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WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1992

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GOVERNOR CONDEMNS GANG ATTACK

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DURING A VISIT TO THE BORDER TODAY (WEDNESDAY), THE GOVERNOR, WILSON, SPOKE ABOUT THE ATTACK BY AN ARMED GANG ON A MAHJONG ESTABLISHMENT IN MONG KOK ON TUESDAY.

LORD WILSON SAID:

"I SHARE THE OUTRAGE OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY ABOUT THIS AND OTHER RECENT ARMED ROBBERIES. I AM APPALLED BY THE CALLOUS DISREGARD FOR THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC SHOWN BY THESE CRIMINALS AND WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE CAPTURE OF THIS AND ANY OTHER GANGS OF ARMED ROBBERS IS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY FOR THE POLICE FORCE. LAST WEEK'S SUCCESS WAS VERY ENCOURAGING AND A CLEAR DEMONSTRATION OF OUR DETERMINATION ΤΟ CAPTURE AND BRING TO JUSTICE THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR SUCH INCIDENTS."

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LORD WILSON MADE THESE REMARKS DURING A VISIT TO THE BORDER SEE THE WORK OF THE FIELD PATROL DETACHMENT (FPD) OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE AND TO VISIT THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (THE VOLUNTEERS) DURING ITS ANNUAL TWO-WEEK BORDER DEPLOYMENT,

HE CONGRATULATED THE FPD AND THE REGIMENT ON THEIR OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS IN PATROLLING THE BORDER.

THE BORDER VISIT WAS THE FIRST BY THE GOVERNOR SINCE GARRISON FORMALLY COMPLETED THEIR HANDOVER OF BORDER DUTIES TO FPD.

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ACCOMPANIED BY THE ACTING COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR THORPE, LORD WILSON WAS BRIEFED ON THE PRESENT SITUATION AND DEPLOYMENT ALONG THE BORDER BY DEPUTY REGIONAL COMMANDER, NEW TERRITORIES, MR HUI CHIU-YIN AND FPD CHIEF STAFF OFFICER VINCE CHAPMAN.

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THE GOVERNOR ALSO MET POLICE OFFICERS MANNING THE BORDER AT MAN TO, LO WU AND MA CHO LUNG AND TOURED BORDER POSTS MANNED BY THE VOLUNTEERS AT PAK HOK CHAU AND TSIM BEI TSUI.

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GOVT WILL DO EVERYTHING TO BUST CRIME

EVERYTHING POSSIBLE IS BEING DONE TO APPREHEND THE CULPRITS THE ARMED ROBBERY IN MONGKOK LAST NIGHT AND TO PREVENT THIS SORT CRIME FROM HAPPENING AGAIN, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

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SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BUILDING, DAVID SAID THE POLICE HAD MOBILISED A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF AND WERE DOING EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO DETECT THE CASE.

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