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FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1992

MR PETER WONG BRIEFED MR CHEN AT LENGTH ON THE STATE

OF CRIME

IN HONG KONG, TOUCHING ON AREAS OF PARTICULAR CONCERN SUCH AS THE RISE IN ARMED ROBBERIES AND VEHICLES THEFTS, THE INCREASING NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARRESTED FOR CRIME AND THE NUMBER OF FIREARMS SEIZED IN HONG KONG WHICH HAVE ORIGINATED IN CHINA.

MR CHEN COMMENTED THAT THE WORK OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE WAS IMPORTANT IN MAINTAINING THE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG, AN AREA OF COMMON INTEREST.

WHILE PROBLEMS DID EXIST, INCLUDING THAT OF HONG KONG RESIDENTS COMMITTING CRIMES ON THE MAINLAND, HE FELT THAT STRENGTHENED CO-OPERATION IN THE YEARS TO COME, PARTICULARLY IN THE FIELDS OF BORDER SECURITY, ANTI-SMUGGLING AND ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION WOULD CONTINUE TO IMPROVE.

AND

DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MANAGEMENT, MR KEITH LOMAS OUTLINED FOR MR CHEN THE SITUATION WITH REGARD TO MANPOER RECRUITING.

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SUCH

MR LOMAS SPOKE OF ISSUES OF CONCERN TO SERVING OFFICERS AS WHETHER ACTIONS TAKEN IN THE PAST WOULD BE HELD AGAINST THEM AFTER 1997, POSSIBLE CHANGES IN SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE AND THE SECURITY OF PENSIONS.

MR CHEN REASSURED OFFICERS THAT THEIR POSITIONS SECURE AND THAT THEIR SERVICES WOULD BE NEEDED AFTER 1997.

WOULD BE

HE REITERATED THE ASSURANCE OF MR LU PING, DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAO AFFAIRS OFFICE OF CHINA'S STATE COUNCIL, THAT THERE WOULD BE NO RECRIMINATIONS FOR DUTIES CONSCIENTIOUSLY CARRIED OUT AND EMPHASISED THAT CONDITIONS OF SERVICE, SALARIES AND PENSIONS WERE ALL SAFEGUARDED BY LAW.

HOUR,

THE MEETING, WHICH LASTED FOR ONE FRIENDLY AND POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE AND WAS SAID TO AID THE CAUSE OF MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING.

WAS CONDUCTED IN A HAVE DONE MUCH TO

DURING HIS VISIT, MR CHEN WAS ALSO BRIEFED BY MARINE REGIONAL COMMANDER MR BARRIE DEEGAN ON THE OPERATIONS OF THE ANTI-SMUGGLING TASK FORCE.

HOSPITAL MALTREATMENT ALLEGATIONS BEING LOOKED INTO: SHW

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IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS ON THE ALLEGATIONS REPORTED IN THE MEDIA ABOUT THE "INADEQUATE SUPPLY OF DRUGS" AND "MISDIAGNOSIS' LEADING TO AMPUTATION OF LIMBS AT THE PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG SAID IN THE INTEREST OF SAFE PATIENT CARE, SHE IS LOOKING INTO THE SITUATION, WILL TAKE ALL NECESSARY ACTIONS AS APPROPRIATE.

AND

MRS WONG SAID: "I AM CONCERNED FOR PATIENT CARE. I ALREADY BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY AND THE UNIVERSITY ON THE MATTER.

HAVE CHINESE

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