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FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1991
"AGREEMENTS HAVE BEEN REACHED ON A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT ISSUES
PROCEDURES FOR EXCHANGING WE HAVE FOR EXAMPLE ESTABLISHED WORKABLE INFORMATION QUICKLY ON CASES INVOLVING GUNS, DRUGS, SMUGGLING AND THEFT.
MOMENT SUGGEST THAT BECAUSE OF "I DO NOT FOR ONE
HE SAID. SHOULD ALL EXPECT THE PROBLEMS TO GO AWAY,
CAR
THIS WE
VERY MUCH HARDER UNLAWFUL GAIN
"IT DOES MEAN HOWEVER THAT WE ARE MAKING IT FOR THOSE WHO WOULD MAKE USE OF THE BORDER, EITHER FOR OR TO ESCAPE JUSTICE.
CHINA, HONG KONG "THE SEIZURE OF VAST QUANTITIES OF DRUGS IN AND ELSEWHERE CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF OUR CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP.
ΤΟ THE SEIZURE OF GUNS AND THE "THE SAME APPLIES EQUALLY ARREST OF THOSE INVOLVED IN GUN RUNNING AND SMUGGLING ACTIVITIES, LI SAID.
11 MR
MR LI ALSO ADDRESSED THE TRIAD PROBLEM WHICH HE SAID HAD THE PUBLIC MUCH CAUSE FOR CONCERN.
GIVEN
AGAINST TRIAD HAUNTS "THE STRONG AND VISIBLE OPERATIONS
BEEN A FEATURE OF POLICE OPERATIONS PERSONALITIES WHICH HAVE RECENT MONTHS WILL CONTINUE, THE POLICE CHIEF REITERATED.
AND IN
LI SAID THAT A COVERAGE
MR MEASURES, POLICE REFERRING TO SPECIFIC NUMBER OF STEPS HAD BEEN TAKEN TO ENSURE THE WIDEST POSSIBLE BY POLICE.
THE ACTIONS
OF THOSE
"THIS COVERAGE IS CALCULATED TO THWART WHO WOULD IMPORT AND USE WEAPONS IN THE TERRITORY.
INCLUDE
THE INCREASED VEHICLES ENTERING
"THE MEASURES WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED SEARCHING BY BOTH POLICE AND CUSTOMS OF TRAINS AND HONG KONG, AND AT CARGO HANDLING YARDS AND PASSENGER RAILWAY STATIONS; STEPPED UP VIGILANCE BY BORDER UNITS, SUPPORTED BY CID, TO DETECT AND DETER CRIMINALS AND GUN SMUGGLERS; AND INCREASED PATROLS AND AT SEA BY MARINE POLICE OFFICERS,
AT A
BRIEFING SESSION
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MR LI SAID.
SEARCHES
COMMITTEE
FOR DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CHAIRMEN HELD BEFORE THE PRESS CONFERENCE,
SAID THAT OVERALL CRIME WAS LOWER CRIME, MR WONG TSAN-KWONG,
THE PREVIOUS QUARTER, AVERAGING ALMOST THREE PER CENT THAN IN REPORTED CASES DAILY.
"DESPITE MEDIA HEADLINES CONCERNING ARMED ROBBERIES CRIMES OF VIOLENCE, THE OVERALL FIGURE FOR VIOLENT CRIME 5.4 PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER,
HE SAID.
BY 242
AND OTHER HAS DROPPED
"THAT WAS BROUGHT ABOUT MAINLY BY THE REDUCTION IN OF WOUNDINGS AND SERIOUS ASSAULTS.
THE
'WHILST THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS INVOLVING
AM HAS INCREASED, I LIKE OBJECTS IN ROBBERIES DECREASE IN THE PROVEN USE OF GENUINE FIREARMS FROM THE THIRD QUARTER TO 17 IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
THE NUMBER
USE OF PISTOL A ABLE TO REPORT
23 INCIDENTS IN
/"THE TOTAL
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