FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1991
WHEN ASKED IF THERE WAS A NEED TO DEVELOP MORE CONTACTS WITH THE LABOUR PARTY, SIR DAVID SAID THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN LONDON HAD CONTACTS WITH ALL PARTIES IN WESTMINSTER.
"SIMILARLY WHEN I GO TO LONDON, I MEET A GROUP OF ALL MP'S,
IT'S ΝΟΤ JUST ONE PARTY THAT I GO TO MEET. I GO TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND MEET ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN COMING TO HEAR ME TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN HONG KONG, HE SAID.
ON HIS VISIT TO LONDON, SIR DAVID SAID: "IT HAS PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY ΤΟ REVIEW ALL THE SUBJECTS THAT ARE OF INTEREST AND OF CONCERN TO US IN HONG KONG AT THE MOMENT."
ORGANISED CRIME BILL OUT IN AUGUST: CS
THE GOVERNMENT HAS ACCORDED TOP PRIORITY TO THE DRAFTING OF THE ORGANISED CRIME BILL AND WILL PUBLISH IT IN AUGUST FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING.
SPEAKING AT THE DINNER HOSTED BY THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE (FCC) AND DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE (DFCC), SIR DAVID SAID THE GOVERNMENT HOPED THAT THIS LEGISLATION, WHEN ENACTED, WOULD CURB THE PROBLEM OF ORGANISED CRIME.
HE SAID THE FCC HAD HELD A SPECIAL MEETING THIS MORNING EXAMINE THE BILL.
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NOTING THAT THE COMMUNITY HAD BEEN WAITING EARNESTLY FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE BILL, SIR DAVID URGED MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ASSIST IN EXPLAINING THE WHITE BILL TO THE COMMUNITY AND IN OBTAINING COMMENTS.
SIR DAVIÐ, WHO WAS ALSO THE FCC CHAIRMAN, SAID THE COMMITTEE'S SECRETARY WOULD GIVE ALL THE SUPPORT NEEDED IN THIS CONSULTATION KXERCISE, INCLUDING ARRANGING FOR A BRIEFING SESSION FOR MEMBERS NEARER THE TIME OF PUBLICATION.
HE SAID THE INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION
AIMED AT ORGANISED CRIME ACTIVITIES WAS ONE OF THE INITIATIVES THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS URGENTLY PURSUING TO COMBAT CRIME, APART FROM STRONG ENFORCEMENT ACTION BY THE POLICE FORCE AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
"SOME RECENT CRIMINAL CASES HAVE SHOCKED US ALL. WE ARE ESPECIALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE USE OF FIREARMS TO COMMIT CRIME," SIR DAVID SAID.
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HE ASSURED THAT THE POLICE WOULD SPARE NO EFFORT IN SEEKING CURB THE ILLEGAL IMPORTATION OF FIREARMS AND HENCE THEIR AVAILABILITY IN HONG KONG.
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