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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1991
"SOK KWU WAN IS HOWEVER FREQUENTLY VISITED BY POLICE LAUNCHES AND PATROLS ARE PUT ASHORE, MR STRACHAN SAID.
HE SAID THE NEARBY YUNG SHUE WAN CONTINUED TO
HOURS A DAY.
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PATROL IN THE
"IN THE EVENT OF EMERGENCY, POLICE LAUNCHES ON VICINITY OR LAUNCHES FROM THE ABERDEEN MARINE POLICE BASE, JUST 15 MINUTES CRUISING TIME AWAY, WILL BE DIRECTED TO SOK KWU WAN.
"POLICE COVERAGE AT SOK KWU WAN WILL COMMENSURATE WITH THE LOCAL REQUIREMENTS. WARRANTS GREATER POLICE ATTENTION IN FUTURE,
INCREASED,' HE SAID.
BE MAINTAINED AT A LEVEL IF THE SITUATION THERE POLICE PRESENCE WILL BE
SERIOUSNESS OF UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF FIREARMS PUBLICISED
THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO
GIVE WIDE PUBLICITY TO THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR то DISCOURAGE UNLAWFUL POSSESSION AND USE OF BOTH FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR I AN STRACHAN, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON PEGGY LAM, MR STRACHAN SAID THE POLICE MAINTAINED CLOSE LIAISON WITH ALL SCHOOLS THROUGH SCHOOL LIAISON OFFICERS BASED IN EVERY DISTRICT POLICE STATION.
"DURING THEIR FREQUENT VISITS ΤΟ SCHOOLS, THESE OFFICERS EMPHASISE THE DANGERS OF INVOLVEMENT IN CRIME AND ASSOCIATION WITH UNRULY ELEMENTS.
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"BY AND LARGE THIS LIAISON IS SUCCESSFUL, HE SAID.
MR STRACHAN ADDED THAT WHILST THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS INVOLVED IN CRIME OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS HAD BEEN BETWEEN FOUR AND FIVE THOUSAND ANNUALLY, THIS REPRESENTED A VERY SMALL PROPORTION OF THE TOTAL JUVENILE POPULATION.
AS FOR THE PENALTIES FOR POSSESSION OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION, THE ACTING SECRETARY SAID THEY WERE FAIRLY WELL KNOWN AND WERE FREQUENTLY REINFORCED BY WELL PUBLICISED SENTENCES HANDED DOWN BY THE COURTS.
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POSSESSION WITHOUT A LICENCE CAN RESULT IN IMPRISONMENT FOR TO 14 YEARS, WHILST POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO ENDANGER LIFE, CARRYING ARMS OR AMMUNITION WITH CRIMINAL INTENT OR RESISTING ARREST OR COMMITTING AN OFFENCE WHILST IN POSSESSION CAN RESULT IN LIFE IMPRISONMENT.
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'IT IS CLEAR THEREFORE THAT THE COURTS TAKE A VERY SERIOUS VIEW OF ILLEGAL POSSESSION AND USE OF FIREARMS," MR STRACHAN SAID.
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