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TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1994
THE
NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME TO KEEP HONG KONG SAFE
THE GOVERNOR,
ᎡᎢ HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, SAID THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON
FIGHT CRIME THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BE ASKING THE COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER AGAIN THE CASE FOR NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME IN AS AN EFFORT TO KEEP THE STREETS AND HOUSING ESTATES IN THE TERRITORY. SAFE AS POSSIBLE.
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COMMENTING ON THE BRUTAL KILLING OF THE YOUNG GIRL IN TUEN MUN TO SUNDAY DURING A MEET-THE-MEDIA SESSION AT THE END OF HIS VISIT THE OCEAN PARK, MR PATTEN SAID: "WE HAD A DISCUSSION AT THE COUNCIL THIS MORNING WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE ABOUT GENERAL AND ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR BRUTAL ATTACK.
EXECUTIVE CRIME IN
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"AS I THINK YOU KNOW THE POLICE MANPOWER IN TUEN MỤN HAS THE SAME AS THAT IN OTHER DISTRICTS IN HONG KONG. THERE'RE ABOUT TO 900 POLICE OFFICERS DEPLOYED IN TUEN MUN BUT SINCE THE ATTACK,
WOMAN-POWER POLICE COMMISSIONER HAS DEPLOYED ADDITIONAL MAN AND OBVIOUSLY THE POLICE WILL BE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO FIND WHOEVER. WAS GUILTY OF THIS BRUTAL DEED AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE."
THE GOVERNOR SAID IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE SHOULD GIVE NEIGHBOURS THEIR FULL SUPPORT TO THE POLICE AND SHOULD ACT AS GOOD WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
"WE WILL BE ASKING THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER AGAIN ONE THE CASE FOR NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME SO THAT PEOPLE CAN HELP ANOTHER AND CAN CO-OPERATE WITH THE POLICE AS WELL TO KEEP OUR STREETS
MR PATTEN SAID. AND OUR HOUSING ESTATES AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE,
IT'S GATES
"THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS LOOKING AT SECURITY ON ESTATES. GOT A PROGRAMME FOR IMPROVING SECURITY, FOR EXAMPLE, INSTALLING AND CAMERAS AND I KNOW THAT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY KEEN TO SEE THAT PROGRAMME CARRY FORWARD AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE."
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THE YOUNG MR PATTEN OFFERED HIS CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF GIRL WHO WAS KILLED AND REITERATED HIS HOPE THAT THE ATTACKER COULD BE FOUND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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