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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1987

+ IF WE ARE TO INTRODUCE NEW MEASURES THAT GO BEYOND OUR EXISTING REGULATIONS IN RELATION TO TRADING IN THE FINANCIAL SECTOR, THEN WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE DO NOT IMPEDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REPUTABLE END OF THE MARKET,+ HE SAID.

MR JACOBS ADVISED THE PUBLIC WHO FELT THEY HAD BEEN GIVEN LESS THAN SATISFACTORY SERVICE OR HAD OTHERWISE BEEN VICTIMISED WHILE TRADING IN LOCO-LONDON GOLD TO COME FORWARD AND REPORT THE FACTS TO THE OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR SECURITIES AND COMMODITIES TRADING. IF AN OFFENCE HAD BEEN COMMITTED, THEN THE COMMERCIAL CRIME BUREAU WOULD BECOME INVOLVED, HE ADDED.

+HIGH RETURNS ARE USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH RISKS. INVESTORS WISH TO TRADE IN LOCO-LONDON GOLD, THEY ARE BEST ADVISED TO STAY WITH THE LARGE AND REPUTABLE DEALERS.

IF

+ IN OTHER WORDS, INVESTORS SHOULD THEMSELVES EXERCISE PRUDENCE AND CAUTION AND A DEGREE OF COMMON SENSE BEFORE GOING INTO THIS DIFFICULT MARKET, WHICH TENDS TO BE DOMINATED BY PROFESSIONALS, HE ADDED.

SECURITY STEPPED UP FOR CRIME-PRONE PARKS *****

THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR POLICING COUNTRY PARKS LIES WITH THE POLICE DISTRICT IN WHICH THE PARKS ARE LOCATED AND ANY SIGN THAT CRIME HAD INCREASED IN A PARTICULAR AREA WOULD BE MET WITH AN INCREASED ALLOCATION OF POLICE RESOURCES, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON DAVID JEAFFRESON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON PETER C WONG, MR JEAFFRESON SA ID THAT POLICE PATROLS WERE REGULAR IN COUNTRY PARKS EITHER BY CAR OR MOTORCYCLE OR ON FOOT. BESIDES, POLICE DOGS AND PLAINCLOTHES OFFICERS WERE ALSO DEPLOYED.

HE SAID THAT THE 29 MANAGEMENT CENTRES AND 20 PARK WARDEN POSTS OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT AT STRATEGIC POINTS IN THE PARKS ALSO SERVED AS CENTRES WHERE THE PUBLIC COULD SEEK ASSISTANCE AND REPORT CRIME.

HE ADDED THAT 115 UNIFORMED PARK WARDENS PATROLLED COUNTRY PARKS DAILY, REPORTED CRIMES TO THE POLICE AND SPECIAL PATROLS WERE MADE AT WEEKENDS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS, CONCENTRATING ON THE MOST POPULAR COUNTRY PARKS.

/+SINCE THEY

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