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THIS

SAID.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1994

HAS RESULTED IN A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS TO SECURITY,

HE

ΤΟ REFERRING

WOODHOUSE

THE ARMED ROBBERY IN CENTRAL ON MAY SAID A NUMBER OF MEASURES HAD BEEN TAKEN TO

18,

MR

MINIMISE SUCH

ROBBERIES.

THE POLICE HAVE GIVEN PRIORITY TO PATROLS OF HIGH-RISK PREMISES IN RECENT YEARS. THEY HAVE ALSO DEPLOYED INCREASED INTELLIGENCE- GATHERING RESOURCES TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON ILLEGAL FIREARMS AND GUN GANGS.

IN THE

THE

WHEREABOUTS

CHINA,

OF

THE IN

FROM CASE OF CRIMES INVOLVING CRIMINALS GOVERNMENT HAS STEPPED UP LIAISON WITH CHINA TO ENLIST THEIR HELP PREVENTING THE IMPORTATION OF ILLEGAL FIREARMS AND HIRED CRIMINALS INTO THE TERRITORY.

"THE MEASURES ADOPTED BY THE POLICE HAVE

A LED ro DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ROBBERIES OF WATCH AND JEWEL ERY SHOPS THE PAST FEW YEARS, HE SAID.

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SHARP

OVER

THERE WERE 153 SUCH ROBBERIES IN 1991; THIS FIGURE REDUCED 42 IN 1992 AND AGAIN TO 17 IN 1993.

то

THE OVERALL CRIME RATE FOR FEBRUARY TO APRIL THIS YEAR HAS REDUCED BY

LAST SAME ABOUT 7 PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE

PERIOD YEAR. ROBBERY, INCLUDING ARMED ROBBERY, HAS ALSO DECREASED BY SOME PER CENT.

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"CLEARLY THE MEASURES WE HAVE BEEN TAKING ARE BRINGING AND WE MUST MAINTAIN THEM, MR WOODHOUSE SAID.

RESULTS

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―

POWER COMPANIES TO RELEASE DATA ON ELECTRICITY DEMAND

IN

THE POWER COMPANIES HAVE AGREED TO THE GOVERNMENT'S REQUEST RELEASING DATA COMPARING ACTUAL DEMAND WITH THE CORRESPONDING FORECAST IN PREVIOUS FINANCING PLANS APPROVED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

SAID

THIS

THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MR GORDON SIU, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHRISTINE LOH.

FOR

MR SIU NOTED THAT IT WAS REASONABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO EXPECT TO BE INFORMED OF

FORECASTS OF DEMAND THE EXTENT TO WHICH PAST ELECTRICITY HAD PROVED TO BE CORRECT.

"THE

POWER

AT

IN

BRIEFING AND PUBLIC

AND

ASSUMPTIONS

COMPANIES HAVE ALSO AGREED TO ASSIST

SERVICES MEMBERS,

A FUTURE MEETING OF THE ECONOMIC UTILITIES PANEL OF THIS COUNCIL, ON THE METHODOLOGY USED IN PRODUCING FORECASTS OF DEMAND,

/"AT THE