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SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 1988

"POLICE STATISTICS ARE DERIVED FROM CRIME COMPLAINTS MADE BY THE PUBLIC AND CRIMES DISCLOSED BY THE POLICE, INCLUDING THOSE AGAINST BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS AND THOSE WITHOUT SPECIFIC VICTIMS.

"THE SURVEY DATA, ON THE OTHER HAND, COVER VICTIMISATIONS AGAINST HOUSEHOLDS AND VICTIMISATIONS AGAINST PERSONS AGED 12 AND OVER, INCLUDING THOSE REPORTED AND NOT REPORTED TO THE POLICE," SAID THE SPOKESMAN.

"THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THE SURVEY IS TO PROVIDE THOSE INVOLVED IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE WITH INFORMATION, NOT OTHERWISE AVAILABLE, ON THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF CRIME, COMPLEMENTING DATA RESOURCES ALREADY ON HAND FOR PURPOSES OF PLANNING, EVALUATION AND ANALYSIS.

"ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT USES OF THE SURVEY DATA [S THE ASSESSMENT OF THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK SURROUNDING VIOLENCE AND THEFT.

"IT PROVIDES INFORMATION NECESSARY FOR STUDYING THE PART WHICH THE VICTIM PLAYS IN CRIME, HIS ROLE IN POTENTIAL PREVENTION AND HIS CHARACTERISTICS.

"FINDINGS ON VICTIM-OFFENDER

RELATIONSHIPS, THE CTRUMSTANCES OF CRIME OCCURENCE AS WELL AS OFFENDER CHARACTERISTICS ARE USEFUL IN UNDERSTANDING THE CONTEXT IN WHICH CRIME OCCURS, HE SAID.

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THE CHINESE AND ENGLISH VERSIONS OF THE REPORT, WILL BE ON SALE IN VERSIONS AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRES FROM TOMORROW (MONDAY).

SUNNY AND DRY IN DECEMBER

DECEMBER WAS SUNNY AND DRY WITH A TOTAL RAINFALL OF ONLY 0.4 MILLIMETRE, STATISTICS FROM THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY REVEALED.

THIS WAS WELL BELOW THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF 25.3 MILLIMETRES AND THE MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 60 PER CENT WAS THE FIFTH LOWEST ON RECORD FOR DECEMBER.

THERE WAS ALSO ABUNDANT SUNSHINE IN DECEMBER WITH 15 DAYS ON WHICH THE DURATION OF SUNSHINE WAS EIGHT HOURS OR MORE.

THERE WERE ABOUT 200 REPORTS OF HILL FIRES, OUT OF WHICH 106 OCCURRED ON DECEMBER 20 WHEN THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY

FELL 23 PER CENT AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY.

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/THE INTENSE