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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1975

ON LAW AND ORDER, MR. LOBO SAID VIOLENT CRIME WAS NOT ONLY ORRYING LOCAL RESIDENTS BUT ALSO BECOMING A MATTER OF CONCE?N TO VISITORS, PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM NEIGHBOUR ING TERRITORIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.

→THIS IS A DISTURBING TREND WHICH COULD VERY EASILY SPREAD TO OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AND ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR TOURIST INDUSTRY UPON WHICH OUR ECONOMY RELIES SO HEAVILY,+ HE SAID.

MR. LOBO ALSO CALLED FOR EARLY PROVISION OF ELECTRICITY AND MAINS WATER IN SQUATTER AND CERTAIN LICENSED AREAS WHERE, HE SAID, LIVING CONDITIONS WERE AT BEST +PITIFUL+,

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HE ALSO ASKED FOR CONFIRMATION THAT THE PROPOSED DETOXIFICATION CENTRES WOULD BE A SUPPLEMENT SUBSTITUTE -- TO THE METHADONE MAINTENANCE PROGRAMME WHICH, HE FELT, WAS USEFUL AS ITS DEPENDANTS WERE LESS ANTI-SOCIAL AND CAPABLE OF EARNING THEIR OWN LIVING.

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