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SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 1989

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1,720 ARRESTED IN 4,781 PAIDS IN MARCH

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DRUGS,

ILLEGAL

OF 1.720 PEOPLE IN

SUSTAINED POLICE ACTION AGAINST VICE ACTIVITIES LED TO THE ARREST THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY LAST MONTH.

GAMBLING AND

4,781

RAIDS

THE MONTH,

A POLICE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT DURING

RAIDS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 259 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED IN 971

1,093 AND 342 PEOPLE WERE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED IN 3,461 RAIDS IN KOWLOON, ARRESTED IN 311 RAIDS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

IN ADDITION, NARCOTICS BUREAU OPERATIONS AND ARRESTED 26 PEOPLE.

1,104

OFFICERS ALSO CARRIED OUT 38

DRUG TRAFFICKING,

THE DRUGS GRAMS OF NO. 4

IN THEIR ONGOING ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST

RAIDS IN

LAST MONTH. POLICE ARRESTED 840 PEOPLE

25 SEIZED INCLUDED 11.64 KILOGRAMS OF NO. 3 HEROIN, HEROIN, 1 KILOGRAM OF OPIUM AND 60 GRAMS OF CANNABI

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IN 139 ON THE ANTI-GAMBLING FRONT, POLICE ARRESTED 741 PEOPLE

$194,000 AND BETTING SLIPS RAIDS, SEIZING TABLE MONEY AMOUNTING TO WORTH ABOUT $1.4 MILLION.

POLICE

ALSO CARRIED

OUT

3.538

ESTABLISHMENTS IN MARCH, RESULTING IN THE ARREST THE SEIZURE OF 234 OBJECTIONABLE MAGAZINES AND 196 PORNOGRAPHIC TAPES.

VICE OPERATIONS AGAINST

OF 139 PEOPLE AND VIDEO

HOME-BASED TEACHING PACKAGE FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED

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WITH MENTAL JOINTLY

DEPARTMENT,

A TEACHING KIT ON HOME-BASED TRAINING FOR PERSONS HANDICAP HAS BEEN PRODUCED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE WITH ACADEMICS AND EXPERTS FROM THE VOLUNTARY WELFARE SECTOR.

IS THE FIRST EVER PERSONS IN THE

(HBTP) PACKAGE TEACHING THE HOME-BASED

OF MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PRODUCED FOR THE TRAINING TERRITORY.

NEED CAUSED AT

IT HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO FILL A TEMPORARY TRAINING

PLACEMENTS AND IS LARGELY AIMED BY A SHORTFALL IN POST-SCHOOL PEOPLE WITH MODERATE MENTAL HANDICAP.

THERE ARE AT PRESENT THREE HOME-BASED TEAMS,

CLIENTS, OPERATED BY VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.

EACH SERVING 80

WONG, DESCRIBED

THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH THE HBTP AS THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS BETTER COMMUNITY SUPPORT.

/SHE SAID