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MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1985

→THE COMMITTEES ARE BLESSED BY THE IR COMPOSITION IN HAVING A WIDE CROSS-SECTION OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE WHO HAVE FIRST-HAND KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT IS MOST NEEDED FROM A DISTRICT'S POINT OF VIEW AT A PARTICULAR POINT AND TIME, HE SAID.

+ HOPE THAT WE WOULD MAKE THE BEST USE OF THIS CONFERENCE TO FREELY EXCHANGE VIEWS, AND TO CAPITALISE ON OUR POOLED TALENTS.+

FIRST-EVER CONFERENCE FOR FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEES

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MEMBERS OF THE 19 DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY GOT TOGETHER TO SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND VIEWS ON LAW AND ORDER IN A CONFERENCE HELD TODAY (MONDAY).

THE CONFERENCE IN SHERATON HOTEL WAS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND

IT WAS ATTENDED BY ORGANISED BY THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE. MEMBERS OF THE FCC AND SOME 300 UNOFFICIAL DFCC MEMBERS, POLICE REPRESENTATIVES AND DISTRICT OFFICERS.

IN HIS OPENING SPEECH, THE CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN, DR HO KAM- FAI, SAID THE PURPOSE OF THE CONFERENCE WAS TO PROVIDE A FORUM WHERE MEMBERS OF THE FCC AND DFCC'S COULD FREELY EXCHANGE THEIR VIEWS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF LAW AND ORDER AS PERCEIVED FROM THEIR OWN ANGLE.

ALSO, THIS GET-TOGETHER WAS INTENDED TO FOSTER A CLOSER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CENTRAL FCC AND DFCC'S ON ONE HAND, AND AMONG THE VARIOUS DFCC'S ON THE OTHER, HE SAID.

DR HO SAID HE HOPED THAT THE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND GOODWILL WOULD HELP TO DEVELOP POLICIES AND LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS THAT WERE MORE EFFECTIVE IN COMBATTING CRIMES.

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE OPENING SESSION WERE THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR MICHAEL THOMAS ; THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR RAYMON ANNING; AND THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO.

DELEGATES WERE LATER SPLIT UP INTO SEVEN GROUPS, EACH ASSIGNED TO DISCUSS A TOPIC OF CURRENT INTEREST. AN EXPERT ON EACH TOPIC GAVE A BRIEF TALK TO EACH GROUP TO STIMULATE DISCUSSION.

THE SPEAKERS