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FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1990

WORKING TOGETHER TO STEM VIOLENT CRIMES

THE POLICE AND THE SECURITY INDUSTRY MUST WORK TOGETHER IN STEMMING A DISTRUBING UPSWING IN VIOLENT CRIMES COMMITTED AGAINST CASH CARRYING SECURITY COMPANIES, THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR LI KWAN-HA, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

ADDRESSING A LUNCHEON GATHERING FOLLOWING THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE SECURITY ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG, MR LI SAID THE FORCE WAS WELL AWARE OF THEIR ANXIETIES OVER THE ATTACKS.

"EVERY EFFORT IS BEING MADE TO BRING THOSE RESPONSIBLE TO JUSTICE AND TO PREVENT SIMILAR CRIMES, HE ADDED. "YOUR INTEREST AND CONCERNS ARE MUTUALLY SHARED,

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ANOTHER AREA ADDRESSED BY THE COMMISSIONER WAS THAT INTRUDER ALARMS, THE MANUFACTURE, INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE MONITORING OF WHICH, HE STRESSED, HAD LONG BEEN A PROBLEM.

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AND

"THE NEW POLICE POLICY OF PHASED RESPONSE TO ALARM CALLS IS ALREADY HAVING THE EFFECT OF IMPROVING SECURITY EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY ALARM COMPANIES THROUGHOUT HONG KONG," HE SAID.

"THE NUMBER OF PREMISES WHICH HAVE HAD то BE PLACED ON THE LIST OF LOWER PRIORITY RESPONSE IS ALREADY BEGINNING TO DROP AS BOTH THE END-USERS AND ALARM INSTALLERS UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF MULTIPLE FALSE ALARM INCIDENTS.

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MR LI EMPHASISED THAT THE POLICY WAS ALSO HAVING THE EFFECT OF REDUCING THE ENORMOUS WASTAGE OF MANPOWER EXPERIENCED BY THE FORCE IN ANSWERING FALSE CALLS WHICH WAS ALSO ONE OF THE ORIGINAL AIMS OF THE SCHEME.

COMPLIMENTING THE ASSOCIATION ON ITS GROWTH MR LI SAID THAT FROM THE OUTSET THE FORCE HAD CONSCIOUSLY SOUGHT TO FOSTER A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROFESSIONAL SECURITY COMPANIES AND THE POLCE AS THEIR PATHS CROSSED ON MANY OCCASIONS.

YOUR

"THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE QUALITIES OF THOROUGH TRAINING OF YOUR EMPLOYEES IN ALL ASPECTS HAS BEEN UPPERMOST IN OUR MINDS, HE WENT ON.

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PRODUCTS AND THE OF SECURITY WORK

CURRENTLY

WHO

IT IS THE HOPE OF THE POLICE FORCE THAT LEGISLATION, BEING DRAFTED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF YOUR ASSOCIATION, AND ESPECIALLY YOUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, WILL GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS THIS GOAL. THE NEW LAWS WILL BRING A DEGREE OF CONTROL OF THOSE COMPANIES TO SUPPLY SECURITY OFFICERS, BOTH STATIC AND MOBILE, COMPANIES WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE TRANSPORTATION HIGHLY VALUABLE ITEMS."

AND

OF CASH AND

WISH THOSE OTHER

/MR LI

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