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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1979

+ IT WOULD BE A PITY, I BELIEVE, IF WE ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT ON TO THE POLICE A RESPONSIBILITY WHICH RESTS WITH ALL OF US AS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.+

THE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED AND THE REPORT PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE METHODOLOGY ESTABLISHED BY THE US BUREAU OF THE CENSUS. AMONG THE CITIES WHICH PREPARE CRIME VICTIMISATION FIGURES ON THE SAME BASIS ARE CHICAGO, DETROIT, LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA.

THE MAIN ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE SURVEY, THE REPORT INDICATES, HAS BEEN TO ESTABLISH A STATISTICAL BASELINE FOR MEASURING THE IMPACT OF IMPORTANT CATEGORIES OF CRIME IN HONG KONG AND FOR ASSESSING WHAT PROPORTIONS OF THESE CRIMES ARE REPORTED TO THE POLICE.

PRICED AT $9, THE REPORT IS ON SALE IN BOTH CHINESE AND ENGLISH VERSIONS AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING NEAR THE STAR FERRY IN CONNAUGHT PLACE. COPIES WILL ALSO SOON BE ON SALE AT LEADING BOOK STORES.

GOVERNOR TO OPEN NEW TDC OFF ICE

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL OPEN THE NEW OFFICE OF THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL IN PANAMA CITY ON NOVEMBER 13. SIR MURRAY AND LADY MACLEHOSE WILL LEAVE HONG KONG ON NOVEMBER 10, SPEND ONE DAY IN MEXICO CITY AND ARRIVE IN PANAMA CITY ON NOVEMBER 12.

THE TDC OFFICE - THE 18TH TO BE OPENED OVERSEAS - IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROMOTING TWO-WAY TRADE WITH THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICAN REGION.

SIR MURRAY AND LADY MACLEHOSE WILL FLY ON TO LONDON ON NOVEMBER 15 FOR ANNUAL LEAVE.

SIR MURRAY IS TO HAVE AN OPERATION ON HIS HIP WHILST IN THE UK AND WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ABOUT THE END OF JANUARY.

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