TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1992
"CO-OPERATION
WITH THE CHINESE CONTINUE BUT BE STRENGTHENED," HE SAID.
AUTHORITIES WILL NOT ONLY
ON CO-OPERATION WITH OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, MR LI NOTED THAT HONG KONG CONTINUED TO MAINTAIN A CLOSE FORCES IN MANY OTHER COUNTRIES, TRAFFICKING.
ESPECIALLY
HE NOTED THAT 18 HIGHLY ORGANISED LOCAL AND TRAFFICKING SYNDICATES HAD BEEN NEUTRALISED, OPERATIONS WITH OTHER FORCES.
LINK WITH POLICE IN CURBING DRUG
DRUG
INTERNATIONAL
FOLLOWING JOINT
THESE OPERATIONS WERE IMPORTANT AS DRUG TRAFFICKERS HAD AVOIDED HONG KONG AND USED OTHER COUNTRIES AS THEIR TRAN SHIPMENT POST, HE SAID.
MR LI STRESSED THAT POLICE OPERATIONS WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED IN TIMES OF ECONOMIC CONSTRAINTS IN THE GOVERNMENT, ADDING THAT THE FORCE WOULD UTILISE ITS AVAILABLE RESOURCES EFFICIENTLY TO ENSURE MAXIMUM EFFECTIVENESS.
EFFORT WAS ALSO MADE TO MODERNISE THE FORCE'S EQUIPMENT IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, WITH THE ACQUISITION OF A NUMBER OF MOST ADVANCED COMPUTER WARE, WHICH INCLUDED AN ENHANCED COMPUTER-ASSISTED COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM, A COMPUTER-ASSISTED FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND A SYSTEM TO FACILITATE THE FAST AND EASY RETRIEVAL OF CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE DATA.
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IN CONCLUSION, MR LI CALLED ON THE PUBLIC TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE POLICE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME. HE SAID: 'NO POLICE FORCE CAN SUCCEED WITHOUT THE CO-OPERATION FROM THE PUBLIC IT SERVES. WE MUST WORK TOGETHER TO FIGHT AGAINST CRIME.
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NEW LAW TO FIGHT ORGANISED AND SERIOUS CRIMES
PROPOSED NEW LEGISLATION TO COMBAT ORGANISED AND SERIOUS CRIMES WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL NEXT WEEK FOLLOWING ITS APPROVAL BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL TODAY (TUESDAY).
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE PROVISIONS IN THE ORGANISED AND SERIOUS CRIMES BILL AND THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (AMENDMENT! BILL HAD TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT VIEWS RECEIVED DURING THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION EXERCISE HELD LAST YEAR ON THE WHITE BILL ON ORGANISED CRIME.
THEY ALSO REFLECT COMMENTS MADE BY THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE AND THE OMELCO PANEL ON SECURITY WHICH WERE BRIEFED ON THE PROPOSALS LAST MONTH.
MAJOR CHANGES TO THE ORIGINAL WHITE BILL INCLUDE
* DOING AWAY WITH THE CONCEPT OF "ORGANISED CRIME GROUP" AND
OFFENCES RELATING TO THIS CONCEPT. A "ORGANISED CRIME" IS ADDED:
DEFINITION
FOR
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