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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1976

SECURITY PROBLEMS DURING METRO WORKS POLICE TO HELP

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PROPRIETORS OF PREMISES AFFECTED BY HOARDINGS DURING THE . CONSTRUCTION OF THE METRO WILL BE VISITED BY THE POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICERS IN THEIR DISTRICTS WHO WILL GIVE ADVICE AND ANSWER QUESTIONS ON SECURITY MATTERS, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON. LEWIS DAVIES, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

THE HON. Q.W. LEE HAD ASKED WHAT MEASURES THE GOVERNMENT WAS TAKING TO ENSURE THE SECURITY OF PROPERTY AND PERSONS IN BUILDINGS WHICH HAD TO BE BOARDED UP, AND THE PROTECTION AND SAFETY OF THE MOVEMENT OF VALUABLES IN AREAS AFFECTED BY TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS.

MR. DAVIES SAID THE EXACT SITING AND DESIGN OF HOARDINGS WAS TO A CERTAIN EXTENT DEPENDENT ON THE CONTRACTORS AND THE PRECISE DETAILS WOULD NOT BE KNOWN UNTIL THEY HAD SUBMITTED THEIR PLANS.

AS PLANS BECAME AVAILABLE, HE SAID, THE POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICERS IN EACH POLICE DIVISION WOULD CONTACT THE PROPRIETORS AND THE ASSISTANCE OF THE POLICE SPECIALIST UNITS SUCH AS THE CID CRIME PREVENTION OFFICE WOULD BE CALLED ON TO DEAL WITH SECURITY PROBLEMS AS THEY AROSE.

+WITH REGARD TO THE PROTECTION AND SAFETY OF THE MOVEMENT OF VALUABLES IN AREAS AFFECTED BY TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS, THE POLICE WILL, WHENEVER NECESSARY, TRY TO MAKE SUITABLE ARRANGEMENTS WITH THOSE CONCERNED TO REDUCE RISK TO THE MINIMUM,+ HE SAID.

+THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE RECOGNISES THE POTENTIAL SECURITY PROBLEMS INVOLVED DURING THE PERIOD OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY,+ MR. DAVIES SAID.

BILLS PASSED

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THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1976 AND THE COUNTRY PARKS BILL PASSED THEIR COMMITTEE STAGE AND THIRD READING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

FIVE BILLS WERE INTRODUCED THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (AMENDMENT) BILL 1976, THE MAGISTRATES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1976, THE MARRIAGE (AMENDMENT) BILL 1976, THE OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON (AMENDMENT) BILL 1976 AND THE POLICE FORCE (AMENDMENT) BILL 1976. DEBATE ON THEIR SECOND READING WAS ADJOURNED.

DEBATE RESUMED ON THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1976 AND THE PREVENTION OF BRIBERY (AMENDMENT) BILL 1976.