABILITY FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE, AND TO ENABLE IT TO ASSUME NEW RESPONSIBILITIES, PARTICULARLY IN SUPPORT OF THE POLICE ON THE BORDER.
SPENT
"OVER THE SIX YEARS TO 1992, SOME $550 MILLION WILL HAVE BEEN ON NEW AIRCRAFT AND EQUIPMENT. THIS INCLUDES TWO ADDITIONAL HELICOPTERS WHICH WILL BE ENTERING SERVICE THIS YEAR.
FUTURE,
"THERE IS LIKELY TO BE FURTHER MODEST EXPANSION IN THE BUT IT WILL NOT BE NECESSARY TO SUSTAIN THE SCALE OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURE OF RECENT YEARS, HE SAID.
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MR ASPREY REASSURED MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS FULLY AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK OF THE POLICE AND THE OTHER DISCIPLINED SERVICES AND THE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAD THE RESOURCES TO DO THEIR JOB.
"AT THE SAME TIME, WE MUST ENSURE THAT THEIR RESOURCES ARE USED COST-EFFECTIVELY AND PRODUCTIVELY. AT A TIME WHEN BOTH THE LABOUR MARKET AND THE PURSE STRINGS ARE TIGHT, THIS WILL BE A MAJOR CHALLENGE IF THE PRESENT HIGH STANDARDS OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY ARE ΤΟ BE MAINTAINED AND IMPROVED, HE SAID.
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IN SUPPORTING THE MOTION, MR ASPREY ADDED: "IT IS
A
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ARE EQUAL TO.
CHALLENGE WHICH I AM SURE THE SENIOR MANAGEMENT OF THE SERVICES
DISCIPLINED
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