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WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1990

"ONLY A VERY SMALL PROPORTION OF THE BOAT PEOPLE AND REFUGEE POPULATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE GANGS.

"OUR AIM IS TO IMPROVE TRUST AND COMMUNICATION WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION IN AN EFFORT TO LIMIT THE INFLUENCE OF THE GANGS, AND TO GATHER EVIDENCE AND INTELLIGENCE ON GANG ACTIVITIES, HE SAID.

THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY ALSO POINTED OUT THAT CHI MA WAN UPPER CENTRE WAS BEING CONVERTED INTO A SEGREGATION CAMP FOR PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED AS GANG MEMBERS AND TROUBLEMAKERS.

"THE CAMP WILL BECOME OPERATIONAL LATER THIS MONTH.

"IT SHOULD HELP US BREAK UP SOME OF THE GANGS AND LIMIT THE INFLUENCE OF OTHERS, HE SAID.

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MR ASPREY ALSO NOTED THAT BOTH THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE WOULD CONTINUE ΤΟ OPERATE A POLICY OF FREQUENT AND THOROUGH SEARCHING OF THE CENTRES FOR WEAPONS.

"THE MANUFACTURE OF WEAPONS IS A MAJOR CAUSE FOR CONCERN.

"IN THE LAST TWO YEARS A TOTAL

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BEEN REMOVED FROM THE CENTRES, HE SAID.

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*ALTHOUGH IT IS A SMALL MINORITY OF THE BOAT PEOPLE AND REFUGEES WHO ENGAGE IN CRIMINAL AND GANG ACTIVITIES, THE GOVERNMENT IS VERY CONCERNED TO CURB SUCH ACTIVITIES," MR ASPREY STRESSED.

"WE WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE POLICIES TO THAT END," HE ADDED.

FISHERMEN'S WEATHER INFORMATION NOT AFFECTED BY FREQUENCY CHANGE

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NO CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE TO RTHK'S AM FREQUENCIES FOLLOWING RADIO FREQUENCY RE-ALLOCATION EXERCISE IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR, FISHERMEN CAN THEREFORE STILL TUNE IN ΤΟ THE SAME FREQUENCIES WEATHER INFORMATION AS THEY DID IN THE PAST, THE SECRETARY FOR AFFAIRS, THE HON PETER TSAO, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

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REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, MR TSAO SAID THE ONLY CHANGE HAD BEEN THAT ONE OF THE FREQUENCIES NOW CARRIED A DIFFERENT PROGRAMME CONTENT.

"HONG KONG COMMERCIAL RADIO, ON THE OTHER HAND, NOW USES ITS AM CHANNEL TO BROADCAST IN ENGLISH AND THEREFORE NO LONGER PROVIDES WEATHER INFORMATION IN CANTONESE," MR TSAO SAID.

/HE POINTED