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(Question No. 7)

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Secretary for Security : Sir, I certainly endorse my hon.

Friend's comment.that the loitering law is a very useful way of

has been: preventing crime. Its use in the past few years a little over

2,000 cases have been prosecuted in 1983, 2,500 in 1984, 1,800 in

1985 and 1,200 in 1986, and about 1,000 so far this year.