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FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1988

FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE REPORT RELEASED

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THE OVERALL CRIME

SITUATION IN HONG KONG 19 SATISFACTORY ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A SLIGHT INCREASE IN 1987, ACCORDING TO THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 7 PUBLISHED TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE REPORT GIVES A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE WORK THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE NOVEMBER 1986 TO DECEMBER THE ACTION IT IS PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE.

UNDERTAKEN 1987, AND

BY

SECRETARY AND

INTRODUCING THE REPORT TO THE PRESS, THE CHIEF CHAIRMAN OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, SIR DAVID FORD, QUOTED FIGURES TO REFLECT THE LAW AND ORDER STATE OF THE TERRITORY.

"THE YEAR 1987 SAW A VERY SLIGHT INCREASE OF 1. B PER CENT IN OVERALL CRIME AFTER THE WELCOME DROP OF THE

BEFORE, AND THERE AN REPORTED,

YEAR

RISE

WAS ALSO A SLIGHT

IN THE NUMBER OF ROBBERIES INCREASE OF 1.7 PER CENT,' SAID SIR DAVID.

NOTED THAT THE

ROBBERY

HOWEVER, SIR DAVID SAID IT SHOULD BE FIGURE FOR 1987 WAS STILL 3.5 PER CENT LOWER THAN THE CORRESPONDING FIGURE FOR 1978, AND WAS

CENT LOWER THAN THE HIGH POINT REACHED IN 1980.

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PER

"SIMILARLY THE FIGURE FOR INCREASE OF 8.2 PER CENT FROM THE SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER THAN THE FIGURES FOR THE EARLY 1980S, AND IS PER CENT LOWER IN COMPARISON WITH THE RECORD HIGH IN 1980.'

VIOLENT CRIME IN 1987 SHOWS AN PREVIOUS YEAR, BUT IT IS STILL

H

TREND

FOR BURGLARIES, SIR DAVID SAID THE DOWNWARD SINCE 1986 HAD CONTINUED AND A DROP OF THREE PER CENT WAS IN 1987.

"THIS IS PARTICULARLY TRUE IN THE CASE OF DOMESTIC PREMISES WHERE THERE HAS BEEN A 25 PER 1985, AND AN 11 PER CENT DECREASE OVER 1986."

CENT

12.6

RECORDED

CHALKED UP

BURGLARIES DECREASE SINCE

IN

CASES MEMBERS

IN OF

ALL POINTING OUT THAT OVER 25 PER CENT OF

BURGLARY APPEALED TO 1987 DID NOT INVOLVE BREAKING-IN, SIR DAVID THE PUBLIC TO TAKE BASIC MEASURES TO PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY.

UPWARD

TREND OF GOT

PARTICULAR CONCERN HE EXPRESSED

OVER THE JUVENILE CRIME, SAYING THAT THE PROBLEM MUST BE TACKLED BEFORE IT OUT OF CONTROL.

YEAR'S NUMBER OF

INCREASE AFTER LAST JUVENILE CRIME HAS SHOWN A SHARP DROP, AND CLOSELY ALLIED TO IT WAS A LARGE INCREASE IN THE SHOP THEFT CASES.

/ON FUTURE