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MR. B. A. BERNACCHI :-Mr. Chairman, again I ask, as I think I did last year, are you satisfied that these cuts, some of which have been mentioned by Mr. SALES, will not hamper the carrying out by your Department of this Council's decisions?
CHAIRMAN:--Questions.
MR. BERNACCHI:-I presume there is no answer?
CHAIRMAN:-It will be taken at Select Committee.
MR. HENRY HU:-Before you ask questions, Mr. Chairman, I fully support what Mr. SALES said. I promise that next year I will certainly speak much more on these estimates.
MR. PETER C. K. CHAN:-Mr. Chairman, could you confirm that there is actually such a convention as mentioned by our Senior colleague, Mr. SALES?
CHAIRMAN:-I can.
MR. SALES: -Mr. Chairman, when I mention there is a convention, it means that there is a convention. (Laughter).
MR. C. K. CHAN:-Mr. Chairman, may I ask Mr. SALES to write a book about the convention of this Urban Council, because I can't read it from the Standing Orders.
MR. SALES: -Mr. Chairman, I would rather Mr. BERNACCHI undertook that task because he is much more capable of putting it in far more pages than I am able to do.
CHAIRMAN:-May we now move to questions?
QUESTIONS.
(1) MR. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN asked the following question
A number of residents in resettlement estates have urged that the Police provide more mobile police patrols, especially at night, in resettlement estates; to what extent can the Police assist in this respect for the better protection of the more than one million residents living in the resettlement estates?
THE COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT replied as follows:
Each resettlement estate is policed by mobile and beat patrols in the same manner as other built-up areas of similar population density. However, the Police coverage in any particular estate, at any particular time, is, of course, determined by the man-power available and other commitments.
The crime rate in resettlement estates generally is much lower than in other densely populated areas. During 1970 the serious crime rate per 10,000 population was 17.75 in resettlement estates, whereas it was 48.10 for the whole Colony.
The policing arrangements in resettlement estates are kept under constant review and are adapted to meet the situation prevailing.
In Kowloon a mobile Police post is now operating in Sau Mau Ping, and in Tsz Wan Shan a Police post will open in April this year. The Commissioner of Police also intends to establish mobile police posts in the following resettlement estates in the very near future:
(a) Lam Tin
(b) Ngau Tau Kok/Jordan Valley (one post to cover both areas)
(c) Shek Lei
(Mr. Raymond Y. K. KAN left the meeting at this point).
MR. CHEONG-LEEN:-Mr. Chairman, could the Commissioner for Resettlement be good enough to get the following information from the Commissioner of Police and advise me in writing at a later date? Firstly, what is the number of young people under 21 who have committed serious crimes in resettlement estates?
CHAIRMAN:-Mr. CHEONG-LEEN, this is hardly in line with the original question. Could you not ask these questions of the Commissioner for Resettlement after this meeting?
MR. CHEONG-LEEN:- -I would be very glad to Mr. Chairman, since I think it is very relevant to the situation of law and order in resettlement estates.
(2) MR. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN asked the following question:
Many parents in resettlement estates have spoken to me about the serious shortage of nurseries in resettlement estates. How many nurseries are there in the estates? Does Government have any plan to expand the number of nurseries in the estates?
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MR. B. A. BERNACCHI :-Mr. Chairman, again I ask, as I think I did last year, are you satisfied that these cuts, some of which have been mentioned by Mr. SALES, will not hamper the carrying out by your Department of this Council's decisions?
CHAIRMAN:--Questions.
MR. BERNACCHI:-I presume there is no answer?
CHAIRMAN:-It will be taken at Select Committee.
MR. HENRY HU:-Before you ask questions, Mr. Chairman, I fully support what Mr. SALES said. I promise that next year I will certainly speak much more on these estimates.
MR. PETER C. K. CHAN:-Mr. Chairman, could you confirm that there is actually such a convention as mentioned by our Senior colleague, Mr. SALES?
CHAIRMAN:-I can.
MR. SALES: -Mr. Chairman, when I mention there is a convention, it means that there is a convention. (Laughter).
MR. C. K. CHAN:-Mr. Chairman, may I ask Mr. SALES to write a book about the convention of this Urban Council, because I can't read it from the Standing Orders.
MR. SALES: -Mr. Chairman, I would rather Mr. BERNACCHI under- took that task because he is much more capable of putting it in far more pages than I am able to do.
CHAIRMAN:-May we now move to questions?
QUESTIONS.
(1) MR. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN asked the following question
A number of residents in resettlement estates have urged that the Police provide more mobile police patrols, especially at night, in resettlement estates; to what extent can the Police assist in this respect for the better protection of the more than one million residents living in the resettle- ment estates?
THE COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT replied as follows :·
Each resettlement estate is policed by mobile and beat patrols in the same manner as other built-up areas of similar population density. However, the Police coverage in any
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particular estate, at any particular time, is, of course, determined by the man-power available and other com- mitments.
The crime rate in resettlement estates generally is much lower than in other densely populated areas. During 1970 the serious crime rate per 10,000 population was 17.75 in resettlement estates, whereas it was 48.10 for the whole Colony.
The policing arrangements in resettlement estates are kept under constant review and are adapted to meet the situa- tion prevailing.
In Kowloon a mobile Police post is now operating in Sau Mau Ping, and in Tsz Wan Shan a Police post will open in April this year. The Commissioner of Police also intends to establish mobile police posts in the following resettlement estates in the very near future:
(a) Lam Tin
(b) Ngau Tau Kok/Jordan Valley (one post to cover
both areas)
(c) Shek Lei
(Mr. Raymond Y. K. KAN left the meeting at this point).
MR. CHEONG-LEEN:-Mr. Chairman, could the Commissioner for Resettlement be good enough to get the following information from the Commissioner of Police and advise me in writing at a later date? Firstly, what is the number of young people under 21 who have com- mitted serious crimes in resettlement estates?
CHAIRMAN:-Mr. CHEONG-LEEN, this is hardly in line with the original question. Could you not ask these questions of the Commis- sioner for Resettlement after this meeting?
MR. CHEONG-LEEN:- -I would be very glad to Mr. Chairman, since I think it is very relevant to the situation of law and order in resettle- ment estates.
(2) MR. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN asked the following question:
Many parents in resettlement estates have spoken to me about the serious shortage of nurseries in resettlement estates. How many nurseries are there in the estates? Does Government have any plan to expand the number of nurseries in the estates?
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