SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1993
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POLICE COMMISSIONER'S HOLIDAY GREETINGS
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THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR LI KWAN-HA, SAID IN HIS CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR GREETINGS TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT THERE HAD BEEN A MARKED DECLINE IN ARMED ROBBERIES AND CAR THEFT IN THE TERRITORY IN THE PAST YEAR.
"IT IS MY DETERMINATION THAT RESOLUTE POLICE ACTION IN COMBATTING CRIME WILL CONTINUE, HE SAID.
MR LI SAID AS A RESULT OF IMPROVEMENT IN RECRUITMENT, THE POLICE WERE ABLE TO COPE WITH THE EXPANDING POPULATION AND THE EVER INCREASING RESPONSIBILITIES IN POLICING THE TERRITORY.
HE STRESSED THAT THE STRONG DETERRENT PRESENCE OF POLICE
WOULD BE OFFICERS ON STREETS
MAINTAINED AS IT WAS AN ESSENTIAL
ELEMENT OF THE POLICE ROLE IN HONG KONG.
CRIME,
ON THE SINO-HONG KONG CO-OPERATION IN THE FIGHT AGAINST MR LI SAID IT HAD NOT BEEN AFFECTED BY DIFFERENCES IN OTHER AREAS AS BOTH SIDES MAINTAINED REGULAR CONTACTS IN A BID TO UPHOLD THE TERRITORY'S STABILITY AND PROSPERITY.
THE COMMISSIONER ALSO THANKED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR THEIR HELP AND SUPPORT TO THE FORCE, ADDING THAT THE POLICE WERE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING QUALITY SERVICES TO THEM IN A CARING AND PROFESSIONAL MANNER.
70 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED
THE BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT APPROVED OCTOBER THIS YEAR. OF THEM, 18 ARE FOR KOWLOON AND 39 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
70 NEW BUILDING PLANS IN HONG KONG ISLAND, 13 FOR
28 FOR
APARTMENT
THE APPROVED PLANS INCLUDE APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS, 11 FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS 18 FOR FACTORY AND INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES.
AND
AND
IN THE MONTH, CONSENTS WERE GIVEN FOR WORK то START ON 43 PROJECTS, WHICH INVOLVE 163,352 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 169,314 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.
MEANWHILE, THE DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED IN THE MONTH TOTALLED ABOUT $2,704 MILLION.
OF THE BUILDINGS CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION IN THE MONTH, USABLE FLOOR AREAS FOR DOMESTIC AND NON-DOMESTIC USE ARE 95,312 SQUARE METRES AND 124,005 SQUARE METRES RESPECTIVELY.
/IN OCTOBER,