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SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1988

FOLLOWING

THE NEW

TAI PO AND

YI

DISTRICTS, END OF 1990

THE

WILL IN

TSING ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW MA ON SHAN DISTRICT AT THE SEE THE INCREASE FROM SEVEN TO NINE THE NUMBER OF POLICE DISTRICTS THE NEW TERRITORIES.

HING DIVISION IN TUEN OTHER DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED A NEW TAI

WAI TIN SHUI CHUNG, IN KING DIVISION MUN AND POSSIBLY LAI DIVISION IN YUEN LONG AND TSUEN WAN CENTRAL DIVISION.

KWAI

WOULD REGION

VITAL LINKS BETWEEN NEW TOWNS IN THE THE COMPLETION OF NEW ROADS WHICH WOULD EVENTUALLY FORM LINK FROM SAI KUNG IN THE EAST TO YUEN LONG IN THE WEST ROUTE FIVE.

COME WITH

A CONTINUOUS VIA THE NEW

"THE VAST MAJORITY OF VEHICLES AND PEOPLE PASSING BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA GO ACROSS AT LOWU AND MANKAMTO, WHERE THERE IS HEAVY

CROSSING AT CONGESTION. TO EASE IT THE GOVERNMENT IS BUILDING A ROAD LOKMACHAU WHICH SHOULD OPEN EARLY NEXT YEAR.

COMMITMENT. WE HAVE REACHED DESPERATE NEED FOR THE

"IT WILL REQUIRE A HEAVY POLICE SATURATION POINT AT MANKAMTO AND THERE IS A

NEW CROSSING.

"THE NEW TERRITORIES

SEGREGATED

ROAD NETWORK

WILL

REQUIRE

SPECIAL EXPERTISE.'

SMALLSHAW SAID: TURNING TO THE CRIME PROBLEM, MR.

THEY THE NEW TERRITORIES STILL HAVE 700 VILLAGES IN PLACES WHICH GIVE US THE GREATEST HEADACHE.

WE "ALTHOUGH ARE NOT THE

PEOPLE ARE NEW TO THE TO BUILD UP

COMMUNITY THE

"ONE OF OUR PROBLEMS IS THAT SO MANY AREA IN THE NEW TOWNS AND IT TAKES TIME SPIRIT WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT TO GOOD POLICING.

THE DESIGN OF THE NEW OTHER FACILITIES BUILT ΤΟ NEED BUT THEY STILL

WEEKENDS AND

"WE ARE HELPED TO A LARGE EXTENT BY TOWNS BEING MUCH BETTER, WITH RECREATION AND INTO THEM TO ALLOW AN OUTLET FOR THE PEOPLE BE POLICED AND THE POPULATION INCREASES CONSIDERABLY AT HOLIDAYS WITH VISITORS COMING FROM KOWLOON AND THE HONG KONG ISLAND."

―

PEOPLE HAD ALSO RELEVANT TO POLICING THE REGION WAS THAT MANY

IN SCHOOLS INSUFFICIENT

THE KEPT THEIR JOBS IN TOWN AND THERE WERE

AND CHILDREN. MANY REGION. THE RESULT WAS HEAVY COMMUTING BY ADULTS CHILDREN HAD BOTH PARENTS WORKING.

PROBLEM. THIRTY-SEVEN "WE HAVE A SERIOUS JUVENILE CENT OF HONG KONG'S CHILDREN LIVE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, YET WE 49 PER CENT OF JUVENILE CRIME.

CRIME

PER

HAVE

"THE NEW TERRITORIES IS WHERE IT'S ALL HAPPENING IN

15 DIFFICULT TODAY. KEEPING PACE WITH THE EXPANSION KEEPING OUR HEADS ABOVE WATER.

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HONG BUT

KONG

WE

ARE

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