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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1994

MR ASPREY ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS A NEED TO DEVOTE MORE EFFORT TO PREVENT YOUNG PEOPLE FROM BECOMING INVOLVED IN CRIME.

HE SAID THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE HAD COMMISSIONED A STUDY INTO THE SOCIAL CAUSES OF JUVENILE CRIME.

THIS THE JUVENILE

THE RESEARCH IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN THE MIDDLE OF YEAR, AND IT SHOULD INDICATE NEW INITIATIVES TO TACKLE CRIME PROBLEM.

POLICE IN

AS REGARDS OVERALL POLICE MANPOWER, MR ASPREY SAID THE MANAGEMENT REVIEW HAD STUDIED POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES THE FORCE SO AS TO ENSURE THAT RESOURCES WERE USED EFFICIENTLY.

HE SAID: "IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE STUDY WILL BE COMPLETED LATER AND THIS YEAR. RECOMMENDATIONS WILL THEN BE PRIORITISED FOR FUNDING IMPLEMENTATION.'"

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THE TURNING TO IMMIGRATION MATTERS, THE SECRETARY SAID TO MEET

TRAFFIC AT THE PASSENGER

CONTROL POINTS, OF DEMANDS

INCREASED PARTICULARLY LO WU, THE GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE THE STAFF DEPLOYED AT LO WỤ BY NEARLY 20%, BY USING RESOURCES SAVED RUNDOWN IN VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS PROGRAMME.

WU

BE WILL "NEXT YEAR A MAJOR EXTENSION AT LO BRINGING A FURTHER INCREASE IN STAFF OF OVER 10%," HE SAID.

MR ASPREY ADDED THAT OPTICAL READERS WERE TO BE MAJOR CONTROL POINTS LATER THIS YEAR.

"THIS WILL SPEED UP THE PROCESSING OF THOSE IDENTITY CARDS AND MACHINE READABLE PASSPORTS,

FROM THE

COMPLETED,

INSTALLED AT

WITH HONG KONG

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HE SAID.

PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMMED INTO NEXT CENTURY

INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE IS PROGRAMMED FOR IMPLEMENTATION WELL INTO THE NEXT CENTURY, THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES BLAKE, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

KONG'S HONG

MR BLAKE SAID BUDGET DEBATE,

THE SPEAKING AT THE RESUMED

CONCEPTUAL ESTIMATES USING GOVERNMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP

THAT WOULD

GREATER PROVIDE IMPROVED COST FORECASTING TECHNIQUES,

AND WELL INTO CERTAINTY IN DEVELOPING BEYOND THE YEAR 2000.

INFRASTRUCTURE

PROGRAMME, KE 12

ΤΟ IMPROVE THE DELIVERY OF THE PUBLIC WORKS SAID, THE GOVERNMENT HAD MADE CONSIDERABLE EFFORTS DURING THE PAST MONTHS.

THE LIKELY

OUR PROGRAMME EXPENDITURE "WR ARE VERY CLOSE TO MERTING TARGET FOR THIS FINANCIAL YEAR, AND, AS OF THIS MORNING, GROSS UNDERSPENDING IS ONLY 4% OF THE ORIGINAL EXPENDITURE ESTIMATES.

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