TNAG-1728-FCO40-2441-Minutes-and-Hansards-of-the-Legislative-Council-of-Hong-Kong-1988 — Page 146

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Fight Crime Committees, Area fommittees, Mutual Aid Committees and owners

actirties Cooperations, former called group of Anti-Crime Comes The role of the District Fight Crime Committees is especially significant in that 4 they coordinate all crime fighting planning at district level and transmit criminal intelligence upward to the Central Committee for formulating Le anti-crime policies and drafting legislation. Each year individual district fight crime committees are allocated some funds to perform 8. these law and order functions and I have been approached on several

occasions by different chairmen of the District Fight Crime Committees

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to the effect that the funds allocation formula needs to be reviewed with particular regard to the following considerations:

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population and the demographic structure of the district, for example, the predominance of teenagers or transient

elements in the population make-up;

geographical size of district and the geographical spread

of the population;

environmental features of the district with reference to the existence of urban ghettos, temporary housing areas, vacated squatter huts pending redevelopment or empty, demolished building sites, and so on, and the stage of its economic development, and lastly

general state of law and order in the district, with and without crime black spots and the need for district-based crime fighting projects over and above the annual publicity campaigns with main themes promulgated by the central Fight Crime Committee.

NP 28 Inordinate reliance on commercial sponsorship for carrying out anti-

crime activities does not necessarily result in achieving the intended original objectives. There are instances reported where compliance with sponsor's requirements would jeopardize the security needs or the general interests of the residents, resulting in the cancellation of the campaign. However, private sponsorship on a moderate scale should

such circ continue to be encouraged and fostered because that specific involvement is the most potent instrument in nuturing and arousing public support and participating in anti-crime publicity and activities. The funding

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