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THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1987

FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE TO TACKLE VICE DEN PROBLEM

THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE IS CONSIDERING ON HOW TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM OF VICE DENS AND THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID (THURSDAY).

VARIOUS SUGGESTIONS OFFENSIVE SIGNS IN WILSON, SAID TODAY

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE END OF HIS VISIT TO THE DISTRICT,

SIR DAVID SAID HE HAD NOTICED THE PROBLEM.

"I WAS BRIEFED AS WE WENT DOWN SHANGHAI STREET ON SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THERE WHICH DO CAUSE A GREAT DEAL OF ANNOYANCE TO LOCAL INHABITANTS,' HE SAID.

It

NOTING THAT THE

POLICE HAD BEEN DEALING

WITH THE PROBLEM NOW BEING

ACTIVELY, SIR DAVID SAID VARIOUS SUGGESTIONS WERE CONSIDERED BY THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE ON HOW ONE MIGHT DEAL WITH THESE PROBLEMS.

HE SAID THAT ONE WAY THAT MIGHT BE USED WOULD BE WITHI THE OBJECTIONABLE PUBLICATIONS ORDINANCE.

"ANOTHER IS THE POSSIBILITY OF PRODUCING NEW LEGISLATION WHICH WILL ENABLE MAGISTRATES TO CLOSE CERTAIN VICE ESTABLISHMENTS

IF THEY WERE FOUND GUILTY MORE THAN ONCE OF CERTAIN OFFENCES.

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"AND IN ADDITION TO CLOSING THE ESTABLISHMENT, THEN ΤΟ REMOVE THE SIGNS. THOSE ARE THE SORT OF IDEAS WHICH ARE BEING LOOKED AT, HE ADDED.

SIR DAVID SAID THE AFTERNOON'S VISIT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE THERE WAS GREAT CONTRAST BETWEEN THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TSIM SHA TSUI EAST AND THE OLDER AREAS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE DISTRICT WHERE THERE WERE PROBLEMS OF CROWDED ENVIRONMENT AND OLD BUILDINGS.

"WHAT WAS INTERESTING FOR ME AND IMPRESSIVE WAS TO VISIT THE AREA AND GO AND LISTEN TO THE PROBLEMS AS DESCRIBED BY THE AREA COMMITTEE, AND то SEE HOW THEY WERE PUTTING FORWARD PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS TO THE VARIOUS PROBLEMS, AND HOW THERE WAS GOOD CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE AREA COMMITTEE, DISTRICT BOARD AND THE VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS IN ORDER TO REACH SOLUTIONS TO SOME OF THESE DIFFICULT PROBLEMS," HE SAID.

WHEN ASKED TO COMMENT ON HIS IMPROMPTU VISIT TO ΤΑΙ KOK TSUI AND KWUN TONG YESTERDAY, SIR DAVID SAID HE WANTED TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO SEE FOR HIMSELF SOME OF THE PROBLEM AREAS.

"WE WENT TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE CROWDED SO-CALLED CAGE-MEN BUILDINGS, SOME OF THE VERY OLD HOUSING ESTATES WHICH ARE NOW BEING REDEVELOPED, AND THE SQUATTER AREAS. I WANTED TO HAVE A CHANCE ΤΟ GO AND SEE SOME OF THOSE THINGS FOR MYSELF WITH THE CHIEF SECRETARY.

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