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FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1983

TOUCHING ON THE RECENT POLICE SURVEY IN TSUEN WAN, MISS CHUNG SAID IT SHOWED A DEFINITE CORRELATION BETWEEN SECURITY" MEASURES IN A TENEMENT BUILDING AND THE SUSCEPTIBILITY TO CRIME.

THE SURVEY COVERED 98 PER CENT OF BUILDINGS WITH MACS AND OCs, BUT EXCLUDED HOUSING AUTHORITY AND HOUSING SOCIETY ESTATES, FACTORY AND OFFICE BUILDINGS, SQUATTER HUTS AND NEW TERRITORIES VILLAGE HOUSES.

KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI WERE NOT SURVEYED BECAUSE OF THE PREPONDERANCE OF PUBLIC HOUSING IN THE TWO DISTRICTS.

BUILDINGS COVERED BY THE SURVEY ARE CLASSIFIED INTO THREE CATEGORIES, GRADE A ARE BUILDINGS WITH ENTRANCES FITTED WITH IRON GATES AND CARETAKERS ARE EMPLOYED THEREIN; GRADE B ARE THOSE EITHER FITTED WITH IRON GATES OR CARETAKERS ARE EMPLOYED; AND GRADE CARE BUILDINGS WITHOUT ANY IRON GATE OR CARETAKER.

THE SURVEY SHOWS THAT THERE ARE 104 (41.3 PER CENT) GRADE A BUILDINGS, 102 (40.5 PER CENT) GRADE B BUILDINGS AND 46 (18.2 PER CENT) GRADE C BUILDINGS IN TSUEN WAN PROPER.

A TOTAL OF 66 SELECTED CRIMES, MAINLY ROBBERY AND BURGLARY, WERE COMMITTED AGAINST PERSONS OR HOUSEHOLDS IN THESE THREE GRADES OF BUILDINGS DURING THE SECOND HALF OF LAST YEAR.

THE VICTIMISATION RATE FOR GRADE A BUILDINGS WAS 19.2 PER CENT, 28.4 PER CENT FOR GRADE B AND 36.9 PER CENT FOR GRADE C.

+ IT IS CONCLUDED THAT PEOPLE LIVING IN GRADE C BUILDINGS FACE THE HIGHEST RISK OF CRIMES, AND IT IS BLATANTLY CLEAR THAT BOTH GRADE B AND C BUILDINGS ARE MORE VULNERABLE TO THE OCCURRENCE OF CRIMES,+ SAID MISS CHUNG.

AT THE DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, MEMBERS ALSO IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS FACED BY MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS' CORPORATIONS IN GRADE B AND C BUILDINGS.

* LACK OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES ARISING FROM THE INDIFFERENCE OR INCOOPERATIVENESS OF THE OWNERS OR TENANTS;

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OPPOSITION TO THE INSTALLATION OF IRON GATES FROM OWNERS OR TENANTS WHO OPERATE BUSINESS IN THE BUILDINGS BECAUSE THE GATES WILL CAUSE INCONVENIENCE TO THEIR CUSTOMERS;

INDIFFERENCE OF MACS AND OCS, ESPECIALLY THE INACTIVE ONES, TOWARDS INSTALLING SUCH GATES AND ENGAGING CARETAKERS; AND

* LACK OF LIFT HALL OR PUBLIC AREA IN

BUILDINGS TO ACCOMMODATE THE CARETAKER ESPECIALLY IN PRE-WAR AND OLD TYPE OF MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS.

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