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WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1987

BOMBING ENQUIRIES ACCORDED TOP PRIORITY

THE

THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY)

COMMISSIONER

POLICE THAT THE

OF

HAD

TO GIVEN TOP PRIORITY INVESTIGATION INTO THE RECENT BOMBING INCIDENTS,

MR FORD POINTED AND SERIOUS

SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING, OUT THAT ENQUIRIES WERE BEING CONDUCTED BY THE ORGANISED CRIMES BUREAU, SUPPLEMENTED BY OFFICERS DRAFTED IN FROM REGIONAL UNITS AND WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF COMPUTER FACILITIES.

FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF MR FORD'S STATEMENT:

AND

"MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN,

CONCERN, PUBLICLY HAVE OCCURRED RECENTLY. THEY HAVE PRIVATELY, ON EXPLOSIONS WHICH

AND CRUEL ATTACK

BEEN OUTRAGED, IN PARTICULAR BY THE INDISCRIMINATE IN CITY PLAZA ON JULY 8, IN WHICH 15 PEOPLE WERE INJURED.

EXPLOSION "MEMBERS WILL PROBABLY HAVE HEARD THAT ANOTHER SMALL

AT NOON TODAY. NO OCCURRED INSIDE THE QUEENSWAY GOVERNMENT OFFICES

MOTIVE IS UNCLEAR. SIR, NO ONE WARNING WAS RECEIVED AND THE

WAS

INJURED BY THAT EXPLOSION.

ARE DOING

"YOU SIR, AND I HAVE PUBLICLY CONDEMNED THESE SENSELESS ACTIONS AND HAVE REASSURED THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG THAT THE POLICE ALL IN THEIR POWER TO ARREST THE CULPRITS.

THE

"THIS AFTERNOON, I SHOULD LIKE ΤΟ SAY

THAT AGAIN

ΤΟ PRIORITY

THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE HAS GIVEN TOP

INVESTIGATION THESE INCIDENTS. ENQUIRIES ARE

THE INTO ALL

BEING CONDUCTED BY

DRAFTED ORGANISED AND SERIOUS CRIMES BUREAU, SUPPLEMENTED BY OFFICERS

OF COMPUTER FACILITIES. IN FROM REGIONAL UNITS, WITH THE ASSISTANCE

BEEN SET UP AND INTENSIVE A MAJOR INCIDENT INVESTIGATING ROOM HAS

UNDERWAY IN THE CITY PLAZA DOOR-TO-DOOR ENQUIRIES ARE

TO LOCATE AND IN PLAINCLOTHES,

HAVE ALSO BEEN

FURTHER WITNESSES. POLICE PATROLS, IN UNIFORM HAVE INCREASED IN BUSY SHOPPING

SHOPKEEPERS AREAS.

ADVISED AS TO HOW TO MAKE THEIR PREMISES MORE SECURE AND WHAT TO DO IF PRIVATE SECURITY GUARDS HAVE BEEN THEY FIND A SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE.

I HOPE SIR, FROM ALL I HAVE SAID

IT IS URGED TO BE MORE VIGILANT. CLEAR TO MEMBERS AND TO THE PUBLIC THAT THE POLICE HAVE RESPONDED IN A MOST COMMENDABLE WAY.

MAN IS

THIS

NOW

UNDER

RESULTS. MEMBERS "THEIR DETERMINATION HAS ALREADY BROUGHT SOME WILL BE AWARE THAT ONE

CHARGED IN CUSTODY,

WITH THE 55 OF THE POSSESSION OF AN EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCE CONTRARY TO SECTION

ARE MAN'S ACTIVITIES

STILL CRIMES ORDINANCE. SINCE

RESULTS DIVULGE THE INVESTIGATION I WOULD PREFER NOT TO

SO EMPHASISE THAT THE INVESTIGATIONS SO FAR BUT I WOULD POLICE ACTION WHICH I HAVE OUTLINED ABOVE IS CONTINUING."

POLICK

OF

INTENSIVE

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