THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1984
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HIGH-POWERED GROUP ON CRIME TO BE SET UP
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THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE IS TO SET UP A HIGH-POWERED WORKING GROUP TO EXAMINE THE THREAT POSED BY GANGS, INCLUDING TRIADS AND THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN ORGANISED CRIME IN HONG KONG.
THE GROUP WILL INCLUDE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE AND SENIOR REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE POLICE, THE SECURITY BRANCH, THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION.
THE DECISION WAS TAKEN ON WEDNESDAY AFTER THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED AT LENGTH A COMPREHENSIVE, 46-PAGE CONFIDENTIAL REPORT +TREADS AND THE IR INVOLVEMENT IN ORGANISED CRIME+ WHICH HAD BEEN SUBMITTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID:
+THE POLICE REPORT HIGHLIGHTS THE FACT THAT, IN RECENT YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN A RESURGENCE OF TRIAD ACTIVITY.
+IT ALSO ILLUSTRATES THAT TRIADS AND OTHER GANGS HAVE SPREAD THE IR INVOLVEMENT IN ORGANISED CRIME AND HAVE USED LEGITIMATE FRONTS TO MONOPOLISE CERTAIN AREAS OF BUSINESS.+
THE GROUP WILL CONDUCT AN IN-DEPTH STUDY INTO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GANGS AND ORGANISED CRIME AND EXAMINE WHAT CO-ORDINATED ACTION IS NEEDED TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM.
IT WILL ALSO CONSIDER WHETHER NEW LEGISLATION IS REQUIRED TO DEAL WITH TRIAD SOCIETIES,
THE WORKING GROUP WILL REPLACE THE CO-ORDINATED GROUP AGAINST TRIADS WHICH WAS FIRST FORMED IN 1979. IT WILL REPORT TO THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE.
EXPORTS TO U.S. RISE 40 PER CENT FOR YEAR *****
TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR THE YEAR 1983, VALUED AT $336 142 MILLION, INCREASED BY 24 PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE SIMILAR PERIOD IN 1982, ACCORDING TO SUMMARY FIGURES RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 26 PER CENT TO $104 405 MILLION, IMPORTS BY 23 PER CENT TO $175 442 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 27 PER CENT TO $56 294 MILLION. DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER INCREASED BY 26 PER CENT.
THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
/DOMESTIC EXPORTS
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