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POLICE ON ALERT FOR BEACH THIEVES

COMBINED POLICE OPERATIONS TO CONTROL CRIME AND CROWDS BEACHES OF SOUTH HONG KONG ISLAND HAVE BEEN LAUNCHED FROM DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS. OPERATION +DOGBANE+ HAS GONE INTO STOP CRIMINALS WHO PREY ON HOLIDAY CROWDS ENJOYING SUNNY DAYS SEA.

NINE GAZETTED BEACHES IN ABERDEEN DIVISION AND

MAKERS SUB-DIVISION ATTRACTED OVER 6.8 MILLION HOLIDAY

LAST CONSIDERABLY MORE THAN THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF HONG KONG.

THE MONTHLY AVERAGE OF NEARLY 600,000 PEOPLE PEAKED AT MILLION IN THREE MONTHS, JUNE-AUGUST.

AND THE FIGURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HIGHER THIS YEAR.

COMMANDER,

AT THE ABERDEEN

TO BY THE

STANLEY YEAR

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SUPERINTENDENT TAM WE ARE OBVIOUSLY

THE ABERDEEN POLICE DIVISIONAL KWOK-WING SAID: "THESE ARE INCREDIBLE STATISTICS. EXPECTING A LARGE INFLUX OF PEOPLE ONTO THE SOUTHERN BEACHES IN THE HOLIDAY MONTHS AHEAD.

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THE OPERATION WILL FOCUS

INCREASED POLICE ATTENTION ON THE

PROBLEMS CAUSED BY CROWDS, THEIR PROPERTY AND THEIR TRANSPORT.

THE "WARM UP" PERIOD OF THE OPERATION, WHICH CONCENTRATED EFFORTS ON WEEKENDS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IS NOW BEING STEPPED UP ΤΟ A ON PEROID OF HIGH DEPLOYMENT OF PERSONNEL WHO WILL ATTEND BEACH AREAS A DAILY BASIS THROUGHOUT THE PEAK PERIOD TO EARLY SEPTEMBER.

THE OPERATION WILL PLACE HOLIDAY BEACH AREAS, PLUS MORE TRAFFIC POLICE AND WARDENS.

THE FINAL THIRD PHASE OF THE

ADDITIONAL COVERT PERSONNEL IN UNIFORMED OFFICERS, AUXILIARIES,

OPERATION WILL INCLUDE A SLOW

WIND DOWN AS SCHOOLS REOPEN AND THE SUMMER ENDS.

BUSIEST OF THE NINE GAZETTED BEACHES IN ABERDEEN AND STANLEY AREA ARE REPULSE BAY, DEEPWATER BAY, STANLEY MAIN BEACH AND ST STEPHEN'S BEACH.

MOST LIKELY CRIMES ANTICIPATED AT THE VARIOUS SCENES ARE THEFTS FROM BEACHES, VEHICLES AND SWIMMERS; BURGLARIES, CRIMINAL

IN ADDITION DAMAGE, UNRULY BEHAVIOUR AND VANDALISM.

POLICE CONTEND WITH ILLEGAL BARBECUES, CAMPING ON BEACHES, NOISE. HAWKERS, ROAD RACING AND ILLEGAL PARKING.

SUPERVISING

POLICE ALSO HAVE THE PROBLEM OF

THE ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF BUSES AND PRIVATE TRANSPORT CARRYING HOLIDAY MAKERS.

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