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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1985

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FEWER REPORTS OF THEFTS FROM INSIDE CARS

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THERE WERE 3 448 REPORTED CASES OF THEFT FROM INSIDE VEHICLES LAST YEAR, AS AGAINST 4 230 IN 1983, A DECLINE OF 18.5 PER CENT, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON DAVID JEAFFRESON, SAID TODAY.

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ALEX WU, MR JEAFFRESON SAID THAT FIGURES OF THEFTS FROM INSIDE CARS (AS OPPOSED TO THEFTS OF SUCH EXTERNAL PARTS OF ACCESSORIES AS HEADLAMPS AND TYRES), WERE THE ONLY BREAKDOWN FIGURES AVAILABLE FROM STATISTICS COVERING THEFT OF ALL TYPES OF PROPERTY FROM VEHICLES.

THERE WERE NO STATISTICS BY TYPE OF PROPERTY STOLEN FROM PARKED CARS, HE SAID.

ON THE QUESTION OF DETECTION AND CONVICTION, HE SAID STATISTICS REFERRED ONLY TO ALL CASES OF THEFT FROM VEHICLES.

+ IN 1983, THE DETECTION RATE FOR ALL THEFTS FROM VEHICLES WAS 20.8 PER CENT. IN 1984 IT WAS 13.7 PER CENT.

+DISCOUNTING THOSE CASES NOT BROUGHT TO TRIAL BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, THE PERCENTAGE OF DETECTED CASES LEADING TO CONVICTION WAS 78.4 PER CENT IN 1983 AND 78.7 PER CENT IN 1984, + HE SAID.

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PUBLICITY ON IRON GRILLE GATES ADEQUATE

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ARRANGEMENTS FOR PUBLICISING THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATIONS IN RESPECT OF IRON GRILLE GATES WERE ADEQUATE, THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR NICKY CHAN, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHAN YING-LUN, HE SAID THAT, AS A RESULT OF THE BUILDING AUTHORITY'S ACTION AT NEW KWAT FONG GARDENS IN KWAI CHUNG, SPECIFIC PUBLICITY HAD BEEN GIVEN.

MR CHAN SAID THAT SINCE 1976 A SERIES OF SMALL POSTERS ILLUSTRATING VARIOUS TYPES OF ILLEGAL BUILDING ACTIVITY HAD BEEN AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE AND IN DISTRICT OFFICES, ONE OF THESE SHOWED THE ILLEGAL TYPE OF IRON GRILLE GATE.

BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE STAFF HAD ARRANGED FOR THESE POSTERS TO BE DISPLAYED IN BUILDINGS COMPLETED SINCE JANUARY 1, 1984, MR CHAN SAID.

+THERE HAVE FROM TIME TO TIME OVER THE YEARS BEEN SEVERAL PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS AIMED AT CONVEYING TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THE MESSAGE THAT THEY SHOULD NOT CARRY OUT ANY BUILDING WORKS WITHOUT CONSULTING THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OR AN AUTHORISED PERSON REGISTERED UNDER THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE, HE ADDED.

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