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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1992
COMMUNITY FEELING SAFER NOW: CHIEF SECRETARY
ARMED CHIEF
THE COMMUNITY IS FEELING RATHER SAFER NOW THAT THE NUMBER OF ROBBERIES HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED IN RECENT MONTHS, THE SECRETARY AND CHAIRMAN OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
ADDRESSING THIS YEAR'S FIGHT CRIME CONFERENCE, THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID THERE WERE THREE REASONS FOR THIS.
"FIRSTLY, THE SUSTAINED POLICE EFFORT TO PUT MORE POLICEMEN ON TO THE STREETS IN KEY AREAS HAS NO DOUBT ACTED AS A DETERRENT.
"SECONDLY, THE SUCCESS OF THE POLICE FORCE IN ARRESTING SOME OF THE KEY PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS SORT OF CRIME HAS HELPED BREAK THE BACK OF MANY OF THE ORGANISED GANGS WHICH WERE INVOLVED.
"THIRDLY, THE IMPROVEMENT IN CROSS-BORDER LIAISON AND THE EFFORTS WHICH HAVE BEEN PUT IN BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE AND THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES HAS ALSO LED TO A REDUCTION IN THIS TYPE OF CRIME," SIR DAVID SAID.
ARMED ROBBERIES WERE A CAUSE OF VERY REAL CONCERN IN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT WE MUST CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT THE NUMBERS OF THEM DID NOT AGAIN INCREASE, HE SAID.
HE INDICATED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS ANXIOUS TO INTRODUCE THE ORGANISED AND SERIOUS CRIMES BILL TO FIGHT ORGANISED CRIMES.
*THIS IS AN IMPORTANT AND MUCH NEEDED BILL. I SINCERELY TIAT THE DEBATE WILL NOT DRAG ON TOO LONG AND THAT WE CAN BRING INTO LAW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE."
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SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT JUVENILE CRIME, IN PARTICULAR, TRIAD ACTIVITIES IN SCHOOLS.
ON THEFT OF VEHICLES, HE EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT MEASURES ANNOUNCED BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT EARLIER THIS MONTH TO TACKLE VEHICLE THEFT IN THE TERRITORY WOULD GO A LONG WAY TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM.
"WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT GIVEN CLOSER CO-OPERATION WITH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES, WE WILL BE ABLE TO PREVENT THIS PROBLEM FROM GETTING WORSE, HE ADDED.
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SIR DAVID AGAIN STRESSED IN THIS YEAR'S CONFERENCE THE NEED FOR COMMUNITY TO PLAY A PART IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME, ADDING THAT NO POLICE FORCE IN THE WORLD COULD BE SUCCESSFUL IN THAT FIGHT WITHOUT THE WHOLE-HEARTED SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY.
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