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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25. 1991

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NOTING THAT THE RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA WAS CLOSE AND GROWING, EXPERTISE AND CHINESE SIR DAVID SAID THE COMBINATION OF HONG KONG MANPOWER WAS A POWERFUL ONE BENEFITTING BOTH SIDES.

THE QUIET TOWN OF HE POINTED OUT

IN 10 YEARS' TIME, THAT

A SHENZHEN HAD TRANSFERRED INTO A CITY OF OVER A MILLION PEOPLE AND,

ENTERPRISE OF HONG BUSTLING COMMUNITY WITH MUCH OF THE ENERGY AND KONG.

THE REGION BETWEEN SHENZHEN AND GUANGZHOU, SIR DAVID SAID, WAS AN EXAMPLE OF A COUNTRYSIDE BEING TRANSFORMED BY DEVELOPMENT. HE SAID: THE PROVINCE OF POPULATION, "WITH ONLY SIX PER CENT OF CHINA'S GUANGDONG ALREADY ACCOUNTS FOR 20 PER CENT OF ITS EXPORTS.

"TEN YEARS FROM NOW, IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THAT THE PEARL RIVER THE WORLD'S LARGEST MANUFACTURING DELTA WILL HAVE BECOME ONE OF CENTRES," HE SAID.

THE GOVERNOR SAID HONG KONG'S FUTURE WAS CLOSELY BOUND UP WITH THESE EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS.

IS USED

ᎢᎻᎪᎢ . TO

RESPONDS

ON

WELL TO

"IT IS A FUTURE FULL OF CHALLENGES, THEY WILL MAKE DEMANDS

IT BUT ALL.

HONG KONG CHALLENGES, HE SAID.

US

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GOVT TACKLES CRIME ON THREE FRONTS

ON TO TACKLE CRIME POLICY

VIGOROUS LAW LEGISLATION,

SECRETARY,

DECLARED IT IS THE GOVERNMENT'S

THROUGH EFFECTIVE THREE FRONTS, NAMELY, ENFORCEMENT AND SUSTAINED FIGHT CRIME PUBLICITY, THE CHIEF SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

HE WAS SPEAKING IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHAIRMAN OF THE FIGHT COMMITTEE (FCC) AT THE 1991 FIGHT CRIME RECEPTION.

CRIME

"WE ACCORD HIGH PRIORITY

IN

DRAFTING AND

UPDATING OUR LAW

AGAINST CRIME," HE SAID.

SIR DAVID SAID THAT THE ORGANISED CRIME BILL HAD BEEN

SOME MEMBERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THREE MONTHS AND THAT PUBLIC HAD ALREADY SENT IN THEIR COMMENTS.

RELEASED OF THE

"THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION EXERCISE HAS ABOUT ONE MORE GO," HE SAID.

MONTH TO

THAT THE

OF DRAFTING

THE HE NOTED SERVICES BILL TO REGULATE THE SECURITY INDUSTRY SYSTEM WAS NEARING COMPLETION,

AND SECURITY

GUARDING THROUGH A LICENSING

"THIS BILL

WILL HAVE

FAR-FETCHING EFFECT ON THE INDUSTRY. WE HOPE THE PUBLIC WILL GIVE US THEIR VIEWS ON IT IS PUBLISHED EARLY NEXT YEAR, SIR DAVID SAID.

/TURNING TO

SECURITY WHEN

IT