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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1993

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UPDATED TRIAD REPORT IN PROCESS

THE POLICE IS PREPARING AN UPDATED REPORT ON THE TRIAD SITUATION IN HONG KONG FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE AT ITS NEXT MEETING IN FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR KEN WOODHOUSE, SAID.

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON JIMMY MCGREGOR IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), MR WOODHOUSE SAID A COPY OF THE REPORT WOULD BE PROVIDED TO THE COUNCIL.

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COMMISSIONER OF POLICE HAS ADVISED THAT, WHILE THE TRIAD SITUATION IS CONTAINED, THE LEVEL OF SOPHISTICATION OF SOME TRIAD ACTIVITIES IS INCREASING, AS IS THE SCALE OF SOME OPERATIONS, HE SAID.

THE POLICE HAVE RECENTLY ESTABLISHED A SPECIAL TEAM ΤΟ INVESTIGATE A SERIES OF INCIDENTS OF MURDER, SERIOUS ASSAULT, INTIMIDATION AND CRIMINAL DAMAGE INVOLVING SUSPECTED TRIAD ELEMENTS.

MR WOODHOUSE SAID THE POLICE HAD A DEDICATED CRIME AND TRIAD GROUP TO CO-ORDINATE THE STRATEGY, ANALYSE INTELLIGENCE AND CONDUCT OPERATIONS AGAINST TRIADS AND ORGANISED CRIME GROUPS.

"THE POLICE HAVE ALSO DEPLOYED CONSIDERABLE REGIONAL AND DISTRICT LEVELS TO FIGHT TRIADS, HE SAID.

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THESE INCLUDE THE INTELLIGENCE AND ANTI-TRIAD UNITS WHICH GATHER EVIDENCE AND MOUNT OPERATION; THE UNIFORMED POLICE OFFICERS ON THE BEAT ΤΟ AUGMENT SUCH OPERATIONS; THE POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS BUREAU TO REINFORCE PUBLICITY; AND THE CRIME PREVENTION BUREAU TO ENCOURAGE BUSINESSES TO REPORT TRIAD ACTIVITIES.

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MAJORITY OF LAND EXCHANGE ENTITLEMENTS TO BE REDEEMED

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OUTSTANDING LAND EXCHANGE ENTITLEMENTS WILL

CONTINUE TO BE

REDEEMED THROUGH THE LANDS SALES PROGRAMME AND THE GREAT MAJORITY KNOWN TO BE IN THE HANDS OF DEVELOPERS SHOULD BE REDEEMED BY 1997.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

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IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHIM PUI-CHUNG, EASON SAID THE AMOUNT OF LAND EXCHANGE ENTITLEMENTS YET TO BE REDEEMED ON OCTOBER 1 THIS YEAR WAS 181,552 SQ FT OF BUILDING LAND AND 4,866,739 SQ FT OF AGRICULTURAL LAND.

HE SAID 2.3 MILLION SQ FT OF THIS AMOUNT WERE COMMITTED TO BE REDEEMED IN THE COURSE OF THE 1992/93 LAND SALES PROGRAMME BUT HAD YET TO BE FORMALLY SURRENDERED.

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