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Building Collapse-On 3rd June, 1933, the 2nd floor balcony of No. 15 Yuk Sau Street collapsed and threw four persons to the ground below, of whom two subsequently died from their injuries. A very lengthy inquiry was held by the Coroner with a Jury and a verdict of Death by Misadventure was returned.
The Jury added a recommendation for enforcing supervision by architects of work done under their instructions.
Assault on Medical Practitioner-A serious assault was made on 22nd July, 1933, by an unknown Chinese male on Dr. Ma Wai Man, at No. 136 Gloucester Road, 2nd floor. Dr. Ma had gone to the floor in response to an urgent call for medical assistance. While this appears to have been an isolated case and no motive can be assigned for the assault, it illustrates the danger to which local doctors may be liable in answering calls from unknown persons.
Remand Home for Juvenile Offenders-This Home, for the reception of male juvenile offenders dealt with under the Juvenile Offenders Ordinance (Ordinance No. 1 of 1932), was opened on 20th November, 1935. The Home is under the general charge of the Inspector General of Police. A European officer is superintendent of the Home. He has a staff of one Chinese Lance Sergeant and seven Chinese Constables. Two Probation Officers (one for Hong Kong and one for Kowloon) are attached to the Home for enquiry work. The Home is designed and furnished to accommodate fifty boys. On 31st December, 1933, sixteen boys were under detention; but the average daily number is steadily increasing. The Home and its staff promise to supply a long-felt want and to do very useful work. By the end of the year several cases had occurred in which runaways from home had been fully traced and handed back to their parents after an absence of two or three months. Further details of the Home appear in Annexe D.
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION BRANCH.
3. Summary of Crime. The total number of cases (except summonses) dealt with by the Police during 1933, was 31,289 as against 21,071 in 1932, being an increase of 10,218 or 48%. The increase is in minor offences, and is very largely accounted for under the headings of Opium, Regulations governing Hawkers and Nuisances.
There were 5,630 serious cases in 1933 as against 5,707 in 1932, a decrease of 77 or 1.3%. The chief decreases were:
Burglaries 75 cases. 16 House-breaking 29 Larceny from buildings 17 Larcenies 111 Murders 28 Robberies4
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Building Collapse-On 3rd June, 1933, the 2nd floor balcony of No. 15 Yuk Sau Street collapsed and threw four persons to the ground below, of whom two subsequently died from their injuries. A very lengthy inquiry was held by the Coroner with a Jury and a verdict of Death by Misadventure was returned.
The Jury added a recommendation for enforcing supervision by architects of work done under their instructions.
Assault on Medical Practitioner-A serious assault was made. on 22nd July, 1933, by an unknown Chinese male on Dr. Ma Wai Man, at No. 136 Gloucester Road, 2nd floor. Dr. Ma had gone to the floor in response to an urgent call for medical assistance. While this appears to have been an isolated case and no motive can be assigned for the assault, it illustrates the danger to which local doctors may be liable in answering calls from unknown
persons.
Remand Home for Juvenile Offenders-This Home, for the reception of male juvenile offenders dealt with under the Juvenile Offenders Ordinance (Ordinance No. 1 of 1932), was opened on 20th November, 1935. The Home is under the general charge of the Inspector General of Police. A European officer is super-
intendent of the Home. He has a staff of one Chinese Lance Sergeant and zeven Chinese Constables. Two Probation Officers (one for Hong Kong and one for Kowloon) are attached to the Home for enquiry work. The Home is designed and furnished to accommodate fifty boys. On 31st December, 1933, sixteen boys were under detention; but the average daily number is steadily increasing. The Home and its staff promise to supply a long-felt want and to do very useful work. By the end of the year several cases had occurred in which runaways from home had been fully traced and handed back to their parents after an absence of two or three months. Further details of the Home appear in Annexe D.
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION BRANCH.
3. Summary of Crime. The total number of cases (except summonses) dealt with by the Police during 1933, was 31,289 as against 21,071 in 1932, being an increase of 10,218 or 48%. The increase is in minor offences, and is very largely accounted for under the headings of Opium, Regulations governing Hawkers and Nuisances.
There were 5,630 serious cases in 1933 as against 5,707 in 1932, a decrease of 77 or 1.3%. The chief decreases were :
Burglaries
House-breaking
Larceny from buildings
Larcenies
Murders
Robberies
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