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Appendix 33

(Chapter 12: Public Order)

Traffic Accidents

Hong Kong Island

Kowloon

New Territories

Marine

Total

Traffic Casualties

Hong Kong Island

Fatal

Serious

Slight

Kowloon

Fatal

Serious

1981

1982

1983*

4 885

4 699

4 168

9.003

9 102

8 581

4 130

4 029

16

18 034

4 510

26

18 337

35

16 813

109

1 566

1 998

4 394

177

3.430

102

3 857

182

4 070

7 136

61

1 579

3 652

124

2 979

7 547

Slight

7 676

New Territories

Fatal

192

171

Serious

Slight

2 441

3.595

3 548

Marine

Fatal

Serious

Slight

Total

Note: * Provisional figures.

Appendix 34 (Chapter 12: Public Order)

Crime

Police Cases

3 163

150

2 544

3 292

1

9

18

14

13

32

31

23 602

24 279

21 974

19817

Number of crimesjoffences reported

1982+

1983

19817

Number of persons* prosecuted

1982+

1983

Against lawful authority

Against public order

1 277

1 492

1 730

2 650

3 473

3 264

Perjury

470

659

948

298

425

620

Escape and rescue

46

64

45

14

27

18

Unlawful society

919

940

695

441

447

307

Other offences

307

284

200

175

168

110

Sub-total

3 019

3 439

3 618

3 578

4 540

4 319

Against the person

Murder and manslaughter

Attempted murder

Serious assaults

Abortion

Kidnapping

Criminal intimidation

Other offences

Sub-total

105

93

84

82

93

76

7

3

12

4

1

4

6 231

7 265

7610

4 200

4 529

4 713

5

1

5

3

2

3

8

4

8

37

7

19

513

544

526

294

304

333

139

152

127

103

107

133

7 008

8 062

8 372

4 723

5 043

5 281