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"It might be a statistical blip, and we shall have to follow the figures very closely in the months ahead. But this is a statistic which has already rung alarm bells throughout the Government.
"We are deploying an extra 400 police officers on the streets this year, and we plan to deploy at least another 200 in the year ahead. We will take vigorous measures to counter any upsurge in criminal activity and to ensure our streets are safe," the Governor said.
End/Wednesday, October 11, 1995
Special priority in fight against corruption
The Governor, the Rt Hon Christopher Patten, said today (Wednesday) the fight against corruption will be a special priority during the remaining months of the transition.
He said corruption was of acute concern.
"How could it be otherwise, with reports of corruption to the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) up 45 per cent since 1992. Part of this rise is likely to reflect the success of our campaign to encourage people to report corruption.
"But we cannot afford to fall back on such comfortable explanations. We have to go on battling corruption at every level and in every section of our society. We must make sure that corruption remains a high-risk activity for the offender."
Mr Patten said that in the coming year, the ICAC would step up its efforts to eliminate corruption.
"It will extend its Business Ethics campaign from the management to the working level. The aim is to provide staff at every level of business with an ethical framework in which corruption has no place.
"In a related initiative, the Hong Kong Ethics Development Centre will provide corruption prevention services to its clients and will launch detailed prevention programmes in co-operation with the leading chambers of commerce and professional bodies.