MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1991
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VIOLENT CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR NOT TO BE TOLERATED
IT'S A GREAT CREDIT TO THE POLICE THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO BE ON THE SCENE SO QUICKLY, AND TO TAKE ACTION AGA INST THE ROBBERS IN YESTERDAY'S VIOLENT ROBBERY AT TAI PO, THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER OFFICIATING AT A CEREMONY MARKING THE COMPLETION OF REDEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES, SIR DAVID SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS NOT PREPARED TO ACCEPT THAT DEGREE OF VIOLENCE IN HONG KONG.
"IT IS OF CONCERN TO ALL OF US AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO TOLERATE THAT VIOLENT CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR IN HONG KONG HE SAID.
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"I KNOW THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE TAKES
VERY SERIOUSLY ALSO, I'VE DISCUSSED IT WITH HIM THIS MORNING. HE HAS ALREADY STEPPED UP THE COVFRAGF ON THE GROUND TO COMBAT THESE ARMED ROBBERS," HE ADDED.
THINK THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH IT IS THROUGH TRADITIONAL POLICE METHODS. RUT WITH ADDITIONAL COVERAGE ON THE STREETS IN THE LIKELY AREAS WHERE THESE ROBBERIES ARE TAKING PLACE. THAT'S THE WAY HE'S TACKLED IT ON AN OPERATIONAL BASIS AND I THINK WE MUST LEAVE TO THE COMMISSIONER TO GO DOWN THAT ROUTE, SIR DAVID SAID,
"THE OTHER ASPECT OF THE PROBLEM IS THE PROBLEM OF WEAPONS BEING SMUGGLED FROM CHINA AND I KNOW ALSO THAT THE COMMISSIONER WAS IN TOUCH WITH THE GUANGDONG AUTHORITIES OVER THIS WEEKEND TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEM FURTHER, SIR DAVID SAID.
"WE MUST TAKE THIS MATTER SERIOUSLY. U'M GLAD TO SEF THAT THE JUDICIARY DO TAKE DI SERIOUSLY, AND THE SENTENCES WHICH HAVE BEEN METED OUT TO ARMED ROBBERS THIS YEAR HAVE BEEN BETWEEN 15 AND 20 YEARS; THEY ARE VERY SEVERE SENTENCES 1E NOTED.
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SIR DAVID SAID THE MESSAGE TO ARMED ROBBERS IS: "IF YOU TRY IT YOU'LL GET CAUGHT, AND WHEN YOU GET CAUGHT, YOU'LL GET PUT AWAY FOR A LONG TIME, SO DON'T DO IT".
THE DEPUTA TO THE GOVERNOR POINTED OUT THAT ALTHOUGH THESE INCIDENTS WERK A SERIOUS PROBLEM, HONG KONG WAS STILL A VERY SAFE PLACE COMPARED TO MOST CITIES IN THE WORLD.
"THE LEVEL OF VIOLENT CRIME HERE IS STILL RELATIVELY LOW, THE INSTANCES ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. THAT DOESN'T MEAN TO SAY THEY ARE NOT SERJOUS, WE SHOULD TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY. AND THAT IS THE POLICE ARE DOING BUT WE MUST KEEP THE PROBLEM IN PERSPECTIVE, SAID.
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t THINK THOSE OF US WHO TRAVEL ABROAD, WHO GO TO AMERICA TO LONDON AND TO EUROPE AND SO ON, AND EVEN IN THIS REGION, KNOW THAT WE CAN FEEL MUCH SAFER HERE THAN WE CAN IN OTHER BIG CITIES. THAT'S NO REASON TO BE COMPLACENT. WE'VE GOT TO TAKE ACTION AND I THINK THE POLICE ARE TAKING ACTION TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM AS RAPIDLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN," SIR DAVID SAID.
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