TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1992
POLICE COMMITS TO SERVE HK PEOPLE
COMMITTED
THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE IS GOOD SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AND MAKING THE OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN THE WORLD.
THE PLEDGE WAS MADE BY THE COMMISSIONER OF KWAN-HA, IN THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE REVIEW EDITION, WHICH WAS RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY).
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POLICE, MR LI 1991 (ENGLISH
IN REVIEWING THE LAW AND ORDER SITUATION IN 1991, MR LI SAID THE YEAR WAS AN EVENTFUL AND CHALLENGING ONE.
HE NOTED THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CRIMES REPORTED TO THE POLICE IN 1991 WAS 88,659, WHICH REPRESENTED A MARGINAL INCREASE OF 0.4 PER CENT OVER THE 1990 FIGURE OF 88,300.
THE FIGURE ALSO REPRESENTED A 0.5 PER CENT DROP IN THE NUMBER OF CRIMES PER 100,000 POPULATION, WHICH COMPARED FAVOURABLY WITH MANY NEIGHBOURING AND OTHER MAJOR CITIES.
ON SERIOUS CRIMES FEATURING THE USE OF FIREARMS BY CRIMINALS, MR LI NOTED THAT THERE WERE 43 INCIDENTS IN WHICH CRIMINALS ACTUALLY OPENED FIRE; THE FIGURE WAS 21 CASES FEWER THAN 1990.
IN THE YEAR, POLICE SEIZED 124 FIREARMS (EIGHT CONVERTED COMPARED WITH 94 (22 CONVERTED ONES) IN 1990.
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TURING TO THE PROBLEM OF TRIADS, MR LI SAID EFFORTS WERE DURING THE YEAR TO COMBAT THIS MENANCE TO THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE ARREST OF VIRTUALLY ALL THE KEY PERSONNEL OF A NOTORIOUS TRIAD SOCIETY AND THE DETECTION OF A NUMBER OF EXTORTION GANGS.
"THE ORGANISED CRIME AND TRIAD GROUP IN POLICE HEADQUARTERS HAS ACCORDED A MUCH HIGHER PRIORITY TO ANTI-TRIAD WORK. CO-ORDINATED ACTION AGAINST TRIADS BY UNITS AT REGIONAL AND DISTRICT LEVELS WILL CONTINUE, HE SAID.
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ON CAR THEFT, MR LI SAID THE PROBLEM OF STEALING MOTOR VEHICLES FOR THE PURPOSE OF SMUGGLING HAD CONTINUED TO PLAGUE HONG KONG,
THERE WERE 6,475 CASES OF CAR THEFTS IN 1991 COMPARED WITH 6,434 CASES IN 1990. OF THESE FIGURES, 4,128 AND 4,450 RESPECTIVELY WERE RECOVERED.
MR LI NOTED THAT AN ANTI-SMUGGLING TASK FORCE WAS APRIL IN 1991 TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM OF SMUGGLING DOMESTIC APPLIANCES TO CHINA.
FORMED IN ELECTRICAL
"POSITIVE ACTION AND CO-OPERATION BETWEEN CHINA AND HONG KONG HAD RESULTED IN THE CONTAINMENT OF THE PROBLEM AND THE RETURN OF A NUMBER OF STOLEN CARS TO HONG KONG FROM CHINA.
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