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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1992

MR ASPREY SAID THE POLICE HAD STARTED ALIA, A PROPOSAL TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF PREMISES.

TO REVIEW, INTER FOR HIGH RISK

WORK SECURITY

"THE MATTER WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE ITS NEXT MEETING AT THE END OF APRIL," HE SAID.

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MR ASPREY SAID THE QUESTION OF SECURITY MEASURES FOR HIGH RISK PREMISES WAS EXAMINED THOROUGHLY BY THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE IN 1984.

HE NOTED THAT THE COMMITTEE CONCLUDED THAT, WHILE IT WAS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT SUCH PREMISES HAD ADEQUATE SECURITY MEASURES, LEGISLATION MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST WAY TO ACHIEVE THIS.

ΤΟ LIAISE

IT RECOMMENDED THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD CONTINUE WITH THE GOLDSMITH AND JEWELLERY TRADE ASSOCIATIONS ΤΟ GIVE THEM ADVICE AND TO SEEK THEIR CO-OPERATION IN TAKING ADEQUATE SECURITY MEASURES.

HE SAID THE ADMINISTRATION SUPPORTED THE COMMITTEE'S VIEWS AT

THAT TIME.

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HK HAS BETTER POLICE TO POPULATION RATIO

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SAID TODAY OTHER MAJOR

THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, (WEDNESDAY) THAT HONG KONG COMPARES FAVOURABLY WITH CITIES IN TERMS OF THE RATIO OF POLICE OFFICERS TO POPULATION.

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON EMILY LAU AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR ASPREY POINTED OUT THAT THE FIGURES WERE NOT ENTIRELY COMPARABLE BECAUSE IN HONG KONG, THE POLICE FORCE HAD RESPONSIBILITIES WHICH THE POLICE FORCES IN OTHER CITIES DID NOT.

A SUBSTANTIAL MARINE POLICE COMMITMENT AND ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION DUTIES ON THE BORDER WERE EXAMPLES.

IN

THE RATIO OF TOTAL POLICE STRENGTH PER 100,000 POPULATION HONG KONG FROM 1989 TO 1991 COMPARED WITH OTHER CITIES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

1989

1990

1991

HONG KONG

474.0

469.6

455.6

LONDON

N/A

402.5

N/A

TOKYO

347.2

349.1

N/A

SINGAPORE

262.6

N/A

N/A

N/A: NOT AVAILABLE

/MR ASPREY