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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1987

HEARTENING EVIDENCE THAT CRIME IS DECLINING

CRIME IS BEING CONTAINED AND THERE IS HEARTENING EVIDENCE IT IS EVEN DECLINING, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID IN POLICY ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THAT

HIS

"WE HAVE HAD A SIGNIFICANT DEGREE OF SUCCESS AND I WOULD TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE EFFICIENCY AND DEDICATION OF OUR POLICE WHICH DOES MUCH TO ENSURE THAT ORDINARY CITIZENS CAN GO ABOUT AFFAIRS IN SOCIETY," HE SAID.

LIKE

FORCE THEIR

LARGE AND KONG VERY

COPING WITH CRIME WAS A NEVER-ENDING TASK IN ANY CROWDED METROPOLIS, SAID SIR DAVID, AND ΙΝ HONG CONSIDERABLE EFFORTS HAD BEEN MADE OVER THE YEARS TO COMBAT IT.

TO THE

TO

IS

HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IT WAS AN AREA OF GREAT CONCERN PEOPLE, AND COMMENTED THAT IN CONTAINING CRIME "HONG KONG APPEARS BE DOING BETTER THAN MANY OTHER LARGE CITIES, ALTHOUGH THERE ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT"

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A

NUMBER

SIR DAVID NOTED THAT THE TRIAD PROBLEM WAS AN AREA PARTICULAR CONCERN, AND POINTED OUT THAT OVER THE PAST YEAR THE CRIME COMMITTEE HAD CONTINUED TO GIVE THIS A RIGH PRIORITY. OF MEASURES HAD BEEN ADOPTED TO COUNTER IT.

"ONE IMPORTANT MOVE HAS BEEN TO PROVIDE BETTER PROTECTION TRIAL WITNESSES THROUGH THE USE OF ONE-WAY VIEWERS.

FOR

"IN ADDITION, STRICTER PENALTIES HAVE ALSO BEEN INTRODUCED THOSE FOUND GUILTY OF BELONGING TO ILLEGAL SOCIETIES, AND IS BEING PREPARED TO TIGHTEN THE LAWS GOVERNING ILLEGAL DRUG ABUSE AND THE NUISANCES ASSOCIATED WITH PROSTITUTION.

FOR

LEGISLATION GAMBLING,

TO

"A SCHEME IS ALSO BEING WORKED OUT то MAKE IT POSSIBLE RENOUNCE TRIAD MEMBERSHIP. NEXT YEAR A NEW COMPUTERISED CRIMINAL INFORMATION SYSTEM WILL BE IN OPERATION то IMPROVE OUR ABILITY COMBAT TRIAD ACTIVITIES AND OTHER SERIOUS CRIMES."

ΤΟ

ΤΟ THE BEING

IN

SIR DAVID SAID PARTICULAR ATTENTION NEEDED TO BE PAID RISING TREND OF CRIMES COMMITTED BY YOUNG OFFENDERS. STEPS WERE TAKEN TO IMPROVE AND REFINE SENTENCING POLICY FOR SUCH OFFENDERS ORDER TO IMPROVE THEIR CHANCES OF REHABILITATION.

"METHODS ARE BEING WORKED OUT TO INVOLVE SCHOOLS MORE IN THIS PROBLEM, FOR INSTANCE THROUGH THE USE OF SPECIALLY TEACHING MATERIALS, DISTRICT BOARDS AND DISTRICT COMMITTEES ARE ALSO PAYING GREATER ATTENTION TO JUVENILE LOCAL BASIS," HE SAID.

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