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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1994
DEMAND ANNUAL
"IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT ALL KNOWN FACTORS AFFECTING THE AND
WITH SUPPLY
ANNUAL OF SERVICES, SUCH AS
DISCHARGES, UPDATING OF KNOWN AND PROJECTED DATA, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN MADE POSSIBLE FOR THE ACCUMULATION OF MORE DATA IN THE CENTRAL REFERRAL SYSTEM.
THE "ADDITIONALLY,
REVISED PROJECTIONS HAVE REGARD TO THE UPDATED POPULATION PROJECTIONS," THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE MRS ELIZABETH WONG, SAID IN HER WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR HON YEUNG SUM IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
BASIS RESOURCES
SHE ADDED THAT THE NEW FORMULA WOULD PROVIDE A RELIABLE FOR THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT TO BID FOR THE NECESSARY TO MEET THE PROJECTED DEMAND FOR REHABILITATION SERVICES,
APART FROM THE ADOPTION OF THE NEW FORMULA, THE SECRETARY NOTED THE THAT THE VARIATIONS COULD ALSO BE ACCOUNTED FOR BY AN INCREASE IN NUMBER OF NEW APPLICATIONS IN RECENT YEARS.
"THIS IS PROBABLY DUE TO AN ENHANCED AWARENESS OF THE NEED EARLY TRAINING," SHE SAID.
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MARINE POLICE FLEET SIZE UNDER ONGOING REVIEW
REVIEWING THE FLEET SIZE AND EQUIPMENT OF THE MARINE POLICE AN ONGOING TASK, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IS
TOLD
OVERALL
166 FLEET NUMBERS HAVE GONE UP FROM 76 IN 1980 TO
AT
PRESENT.
IMPROVEMENTS IN
NAVIGATIONAL
AIDS,
AND, THERE HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATIONS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT, MR ASPREY SAID.
"THERE ARE NO SPECIFIC PLANS AT PRESENT TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE MARINE POLICE FLEET, HE SAID.
TI
THE FLEET IS MADE UP OF 66 POLICE LAUNCHES, RANGING FROM POLICE METRE MOTOR BOATS TO 40-METRE COMMAND LAUNCHES; AND 100 BOATS RANGING FROM SMALL RUBBER DINGHIES TO FAST 9.5-METRE RIGID
6.
9-
OPEN
HULL
INFLATABLES.
A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ALBERT IN YIP,
MR ASPREY SAID THE MARINE POLICE MADE 5,350 ARRESTS AT SEA YEAR, OF WHICH ABOUT 60 PER CENT WERE RELATED TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
CHAN
WAI-
LAST
THE NUMBER OF PROSECUTIONS WAS 1,350, HE ADDED.
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