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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1985
IN THE SAME PERIOD, SIR JOHN SAID, AN INCREASE OF $7.5 MILLION IN THE GROSS PROVISION FOR PURCHASES OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES INDUSTRIES MATERIALS HAD BEEN APPROVED TO MEET INCREASED EXPENDITURE DUE TO INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF INMATES EMPLOYED, THE AVERAGE PRICE OF MARIALS CONSUMED AND CONSIDERABLE EXPANSION OF THE INDUSTRIES.
NO INCREASE IN THE NET PROVISION WAS NECESSARY BECAUSE THE ADDITIONAL COSTS WOULD BE RECOVERED FROM CLIENT DEPARTMENTS AND ORGANISATIONS.
A NET INCREASE OF 1 326 POSTS, INCLUDING POSTS FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THE URBAN COUNCIL, WAS ALSO APPROVED.
SIR JOHN NOTED THAT APPROVED COMMITMENTS HAD BEEN INCREASED BY $209.8 MILLION AND NEW COMMITMENTS OF $947.2 MILLION HAD BEEN APPROVED.
THE NEW COMMITMENTS AND INCREASES IN COMMITMENTS APPROVED SINCE APRIL 1, 1984 TOTALLED $1 479 540 672 REPRESENTING A 48.6 PER CENT INCREASE OVER THE TOTAL COMMITMENT BALANCE OF $3 044.9 MILLION IN THE 1984-85 ESTIMATES,
HE POINTED OUT THAT ITEMS IN THE SUMMARY HAD BEEN APPROVED EITHER BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OR UNDER DELEGATED AUTHORITY.
SCHOOL BURGLARIES DECLINE *****
LAST YEAR THERE WERE 46 BURGLARIES IN SCHOOLS AND IN OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 136 IN KOWLOON AND 211 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON DAVID JEAFFRESON, SAID TODAY.
THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES IN 1983 WERE 66, 160 AND 166, MR JEAFFRESON SAID IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON YEUNG PO- KWAN.
COMMENTING ON MEASURES TO MINIMISE THE RISK OF BURGLAR IES, MR JEAFFRESON SAID THE POLICE CRIME PREVENTION BUREAU SURVEYED ALL NEW GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENT SUBVENTED SCHOOL PREMISES AT THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STAGE TO ENSURE THAT SUITABLE SECURITY FEATURES WERE INCORPORATED INTO THEM,
· FOR EXISTING SCHOOLS, MR JEAFFRESON SAID, THE CRIME PREVENTION BUREAU PROVIDED GENERAL CRIME PREVENTION ADVICE FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO PASS ON TO SCHOOLS.
THE BUREAU ALSO VISITED SUCH SCHOOLS UPON REQUEST TO GIVE ADVICE, HE SAID.
/THE SCHOOLS
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