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Wednesday, October 18, 1972

However, in view of the urgency of the situation it was not

intended to wait for several years until the school could open on its

permanent site. Instead, he said, it was planned to start it next year,

in temporary quarters, catering for about 300 boys.

recruits.

He hoped it could be quickly expanded to provide for even more

The Governor stressed that the causes for the crime increase

were just as complex and baffling in Hong Kong as they were in other great

cities in the world, and it would be foolish to expect a quick or easy cure.

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"But what I have said will at least have shown you that on this

issue your government is in the ring and with its sleeves rolled up. It

has adopted new, tactics in the past year, of which I have only mentioned

and will now introduce others which I hope will commend themselves

to you as both practical and imaginative."

Gome

Sir Murray assured the Councillors that the Government would

continue to experiment with new measures or to reinforce old ones" until

this creeping fear is mastered."

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