REPLY:
MR PRESIDENT,
(A)
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1994
THE POLICE HAVE SET UP SCHOOL SUPPORT TEAMS IN ALL POLICE DISTRICTS, EXCEPT WESTERN, MARINE ISLANDS, AIRPORT AND MTR.
A LIST OF THE POLICE DISTRICTS WITH SCHOOL SUPPORT TEAMS IS AT THE APPENDIX.
THE SCHOOL SUPPORT TEAMS CONDUCT REGULAR VISITS TO SCHOOLS TO DISSEMINATE THE ANTI-TRIAD MESSAGE AND TO PLACES FREQUENTED BY STUDENTS TO IDENTIFY TRIAD STUDENTS AND OTHER UNDESIRABLE ELEMENTS; INVESTIGATE REPORTS RELATING TO TRIAD ACTIVITIES IN SCHOOLS; IDENTIFY AND ARREST TRIAD RECRUITERS; INTERVIEW ARRESTED PERSONS, VICTIMS AND WITNESSES; AND ASSIST IN THE FORMULATION OF STRATEGIES то COMBAT VIOLENT AND TRIAD-RELATED CRIME INVOLVING STUDENTS.
THE POLICE ASSESS THAT SCHOOL SUPPORT TEAMS ARE EFFECTIVE IN TACKLING TRIAD ACTIVITIES IN SCHOOL.
(B)
THE POLICE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP A SCHOOL SUPPORT TEAM IN WESTERN DISTRICT; THE TEAM WILL COME INTO OPERATION SOON.
AS REGARDS THE MARINE ISLANDS DISTRICT, THE POLICE ASSESS ᎢᎻᎪᎢ . AT PRESENT, TRIAD ACTIVITIES IN SCHOOLS IN THIS DISTRICT ARE NOT A MAJOR CAUSE OF CONCERN, EXISTING LIAISON BETWEEN THE POLICE SCHOOL LIAISON OFFICER AND SCHOOL HEADMASTERS AND TEACHERS HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE, AND IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO SET UP SUCH A TEAM AT THIS STAGE, NEVERTHELESS, THE POLICE WILL MONITOR THE SITUATION.
THERE ARE NO SCHOOLS IN THE AIRPORT AND THE MTR POLICE DISTRICTS, IT IS THEREFORE NOT NECESSARY TO SET UP SCHOOL SUPPORT TEAMS IN THESE TWO DISTRICTS.
(C) THE POLICE HAVE IN ADDITION DEPLOYED MORE OFFICERS TO THE VICINITY OF SCHOOLS AND TO PLACES FREQUENTED BY STUDENTS, AND HAVE SOUGHT TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS TO REPORT CRIMES AND TRIAD ACTIVITIES. THEY ARE ALSO LIAISING CLOSELY WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, PARENT- TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS AND YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS ΤΟ TACKLE TRIAD ACTIVITIES IN SCHOOLS.
/THE EDUCATION