FS STOPS OVER JAPAN
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1987
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR PIERS JACOBS, ARRIVED TODAY (SUNDAY) FOR A TWO-DAY VISIT ON HIS WAY BACK INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON.
IN TOKYO FROM THE
MR JACOBS WILL MAKE USE OF THE OPPORTUNITY то FAMILIARISE HIMSELF WITH THE WORK OF JAPANESE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR FINANCE AND TRADE MATTERS AND TO ACQUAINT HIMSELF WITH THE OFFICIALS CONCERNED.
HE WILL MEET THE DEPUTY MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MR H. KITAMURA, AND OFFICIALS FROM THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE, THE MINISTRY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY AND THE BANK OF JAPAN.
MR JACOBS WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ON TUESDAY (OCTOBER 6).
CRIME COMMITTED ON MTR REMAINS LOW
MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY POLICE ARE CONFIDENT THAT CRIME ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY HAS BEEN KEPT AT A LOW LEVEL THROUGH EFFECTIVE DEPLOYMENT OF OFFICERS AND AN ARREST RATE THAT IN ITSELF SERVES AS A STRONG DETERRENT.
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"THE OVERALL CRIME RATE IS VERY LOW, GIVEN THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC
MILLION PASSENGERS DAILY, SAID DISTRICT COMMANDER, MR. JAMIE CLEMENTS.
AROUND 1.8
IN AUGUST, WHEN THE MTR CARRIED 53.1 MILLION PASSENGERS, THE NUMBER OF CASES DEALT WITH BY MTR OFFICERS TOTALLED 218. OF THESE, 57 WERE CRIME RELATED, AND 126 OF THE OTHERS CAME UNDER THE MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORY, MANY OF THEM INVOLVING PASSENGERS WHO HAD BECOME SICK.
THERE WERE SEVEN REPORTS OF INDECENT PASSENGERS AND OFFICERS MADE SEVEN ARRESTS.
ASSAULTS ON FEMALE
"THE STATISTICS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. WE CONSIDER THAT WE HAVE VIOLENT CRIME, INCLUDING INDECENT ASSAULT, UNDER FIRM CONTROL BECAUSE OF OUR ARREST RATE, SAID MR. CLEMENTS.
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HE DESCRIBED THE SITUATION AS VERY ENCOURAGING, TAKING ACCOUNT OF THE SHEER VOLUME OF PASSENGERS. "AT PEAK HOURS, CENTRAL, TSIM SHA TSUI, MONG KOK AND KOWLOON TONG STATIONS ARE AMONG THE
WORLD'S BUSIEST.
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