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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1991

PRIORITY.

A MAJOR

PUTTING AN END TO ORGANISED CRIME MUST ALSO REMAIN

SIR DAVID SAID, ADDING THAT THE SUCCESS OF OTHER COUNTRIES IN

SHOWED WHAT THE POWER OF ORGANISED CRIME SYNDICATES DESTROYING COULD BE ACHIEVED.

"SINCE MY LAST

ADDRESS, THE POLICE FORCE

HAS BEEN

INTENSIVELY AT RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN TRIAD ORGANISATION AND IN THE TERRITORY.

LOOKING ACTIVITY

"ANTI-TRIAD OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN REINFORCED AT STREET LEVEL AND ANTI-TRIAD INTELLIGENCE IS BEING STEPPED UP.

"TRIAD ACTIVITY WILL BE HIT HARD IN THE COMING MONTHS.

"WE MUST COMBINE NEW POLICE INITIATIVES WITH TOUGH LEGISLATION IF WE ARE TO COMBAT THE POTENTIAL THREAT TO ORDER AND STABILITY POSED BY ORGANISED CRIME, SIR DAVID SAID.

THE GOVERNOR SAID A WHITE BILL HAD RECENTLY BEEN PUBLISHED TO SEEK THE VIEWS OF THE COMMUNITY.

"THE

PROPOSALS

IN THE

BILL WOULD IMPROVE PROSECUTE AND PUNISH THOSE INVOLVED IN ORGANISED CRIME.

OUR

ABILITY

ΤΟ

HEAVIER

"THEY WOULD DETER ORGANISED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THROUGH PENALTIES. AND THEY WOULD CRIPPLE THE POWER OF CRIMINAL SYNDICATES BY ALLOWING THE PROCEEDS OF CRIME TO BE CONFISCATED.

"THIS MAJOR NEW INITIATIVE HAS THE FULL BACKING OF CRIME COMMITTEE."

THE FIGHT

THE GOVERNOR

HOPED THAT MEMBERS OF

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WOULD SUPPORT THE BILL WHEN IT CAME BEFORE THEM IN THE NEW YEAR.

HK WELCOMES GREATER RESOLVE BY INT'L COMMUNITY ON VM PROBLEM

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VIETNAMESE

THE GOVERNMENT LOOKS FORWARD TO DISCUSSING WITH THE AUTHORITIES OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS THE DETAILS OF AN ORDERLY PROGRAMME FOR THE SCREENED-OUT VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS, THE GOVERNOR, DAVID SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

RETURN

SIR

MANY IN HIS ANNUAL POLICY ADDRESS, THE GOVERNOR SAID AFTER 80

SEBING WELCOME OF EFFORT, IT WAS ENCOURAGING THAT WE WERE NOW

COMMUNITY, INCLUDING OF GREATER RESOLVE BY THE INTERNATIONAL VIETNAM, TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM.

YEARS SIGNS

"FOR OUR

ACCORDANCE WITH ACTION," HE SAID.

PART, WE WILL CONTINUE THE INTERNATIONALLY-AGREED

TO CONDUCT OURSELVES

COMPREHENSIVE

IN

PLAN

OF

/THE GOVERNOR