TNAG-1606-FCO40-22121-Minutes-and-Hansards-of-the-Legislative-Council-of-Hong-Kong-1987 — Page 101

Supplementary to Question No. 9

in LegCo Meeting on 25.3.87

Mr. Peter C. WONG: Sir, I am grateful to the Secretary for his

However, I am not completely satisfied.

eloquent answer.

have three supplementaries; may I ask the questions.

On the day in question, that is 1 March,

I

is

the

Secretary able to inform this Council whether the

area in question was adequately patrolled by the police and/or

uniformed personnel?

Secretary for Security: I have, I'm afraid, to give a fairly

broad interpretation to what my

hon. Friend has asked.

Yes, all the areas of country parks are adequately patrolled,

having regard to the level of crime within them.

Mr Peter C. WONG : Sir, in view of the apparent lack of

resources, is there any plan to upgrade the policing of country

parks? And has consideration been given to the use of

helicopters to patrol large parks?

Secretary for Security : Sir, if there is any marked increase

in crime in a country park in a particular district, then the

district commander of that district will increase the police

presence in the parks. The fact of the matter is, Sir, that

as far as we can tell from the statistics available to us, the

crime rate in country parks is low. To employ helicopters is

a very expensive business, and I do not think that either the

level of crime or the type of crime justifies that expenditure,

at least, for the time being.