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Wednesday, March 27, 1974

ACTION AGAINST TRIAD ACTIVITIES INTENSIFTED

At the Legislative Council today, the Secretary for Security,

the Hon. L.M. Davies, outlined both short term and long term measures

in dealing with triad activities.

He was answering a question from the Hon. Hilton Cheong-Loon

who asked: "What new steps are being taken to combat the growing triad

monace over which the public are now so widely concerned i

The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Davies said, had impressed upon

him the fact that there was no immediate, short term full or new solution

to the problem.

However, he said the level of counter action against such criminal

elements was being increased.

"In addition," Mr. Davies said, "the Commissioner is conducting

an examination of the structure of CID with the object of improving crime

prevention methods.

"Such changes which will be implemented shortly are aimed at

improving the floor of criminal intelligence, with particular emphasis on

triad type of activity, the strengthening of the Triad Society Bureau and

increased disruptive effort against unlawful gangs based on more intimate

knowledge of their activities."

He pointed out that the effect of counter gang action by the

police was illustrated by the numbers of people prosecuted for unlawful

society offences.

/The prosecution .......