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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1990

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MEASURES TO DETER CRIME BY VIETNAMESE

A NUMBER OF MEASURES HAVE BEEN AND ARE BEING TAKEN TO PREVENT AND DETER CRIME BY VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE AND REFUGEES ACCOMMODATED

YUEN IN TUEN MUN AND

LONG, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE ALISTAIR ASPREY, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY),

HON

MR AND

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON TAI CHIN-WAH, ASPREY SAID THE TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDERS

WERE THE DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEES

MONITORING THE LEVEL AND PATTERN OF CRIME IN THEIR DISTRICTS.

"POLICE RESOURCES ARE DEPLOYED IN RESPONSE REQUIREMENTS AND PATROLS HAVE BEEN STEPPED UP IN AREAS CRIME BLACK SPOTS.

TO PERCEIVED

IDENTIFIED AS

"CLOSE LIAISON HAS BEEN MAINTAINED BETWEEN THE POLICE IN THE DISTRICTS AND THE CENTRE MANAGEMENT TEAMS AND THIS HAS BEEN IMPORTANT. IN DETECTING AND DETERRING CRIME, HE SAID.

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MR ASPREY SAID THAT THE STATISTICAL INFORMATION ON

BOAT PEOPLE OFFENCES COMMITTED BY VIETNAMESE

AND REFUGEES DISTRICTS WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR 1988 AS SEPARATE RECORDS WERE THAT TIME KEPT ON CRIMES COMMITTED BY VIETNAMESE.

CRIMINAL IN THE NOT AT

COMMITTED BY VIETNAMESE

IN

THERE WERE 334 CRIMINAL OFFENCES TUEN MUN LAST YEAR AND 73 UP TO THE END OF FEBRUARY THIS YEAR, MAKING A TOTAL OF 407 CASES.

DURING THE SAME PERIOD, A TOTAL OF 185 OFFENCES WERE REPORTED IN YUEN LONG, WITH 166 COMMITTED LAST YEAR AND 19 UP

THE END OF

FEBRUARY THIS YEAR.

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OF THE 407 OFFENCES REPORTED IN TUEN MUN DISTRICT IN 1989 AND 1990, 171, OR 42 PER CENT, TOOK PLACE OUTSIDE THE TUEN MUN, SAN YICK AND PILLAR POINT REFUGEE CENTRES, MR ASPREY SAID.

OF THE 185 OFFENCES REPORTED IN YUEN LONG DISTRICT DURING THE SAME PERIOD, 57, OR 31 PER CENT, WERE COMMITTED OUTSIDE THE SEK KONG DETENTION CENTRE.

"THE GREAT MAJORITY OF OFFENCES COMMITTED BY VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE AND REFUGEES WERE THEFT OR THEFT-RELATED, HE SAID.

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MR ASPREY ALSO SAID THAT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS HAD ARRANGED CIVIC EDUCATION PROGRAMMES FOR REFUGEES AND BOAT AND, IN THE CASE OF TUEN MUN, ORIENTATION PROGRAMMES WHICH WERE

DESIGNED TO HELP REFUGEES COME TO TERMS WITH LIFE IN HONG KONG.

PEOPLE,

"LAW AND ORDER IS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN THESE PROGRAMMES,

HE SAID.

HE ALSO