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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1988

CRIME FIGURES DECLINE IN SHA TIN

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THERE HAS BEEN A CONTINUOUS DROP IN CRIME FIGURES IN SHA TIN OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, A SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (TUESDAY),

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE LAW AND ORDER SITUATION WAS OBVIOUSLY A RESULT OF STRICT POLICING AND THE

THE CO-ORDINATED EFFORTS OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS,

SHA TIN ORGANISATIONS AND DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE (STDFCC), COMMUNITY RESIDENTS.

HAVE "IN PARTICULAR, VERY POSITIVE RESULTS

THE THE AREA OF JUVENILE CRIME,

SPOKESMAN SAID IN OVERALL FIGURES AS ENCOURAGING.

BEEN ACHIEVED IN DESCRIBING THE

NUMBER

THE AFTERNOON, AS REPORTED IN THE STDFCC MEETING THIS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN EIGHT AND 17 ARRESTED FOR VARIOUS CRIMES WERE 107 IN JULY, 82 IN AUGUST, 82 IN SEPTEMBER AND 73 IN OCTOBER.

THERE WERE 1,292 JUVENILE ARRESTS IN 1987 AND 713 FROM TO JUNE THIS YEAR.

JANUARY

MORE

THE SPOKESMAN SAID AN EVEN

ENCOURAGING ASPECT WAS THE DROP IN SHOP THEFT, THE WORST ASPECT OF JUVENILE CRIME IN SHA TIN.

IN 1987, A TOTAL OF 504 YOUNG PEOPLE

WERE ARRESTED FOR

SHOP

THEFT.

FIGURES

317. BUT IN DROPPED

IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR, ARRESTS TOTALLED JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER THE SIGNIFICANTLY TO 27, 24, 15 AND 16 RESPECTIVELY.

IN THE NUMBER OF REPORTED OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS, THE

"A CONTINUOUS DROP WAS ALSO SEEN CASES FOR ALL CRIMES IN SHA TIN SPOKESMAN ADDED.

IN AUGUST, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, THE AND 328 RESPECTIVELY.

FIGURES WERE 387, 332

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