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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1990

SENTENCE ABOUT HALF CONSIDERED THAT THE DEATH ABOLISHED; 30 PER CENT SUPPORTED ITS ABOLITION; AND 20 NO OPINION.

SHOULD NOT BE PER CENT HAD

THE MAJORITY HAD HEARD OF THE TRIAD RENUNCIATION SCHEME. AMONG IN WEAKENING THEM, 48 PER CENT THOUGHT THAT THE SCHEME WAS EFFECTIVE THE POWER OF THE TRIAD SOCIETY; 31 PER CENT DID NOT FIND IT EFFECTIVE; AND 21 PER CENT HAD NO OPINION.

OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING:

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AMONG THE

FINDINGS OF THE SURVEY

1,000

THE VICTIMISATION RATE FOR PERSONAL CRIMES WAS 24 PER POPULATION AGED 12 AND ABOVE IN 1989 COMPARED WITH 40 PER 1,000 IN THE SAME AGE GROUP IN 1986. THE RATE FOR HOUSEHOLD CRIMES WAS 61 PER 1,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN

1989, COMPARED WITH 74 PER 1,000 IN 1986.

IN 1989, CRIMES OF VIOLENCE ACCOUNTED FOR 15 PER CENT OF ALL VICTIMISATION CASES. ROBBERY WAS THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF VIOLENT CRIME. PICKPOCKETING ACCOUNTED FOR 22 PER CENT OF ALL VICTIMISATION CASES, AND WAS THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF

NON-VIOLENT CRIME.

PERSONS AGED 12 TO 19 HAD THE HIGHEST VICTIMISATION RATE OVERALL (31 PER 1,000) AND ALSO THE HIGHEST RATE FOR CRIMES OF VIOLENCE. FOR CRIMES OF THEFT, THOSE IN THE AGE GROUP OF 30 TO 39 HAD THE HIGHEST RATE.

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OVERALL 43 PER CENT OF ALL VICTIMISATION OCCURRED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, 40 PER CENT IN KOWLOON AND 16 PER CENT ON HONG KONG ISLAND.

THE HIGHEST RISK OF VICTIMISATION OCCURRED IN TEMPORARY HOUSING.

FOR HOUSEHOLD CRIMES

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID DIRECT COMPARISON OF THE FINDINGS OF THE SURVEY WITH POLICE STATISTICS WAS NOT APPROPRIATE BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENCE IN COVERAGE BETWEEN THE TWO SETS OF FIGURES.

"WHILE

THE SURVEY DATA COVERS CRIME INCIDENTS INVOLVING

ABOVE, HOUSEHOLDS AND PERSONS AGED 12 AND

WHETHER REPORTED TO THE POLICE OR NOT, POLICE STATISTICS ONLY INCLUDE CRIMES OF ANY AGE WHICH ARE REPORTED.

AGAINST PERSONS

"POLICE STATISTICS ALSO INCLUDE CRIMES AGAINST BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS AND CRIMES WITHOUT SPECIFIC VICTIMS," HE EXPLAINED.

AVAILABLE

FROM

"THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THE SURVEY IS ΤΟ PROVIDE THOSE INVOLVED IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE WITH INFORMATION ON THE NATURE AND EXTENT

CRIME, NOT OTHERWISE OFFICIAL RECORDS, TO COMPLEMENT AVAILABLE DATA PLANNING, EVALUATION AND ANALYSIS.

OF

FOR THE

PURPOSES OF

/"APART FROM