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WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1993
MEASURES TO HELP STUDENTS FIGHT CRIME
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THERE WERE 14 STUDENTS ARRESTED FOR INVOLVEMENT IN TRAFFICKING DANGEROUS DRUGS IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, THE ACTING SECRETARY SECURITY, MR KEN WOODHOUSE, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING ΤΟ A QUESTION BY THE HON LEE WING-TAT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR WOODHOUSE SAID THE POLICE USED OFFICERS IN DISTRICT SCHOOL TEAMS TO LIAISE DIRECTLY WITH SCHOOLS TO IDENTIFY TRIAD ELEMENTS ACTIVE IN RECRUITMENT.
THEY ALSO RELY ON OTHER INTELLIGENCE SOURCES, HE ADDED.
ON WAYS TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO REPORT CRIME, HE SAID: "A STUDENT CRIME INFORMATION FORM IS CURRENTLY BEING TESTED ON A PILOT BASIS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN WESTERN DISTRICT AND WONG ΤΑΙ SIN DISTRICT."
THESE FORMS ARE LEFT IN THE SCHOOL AND STUDENTS CAN PICK UP A COPY, REPORT ANY CRIME AND POST IT TO GPO BOX 999, HONG KONG.
"IF THIS PILOT SCHEME PROVES SUCCESSFUL, THE STUDENT CRIME INFORMATION FORMS WILL BE INTRODUCED IN ALL SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, NR WOODHOUSE SAID.
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A CRIME REPORT, AVAILABLE AT ALL DISTRICT OFFICES, CAN ALSO USED TO REPORT DRUG TRAFFICKING TO THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE.
"STUDENTS ARE ASSURED OF ANONYMITY," HE SAID.
ON HELP PROVIDED BY SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS, HE SAID THERE WERE COUNSELLING SERVICE, INTERVIEWS, HOME VISITS AND TREATMENT GROUPS.
INTENSIVE COUNSELLING WILL BE OFFERED TO STUDENTS KNOWN, OR SUSPECTED, ΤΟ HAVE TRIAD INVOLVEMENT, OR STUDENTS BEING INDUCED ΤΟ TAKE PART IN THE DELIVERY AND TRAFFICKING OF DANGEROUS DRUGS.
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PROTECTIVE ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE WITH THE CONSENT STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS, INCLUDING HELPING THEM TO REPORT POLICE, ARRANGING FOR THEM TO CHANGE SCHOOLS OR RECEIVE TEMPORARY RESIDENTIAL CARE WHERE NECESSARY.
IF THEY ARE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE TENANTS, ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE FOR TRANSFER THROUGH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
"THESE MEASURES HELP TO PREVENT THEM FROM FALLING PREY TO TRIAD INFLUENCE AND THREATS, MR WOODHOUSE SAID.
FOR MORE SERIOUS CASES, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE MAY APPLY TO THE JUVENILE COURT FOR A CARE AND PROTECTION ORDER TO PLACE THEM UNDER STATUTORY SUPERVISION.
TURNING TO PREVENTIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMMES, HE SAID THE NARCOTICS DIVISION, AND THE EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENTS LAUNCHED ACTIVITIES IN SCHOOLS.
/MR WOODHOUSE
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