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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1994
ESCORT TEAMS TO FIGHT CRIME NOT TO BE EXTENDED
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THE
IN
EXTENDED
COMMUNITY AWARENESS PROGRAMME INTRODUCED BY THE POLICE TIN SHUI WAI LAST NOVEMBER TO COMBAT CRIME THERE WILL NOT BE TO OTHER DISTRICTS.
THIS WAS
MR
ALISTAIR
STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, ASPREY, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON SELINA CHOW IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR ASPREY SAID THE PROGRAMME WAS DESIGNED TO TACKLE A LAW AND
RESIDENTIAL ESTABLISHED ORDER PROBLEM IN A NEWLY WHERE COMMUNITY RELATIONS HAD YET TO BE FULLY DEVELOPED.
SPECIFIC DISTRICT
"THERE ARE ALREADY WELL-ESTABLISHED CHANNELS TO ADDRESS SIMILAR APPROPRIATE POLICING PROBLEMS ELSEWHERE, AND SO WE DO NOT CONSIDER IT TO EXTEND THE PROGRAMME TO OTHER DISTRICTS,
HE SAID.
SECONDARY
THE PROGRAMME INVOLVES THE TRAINING OF RESIDENTS AND STUDENTS IN TIN SHUI WAI IN CRIME PREVENTION AND PERSONAL SAFETY, THAT THEY CAN ESCORT UNACCOMPANIED GIRLS TO THEIR HOMES.
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NO
LAST YEAR, SINCE THE START OF THE PROGRAMME IN NOVEMBER REPORTS OF RAPE OR INDECENT ASSAULT HAS BEEN RECEIVED IN THE DISTRICT.
0
CLEANING UP OF COUNTRYSIDE IN GOOD PROGRESS
THE "CLEANING UP OF THE COUNTRYSIDE" EXERCISE WILL BR UNDERTAKEN BY A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TASK FORCE TO BE SET UP IN THE LANDS DEPARTMENT, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON TANG SIU-TONG, MR BASON SAID THAT A CORE TEAM HAD BEEN FORMED LAST NOVEMBER TO CARRY OUT PREPARATORY WORK AND THE FULL TEAM OF OVER 100 STAFF WAS EXPECTED TO BE ESTABLISHED IN PHASES OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
FIRST REQUEST FOR FUNDS WILL BE
SUBMITTED TO THE FINANCE
COMMITTEE SHORTLY, HE SAID.
DUE TO THE SCALE AND COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM, THE EXERCISE MAY LAST SOME YEARS.
THE TASK FORCE WILL TARGET SPECIFIC AREAS AND SHEK KONG WILL PROBABLY BE THE FIRST ONE,
VALLEY
/NOTING THAT