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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1986

A VTMS FOR THE PORT OF HONG KONG AND ITS APPROACHES HAS BEEN PROPOSED AFTER EXAMINATION OF A REPORT SUBMITTED BY THE CANADIAN COMMERCIAL CORPORATION (CCC) IN LATE 1984 AND EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS SUBMITTED BY POTENTIAL EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS.

ACCORDING TO THE STUDY UNDERTAKEN BY THE CCC, WHILE A SOPHISTICATED VTMS (A COMPUTER ENHANCED RADAR SYSTEM) WILL NOT MAKE THE PORT TOTALLY RISK FREE, IT HAS BEEN SHOWN THAT IT CAN ADDRESS 80 PER CENT OF THE EXISTING RISK.

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VTMS HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY THE PORTS COMMITTEE, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON MARINE POLICY, AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

SIGNING THE CONTRACT AT THE CANADIAN COMMISSION THIS EVENING WILL BE THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE MR CHAN YUE-YAN, AND THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE CCC, MR ROBERT HOLLINGSWORTH.

UNDER THE CONTRACT, THE CCC WILL ESTABLISH, ON A TURN-KEY BASIS, A COMPREHENSIVE VTMS, INCLUDING ALL SERVİCES EQUIPMENT NECESSARY.

IN ADDITION, THROUGH THE CCC, THE SERVICES OF THE CANADIAN COAST GUARD WILL BE USED TO DEVELOP OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES MANUALS FOR THE HONG KONG VTMS AND TO PROVIDE THE APPROPRIATE LEVELS OF OPERATOR TRAINING.

YOUTH CRIME FIGURES SHOW A DROP

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THE NUMBER OF PROSECUTION AGAINST YOUNG OFFENDERS HAS RECORDED A RELIEVING DROP FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER INCREASING STEADILY IN THE PAST THREE YEARS.

IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, LESS THAN 4 600 YOUNG OFFENDERS WERE PROSECUTED, COMPARED WITH 10 546 DELINQUENTS TAKEN TO COURT IN 1985.

+ IF THE DOWNWARD TREND CONTINUES, A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN JUVENILE AND YOUTH CRIME IS IN SIGHT, SAID THE ASSISTANT CHIEF POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICER, MR HARRY RAZACK TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE Y'S MEN'S CLUB OF KOWLOON ON YOUTH CRIME AND DELINQUENCY, MR RAZACK SAID THE MOST COMMON OFFENCES THAT YOUNG PEOPLE COMMITTED WERE SHOP THEFT, SERIOUS ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.

/HE SAID

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