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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1988

"A

DISCOUNTED, BE WHICH CANNOT FACTOR, FURTHER

" HE ADDED. CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF A LONG STAY IN A REFUGEE CAMP,

MOST OF THE CRIMES COMMITTED BY THE REFUGEES WERE PETTY AND MINOR ASSAULTS, HE NOTED.

IS THE

THEFTS

NOT DID

SUGGEST THE POLICY OF SEEKING PENDING WHICH THE

MR BARNES EXPLAINED THAT THE STATISTICS

GOVERNMENT'S OVERALL DURABLE SOLUTIONS,

NEED FOR ANY CHANGE IN THE EARLY RESETTLEMENT AND OTHER CLOSED CENTRE POLICY HAD THEREFORE TO CONTINUE.

CRIME RATE

AS

MR BARNES ALSO PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING TABLE ON THE AMONG VIETNAMESE REFUGEES AS COMPARED WITH THAT FOR THE POPULATION

PER 1,000 OF THE A WHOLE, ON THE BASIS OF THE NUMBER OF OFFENDERS POPULATION AGED SEVEN OR OVER:

VR OFFENDERS

1983

55.3

1984

60.2

1985

77.6

1986

83.6

1987

86.2

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ALL OFFENDERS

7.6

7.8

8.7

8.3

8.4

PRIVATISATION OF HOS MANAGEMENT SERVICES A SUCCESS

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CONTRACTS OUT FIRMS FURTHER

THE TRIAL SCHEME BY WHICH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES OF HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME COURTS TO PRIVATE HAS BEEN A SUCCESS AND THE PILOT SCHEME WILL BE EXTENDED TO A FOUR COURTS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

THE HON ROBIN PUI-LAM

WORKS, AND LANDS FOR SECRETARY THE ACTING SAUNDERS, SAID THIS IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON CHUNG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

"THE PILOT SCHEME, WHICH

WAS STARTED

IN

BY

JANUARY 1987, HAS HAS BEEN ACHIEVED MANAGEMENT

IN-HOUSE DEPARTMENT'S HOUSING THE

WORKED VERY WELL, AND THE STANDARD OF

COMPARABLE TO THAT

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PROVIDED

STAFF, MR SAUNDERS SAID.

/HE ADDED

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