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Wednesday, June 20, 1973.

RESULTS OF VIOLENT CRIME CAMPAIGN

Greater police presence on the ground and a simplified procedure

for reporting crime are expected to have a deterrent effect on violent

criminals.

Since the beginning of the Fight Violent Crime Campaign on

Monday, the police have already mounted 796 raids and have stopped

and searched over 13,000 people. As a result 722 people have been detained.

The Secretary for Home Affairs, the Hon. J. Cater, told Legislative

Council this afternoon that "the Royal Hong Kong Police and the Royal Hong

Kong Auxiliary Police will be making an even greater effort during the action

phase of the campaign."

Fifteen reporting centres have been set up in Kaifong Association

offices and public housing estates, and 25 similar centres will be set up

next month.

In addition, police landrovers have also been deployed as mobile

reporting centres in strategic locations.

Moreover, a new and simplified reporting procedure has been intro-

duced based on the use of a simple pro forma which would help to cut down

reporting time and speed up the processing of reports.

Mr. Cater said that this was only the beginning, and "everything

possible will be done to increase the rate of detection of the violent

criminal."

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