MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1900
IN CONCLUDING SIR EDWARD SAID THAT HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC FUTURE DEPENDED ON THE INGENUITY AND ENERGY OF ITS PEOPLE.
HE SAID THAT APART FROM A FINE NATURAL HARBOUR AND A FAVOURABLE GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION THIS HAD BEEN HONG KONG'S ONLY RESOURCE: +EXPERIENCE SHOWS THAT IT MAY WELL PROVE TO BE A MORE DURABLE RESOURCE THAN EVEN THE RICHEST MINERAL DEPOSITS OR VAST TRACTS OF FERTILE LAND+.
+ IT HAS ALREADY PRODUCED ONE OF THE MORE REMARKABLE POST-WAR SUCCESS STORIES, AND THERE IS EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE SUCCEEDING CHAPTERS WILL BE NO LESS REMARKABLE,+ HE SAID.
GOVERNMENT MORE AWARE OF TRIAD ACTIVITIES
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THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW MORE AWARE OF THE TRIAD PROBLEM AND THE NEED FOR SERIOUS MEASURES TO STAMP IT OUT, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER OPENING THE 1985 INTERNATIONAL BOWLS CLASSIC AT THE KOWLOON BOWLING GREEN CLUB, SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT ALTHOUGH THE TRIAD PROBLEM WAS NOT GETTING OUT OF HAND, IT WAS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM.
+AND WE'VE GOT TO TAKE A VERY CAREFUL LOOK AT THE SITUATION TO SEE HOW WE, AS A COMMUNITY, ARE GOING TO DEAL WITH THIS SPECIAL PROBLEM, HE SAID.
ASKED HOW SERIOUS THE PROBLEM WAS, THE CHIEF SECRETARY POINTED OUT THAT +BY ITS VERY NATURE, IT'S INSIDIOUS+.
+ IT ROTS AWAY AT THE COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY LIFE; IT'S A SECRET ACTIVITY: IT FEEDS ON EXTORTION; AND WE WANT TO ROOT IT OUT.
+BASICALLY, IT FEEDS ON THE FEAR OF THE COMMUNITY.+
IN REPLY TO ANOTHER QUESTION. SIR DAVID SAID THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS THAT TRIAD SOCIETIES HAD INFILTRATED SOME SECTORS OF THE GOVERNMENT.
+BUT AS MR ANNING HAD SAID HIMSELF, IT IS A SECRET ORGANISATION, AND THEREFORE IF IT DID EXIST, WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT BECAUSE OF ITS SECRET NATURE.+
ASKED WHETHER THE WORKING GROUP ON GANGS SET UP BY THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE WOULD CARRY OUT AN IN-DEPTH REVIEW OF THE PROBLEM OR
SIR DAVID SAID WHETHER IT WOULD LOOK MORE INTO SPECIFIC STRATEGIES, THE WORK ING GROUP WAS REALLY TO GIVE ADVICE ON HOW TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM.
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