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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1989

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"THE SEIZURE WAS A BIG ATTACK ON VICE ACTIVITIES T.N THE DISTRICT BUT WAN CHAI IS IN FACT MUCH QUIETER THAN IN THE OLD DAYS. PORNOGRAPHIC ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN SWEPT OUT IN YEARS OF SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS BY POLICE."

MR FRASER SAID ANOTHER REASON FOR THE DECLINE OF VICE IN CHAI WAS THE STEADY MODERNISATION OF THE AREA AND THE GROWTH COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND BUSINESS ACTIVITY.

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"THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS AT PRESENT WITH FISHBALL STALLS AND WOMAN BROTHELS. DURING MY PREVIOUS ATTACHMENT TO WAN CHAI IN 1982 THERE WERE ABOUT 30 FISHBALL STALLS BUT WHEN Ι RETURNED THIS YEAR THERE WAS NO SIGHT OF THEM.

"THE LAST ONE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE CLOSED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.

"THERE ARE ABOUT 20 KNOWN ONE WOMAN BROTHELS AT PRESENT BUT THEY DO NOT CAUSE SERIOUS TROUBLE.

"ABOUT 85 APARTMENT HOUSES OPERATE IN WAN CHAI VALLEY AND THEY ARE KEPT UNDER OUR SURVEILLANCE. WE SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION FOR VICE ACTIVITIES EARLY THIS YEAR.

MR FRASER SAID ACTION HAD BEEN TAKEN RECENTLY VIDEO SHOPS SELLING PORNOGRAPHIC TAPES IN HENNESSY ROAD.

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"FIVE SUCCESSFUL RAIDS ON THESE ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS AND WE ARE AWARE THAT ONE ESTABLISHMENT HAS CLOSED DOWN.

"FIGHTING VICE DOES NOT OCCUPY MUCH OF OUR TIME IN WAN CHAI THESE DAYS. THE FOCUS OF OUR COMBAT IS WITH DANGEROUS DRUGS AND GAMBLING.'

ANTI-JUVENILE CRIMES COMIC BOOKLET PUBLISHED

A NEW COMIC BOOKLET CARRYING ANTI-JUVENILE CRIMES MESSAGES WILL BE FREELY AVAILABLE TO YOUNG READERS FROM TOMORROW (MONDAY).

THE 32-PAGE CHINESE COMIC BOOKLET. WHICH IS JOINTLY PUBLISHED BY THE POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS BRANCH AND THE DENON STUDIO, CONTAINS A STORY WHICH TELLS OF A POSITIVE APPROACH TO LIFE AND OF THE IMPORTANCE OF AVOIDING CRIMES.

A TOTAL OF 100,000 COPIES OF THE BOOKLET HAVE BEEN PRINTED. HALF OF THEM WILL BE DISTRIBUTED DIRECTLY ΤΟ FORM 1 STUDENTS BY POLICE SCHOOL LIAISON OFFICERS, AND THE REST WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS, AT ALL DISTRICT OFFICES AND DISTRICT POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICES.

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COPIES WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR LOAN AT THE

LIBRARIES.

VARIOUS PUBLIC

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