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THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1989

FIGHT CRIME REPORT NO.8 PUBLISHED

COVERS THE PUBLISHED TODAY

THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE (FCC) REPORT NO.8, WHICH WORK OF THE COMMITTEE IN THE CALENDER YEAR 1988, WAS (THURSDAY).

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THROUGH ITS FIVE THE STANDING COMMITTEE PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE,

SECURITY INDUSTRY AND

THE FCC CONTINUED TO WORK DURING THE YEAR SUB-COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS. THESE ARE ON YOUNG OFFENDERS, RESEARCH SUB-COMMITTEE, ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE REGULATION WORKING GROUP ON GANGS.

OF THE

IN SITUATION AS REGARDS THE GENERAL LAW AND ORDER

WAS A

OF DECREASE

2.5 PER REPORT POINTS OUT THAT THERE

CRIME PER 100,000 OF THE POPULATION ALSO REPORTED CRIME.

1988, THE CENT IN DECREASED

BY 3.5 PER CENT.

HIGHER THAN IT WAS 1985. THE LEVEL OF INCREASE COMPARED

ALTHOUGH OVERALL CRIME IN 1988 WAS STILL TEN YEARS AGO, IT HAS DECLINED FROM THE PEAK OF

LOWER RATE OF VIOLENT CRIME ROSE, BUT AT A MUCH WITH 1987.

CENT AND IT IS COUNTER THIS

SHOPTHEFT CASES SHOWED A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE OF 20.7 PER FROM OVER 7,000 CASES IN 1987 TO SOME 5,600 CASES IN 1988, BELIEVED THAT THE FCC'S PUBLICITY AND OTHER MEASURES TO PARTICULAR CRIME HAVE PRODUCED A POSITIVE EFFECT.

ON

GANGS,

ITS

THE SUMMARIZING THE WORK DONE BY THE WORKING GROUP

GROUP DEVOTED REPORT NOTES THAT THE WORKING

MOST OF

TIME TO

FOLLOW UP THE

IN THE DISCUSSION DOCUMENT "OPTION FOR CHANGES IN THE LAW AND IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW TO COUNTER THE TRIAD PROBLEMS"

PROPOSALS

THE

THESE INCLUDED PROTECTION OF WITNESSES FROM INTIMIDATION, SETTING UP ONE-WAY VIEWERS FOR IDENTIFICATION PARADES, INCREASING

WITH TRIAD FINES UNDER THE SOCIETIES ORDINANCE DEALING

MEMBERSHIP, INTRODUCTION OF THE TRIAD RENUNCIATION SCHEME, ESTABLISHMENT OF INTER- DEPARTMENTAL TASK FORCES TO INVESTIGATE ORGANISED

AND CRIME, PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL CONSIDERATION OF THE INTRODUCTION OF STRICTER GAMBLING, VICE-RELATED OFFENCES AND DRUG TRAFFICKING.

TRIAD

THE ON

DANGER OF HAS BEEN

ON THE PREVENTIVE SIDE, A TEACHING PACKAGE INVOLVEMENT FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS INTRODUCED. VARIOUS PROJECTS ON THE REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS AND AFTERCARE SERVICES HAVE BEEN LAUNCHED.

ENFORCEMENT

THE ADDITIONALLY,

WORKING GROUP HAD MONITORED POLICE AT CASTLE PEAK ACTION AGAINST THE ILLEGAL FISH TRADING

ACTIVITIES IN ABATTOIRS, BAY AND TRIAD

IT HAD ALSO LOOKED INTO POSSIBLE TRIAD INVOLVEMENT IN THE HARASSMENT OF CONTRACTORS IN THE CIRCULAR ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

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