WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1988
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CO-OPERATION WILL HELP MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER
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ALL
SHOULD
WITH ADEQUATE CO-OPERATION, FOREBEARANCE AND GOOD SENSE ON SIDES, THE GRADUAL LIBERALISATION OF VIETNAMESE CLOSED CENTRES
IN THE COMMUNITY, NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE QUALITY OF LAW AND ORDER
SAID IN THE HON GEOFFREY BARNES, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
DAVID CHEUNG, MR BARNES RELATIVELY SMALL AND
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON SAID THAT THE OVERALL NUMBERS OF REFUGEES WERE MOST OF THEM WERE LAW-ABIDING.
BUT
HE
NOTED
THAT
THE
OF
ADDITIONAL
FOR IMPLICATIONS
VIETNAMESE
LAW
AND
PRESENCE REFUGEES IN THE COMMUNITY WOULD HAVE SOME ORDER, ADDING THAT THE EXTENT OF THESE WERE IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT.
SEE
HOW
THE
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DEVELOPS HE SAID.
SITUATION "WE SHALL OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO WHILE AT THE SAME TIME TAKING CERTAIN PRECAUTIONARY STEPS,
THROUGH!
DISTRICT POLICE COMMANDERS AND MR BARNES SAID THAT
PROGRAMME OF THEIR POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICERS, AN EDUCATION
THE LIVE AND VIDEO-TAPED LECTURES ON INTRODUCED FOR VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
LAWS OF
HONG KONG
HAD BEEN
IN
MANY OTHER WOULD COME INTO
RESPONSIBILITIES REFUGEES' THESE LECTURES HIGHLIGHTED THE THE REPORTING OF CRIME, CRIME PREVENTION, ROAD SAFETY AND
REFUGEES THE ASPECTS OF HONG KONG LIFE WITH WHICH CONTACT WHEN THEY LEFT THE CAMPS.
PROGRAMMES "THESE
CENTRES," HE SAID.
WILL BE
OPERATED
IN ALL.
FORMER CLOSED
WERE LIBERALISED ADDITIONAL SUFFICIENT POLICE BEAT
MR BARNES SAID THAT AS THE CAMPS POLICE RESOURCES WOULD BE DEPLOYED TO ENSURE PATROLS.
MUN AND
ARE AREAS CLOSE TO
CASTLE PEAR DIVISIONS "FOR EXAMPLE, BOTH TUEN BEING STRENGTHENED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COVERAGE OF THE CAMPS AND BUSY PARTS OF THE TOWN.
"DISTRICT COMMANDERS WILL KEEP A CLOSE AND WILL DEPLOY FURTHER MANPOWER AS NECESSARY,
MR BARNES ADDED THAT THE PROGRAMMES
BY POLICE WOULD BE REINFORCED
WATCH ON DEVELOPMENTS
HE SAID.
BEING
UNDERTAKEN BY THE WHICH PROGRAMMES OF OTHER AGENCIES
BEING PUT IN WOULD BE WELCOMED BY THE REFUGEES AS PART OF THE TRUST THEM IN RELAXING THE CLOSED CENTRE RESTRICTIONS.
HE ALSO NOTED THAT. INEVITABLY ONE HAD TO RELY ON THE GOOD SENSE OF THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL TO ASSIST REFUGEES WHO MIGHT NOT BE FULLY FAMILIAR WITH THE WAYS OF LIFE AND PERHAPS SOME OF THE CONCEPTS OF LAW AND ORDER WHICH HONG KONG PEOPLE TOOK FOR GRANTED.
"WE SHALL BE RELYING ON THE AGENCIES CONCERNED, PUBLIC AND THE REFUGEES THEMSELVES TO CO-OPERATE IN
HE SAID. AND ORDER IS MAINTAINED,
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THE UNHCR, THE SEEING THAT LAW
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