WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1992
THE RESULTS OF CAPO INVESTIGATIONS, TOGETHER WITH ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS SUCH AS STATEMENTS OF WITNESSES, ARE PASSED TO THE POLICE COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE (PCC), AN INDEPENDENT BODY, FOR EXAMINATION.
THE PCC IS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR TO MONITOR, AND WHERE NECESSARY TO REVIEW, THE INVESTIGATION OF COMPLAINTS AGAINST POLICE OFFICERS.
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"IF NECESSARY, THE PCC MAY REQUEST CAPO ΤΟ RE-INVESTIGATE CASES UNTIL THEY ARE SATISFIED WITH THE INVESTIGATION RESULTS, HE ASSURED.
MR ASPREY ADDED THAT A COMPLAINANT WAS INFORMED BY THE CAPO OF THE RESULT OF INVESTIGATION ONLY AFTER THIS HAD BEEN ENDORSED BY THE PCC.
"IF HE IS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE RESULT, HE MAY PETITION GOVERNOR,' HE SAID.
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ANTI-BURGLARY MEASURES FOR HOUSING BLOCKS ADEQUATE
MEASURES FOR
IN REVIEWING THE ADEQUACY OF ANTI-BURGLARY TRIDENT II, III AND LINEAR BLOCK
TYPES, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAD TAKEN ACCOUNT OF THE RECORDED BURGLARY CASES ARISING FROM ENTRY THROUGH WINDOWS.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR GRAHAM BARNES, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LI WAH-MING, AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR BARNES SAID THE CRIME RATE AT THESE BLOCKS WAS OVERALL LOW AND THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BLOCK TYPES.
HE SAID ADDITIONAL GRILLES WERE FITTED NOT ONLY TO TRIDENT II BLOCKS BUT ALSO TO TRIDENT III AND LINEAR BLOCKS AT THE SAME TIME IN 1988.
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THE REASON FOR THE IMPROVEMENT WORKS TO ALL THESE BLOCK TYPES WAS TO ENHANCE THEIR SAFETY AND SECURITY."
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S RECENT DECISION NOT TO ALLOCATE A FURTHER $15 MILLION TO INSTALL ADDITIONAL GRILLES IN THE LATTER TWO BLOCK TYPES TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE IMPROVED BLOCK DESIGN AND THE RELATIVELY LOW NUMBER OF BURGLARY CASES, AND THE FACT THAT ALL WINDOWS WERE ALREADY PROVIDED WITH ANTI-BURGLARY BARS.
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"HOWEVER, IT HAS AGREED ΤΟ PROVIDE A STANDARD DRAWING TENANTS WHO MAY WISH TO INSTALL ADDITIONAL METAL GRILLES OUTSIDE THE FLOWER BOX AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE, MR BARNES SAID.
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