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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1990

RADICAL CHANGE

NOTING THAT THE LAST DECADE HAD SEEN A

IN ECONOMIC THINKING THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, AND A GROWING REALISATION THAT

SUCCESS, MARKET OFFERED THE BEST PROSPECT OF ECONOMIC

SIR THE FREE DAVID SAID HONG KONG HAD BEEN A MODEL IN THE REVIVAL OF FREE TRADE AND FREE MARKET ECONOMICS.

"WITH A CLEAR VISION OF OUR ESSENTIAL OBJECTIVES, PLUS PRUDENT MANAGEMENT, WE CAN ENTER THE 1990S WITH CONFIDENCE THAT HONG KONG WILL CONTINUE

SURPRISE

PESSIMISTS, TO

THE THE WORLD AND CONFOUND THE GOVERNOR SAID.

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COMMUNITY HAS VITAL ROLE IN FIGHTING CRIME

SAID

THERE IS A VITAL ROLE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO PLAY IN MAINTAINING AN ORDERLY AND PEACEFUL SOCIETY, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

SIR DAVID SAID WE ALL HAD A RESPONSIBILITY TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE POLICE AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES - BY REPORTING WITH CRIME, INCLUDING TRIAD ACTIVITY AND CORRUPTION; BY CO-OPERATING

BY COMING FORWARD INVESTIGATIONS;

WITH EVIDENCE; AND BY TAKING PREVENTATIVE MEASURES IN OUR OWN HOMES.

CRIME PUBLIC.

"THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE AND ITS NETWORK OF WILL WORK HARD TO GET THIS MESSAGE

COMMITTEES

DISTRICT FIGHT ACROSS

THE

ΤΟ

"IT WILL LOOK FOR WAYS OF MAKING IT EASIER FOR THE PUBLIC PLAY THEIR PART BY, FOR EXAMPLE, IMPROVING REPORTING PROCEDURES.

TO

"AND IT WILL MOUNT SPECIAL PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS AGAINST JUVENILE CRIME AND IN SUPPORT OF PARENTAL CARE AND AUTHORITY.

"RESPONSIBLE, CARING PARENTS ARE OUR FIRST LINE OF DEFENCE MANY OTHER AGAINST THE SORT OF LAW AND ORDER PROBLEMS THAT THREATEN URBAN SOCIETIES," THE GOVERNOR SAID.

NOTING THAT SOME RECENT CRIMINAL CASES HAD SHOCKED THE COMMUNITY, SIR DAVID SAID.

NOT THEY WERE A REMINDER THAT WE COULD TAKE FOR GRANTED HONG KONG'S RECORD AS ONE OF THE WORLD'S SAFEST MOST LAW-ABIDING URBAN COMMUNITIES.

AND

SIGNIFICANTLY

RATES, IN BELOW

"NEVERTHELESS IT IS STILL THE CASE THAT OUR CRIME RELATION TO THE SIZE OF THE POPULATION, REMAIN THOSE OF MAJOR CITIES IN THE WEST.

POPULATION

HAS

"THEY COMPARE FAVOURABLY TO THOSE IN OUR OWN REGION. AND THE GENERAL LEVEL OF REPORTED CRIME PER THOUSAND OF THE ACTUALLY DECLINED OVER THE PAST DECADE," HE SAID.

/HOWEVER, THE

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