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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1992

UNEQUIVOCAL SUPPORT TO BEAT CRIME: GOVERNOR

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(SATURDAY) BY THE FIGHT

THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, TODAY PLEDGED HIS UNEQUIVOCAL SUPPORT IN ALL THE WORK DONE CRIME COMMITTEE TO BEAT CRIME.

SPEAKING

AT

THE OPENING OF THE 1992 FIGHT CRIME CONFERENCE, HE SAID: "I'M DELIGHTED THAT WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER WITH THAT OBJECTIVE, TO MAKE SURE THAT HONG KONG REMAINS THE CITY, THE TERRITORY, THAT WE ALL LOVE AND ALL WANT LIVE IN."

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"WHEN I'M ASKED WHAT IS CRUCIAL TO THE FUTURE AND ΤΟ THE SUCCESS AND TO THE STABILITY OF THIS COMMUNITY, I ALWAYS THINK THAT THE EASIEST, IF FOR SOME PEOPLE THE MOST SURPRISING, ANSWER, IS THIS: WHAT WE NEED ABOVE ALL IS GUARANTEE FOR THE FUTURE OF THE RULE OF LAW.

"THAT IS WHAT WILL ENSURE THAT HONG KONG REMAINS A MARVELLOUS PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE AND WORK AND BRING UP FAMILIES. THAT IS WHAT, MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, WILL ENSURE THAT HONG KONG REMAINS ONE OF THE ECONOMIC CAPITALS OF THE WORLD, BECOMES EVEN STRONGER AS ONE OF THE ECONOMIC CAPITALS OF THE WORLD, HE ADDED.

MR PATTEN SAID THE WORK OF ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE AND THE DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEES PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN HELPING TO COMBAT CRIME.

"I THINK THE PROGRESS THAT'S ALREADY BEEN MADE

IS A GREAT TRIBUTE TO THE EFFORTS THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE CARRIED OUT, AND OF COURSE IT'S A GREAT TRIBUTE TO THE WORK OF THE POLICE.

"BUT IN MY VIEW IT'S ALWAYS A MISTAKE TO THINK OF CRIME AS JUST A MATTER FOR THE POLICE. IT'S NEVER JUST A MATTER FOR THE POLICE, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE OF COURSE IN THE FRONT LINE. AND ALL OF

US, I'M SURE,

ARE PARTICULARLY PROUD OF THOSE WHO ARE IN THE FRONT LINE HERE IN HONG KONG, HE SAID.

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"SINCE MY ARRIVAL AS GOVERNOR, I'VE SEEN FOR MYSELF SOME OF THE EXCELLENT WORK DONE BY OUR POLICE FORCE. THEY'RE A FINE FORCE.

"I'VE VISITED POLICE STATIONS AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY AND NIGHT,

AND SOMETIMES TO THE SLIGHT SURPRISE OF THE OFFICERS ON DUTY. I'VE SEEN THE POLICE ON THE GROUND, I'VE BEEN OUT WITH THEM ON SHIPS AT NIGHT.

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"I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IS THE WORK THEY DO, I KNOW HOW DANGEROUS IS

THE WORK THEY DO, AND I SAY WHICH I KNOW YOU BELIEVE AS WELL THAT THEY DESERVE THE STAUNCH SUPPORT OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. THEY'LL CERTAINLY ALWAYS HAVE MY SUPPORT FOR

MAGNIFICENT WORK WHICH THEY DO, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

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