MESSAGE1 MESSAGE The Security Bureau is committed to keeping Hong Kong safe and secure. We aim to...

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MESSAGE

The Security Bureau is committed tokeeping Hong Kong safe and secure. We aim toprovide the foundation for Hong Kong to be‘Asia’s World City’, and to foster an environmentconducive to our economic growth. This isachieved through application of good securitypolicies and reliance on the professionalism of ourdedicated disciplined forces.

Year 2000 has again been a successful year.Our low crime rates speak for themselves. Arecent independent public survey has found HongKong one of the safest cities in the world.

Looking ahead, we continue to pursue an active agenda - maintaininglaw and order; safeguarding public safety; ensuring effective immigrationand customs control; rehabilitating offenders; and providing effectiveemergency services.

Our specific initiatives include –

l allocation of additional resources to strengthen our frontlinecapability in prevention and detection of crime, immigration andcustoms control and delivery of emergency services;

l deployment of more specialised fire fighting appliances;

l provision of paramedic services on all ambulances;

l implementation of new rehabilitation and vocational trainingprogrammes for young offenders; and

l establishment of additional counselling centres for psychotropicsubstance abusers.

Application of state-of-the-art technology has brought a newdimension to our work. We are making plans to introduce advancedcommunication systems in support of our policing, fire fighting andemergency rescue work. We are introducing an iPermit scheme in 2002 to

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let Taiwan residents apply for entry permits through the Internet and havetheir applications approved within minutes. We are pressing ahead with theSmart ID Card project which will not only help the Immigration Departmentcarry out its functions more efficiently, but also enable the Government tocapitalise on technological advancement to provide other value-addedservices to the community.

As people become increasingly mobile worldwide, we continue toachieve a balance between facilitating free travel and preventing abuse. Thegranting of visa-free access by the European Union to Hong Kong SpecialAdministrative Region passport holders in April 2001 marked a majormilestone in our travel facilitation campaign.

Our socio-economic ties with the Mainland have further consolidated.Mainland professionals from the financial services and informationtechnology sectors have been admitted to meet our local manpower needsstarting from June 2001. We are actively working with the Mainland toattract more visitors to Hong Kong for business and tourism purposes.

We firmly believe that the need for security and good order of thesociety must not undermine the rights and freedoms of the individual. Theopen debate on the Public Order Ordinance and our handling ofdemonstrations during the FORTUNE Global Forum fully demonstrated ourcommitment to ensuring a balance between public security and freedom ofexpression. We will continue to review and strengthen our legislation onlaw and order, placing particular emphasis on upholding the fundamentalrights and freedoms guaranteed under the Basic Law and Bill of Rights.

(Mrs. Regina Ip)Secretary for Security

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A Secure and Safe City

Policy Objectiveand

Key Result Areas

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A SECURE AND SAFE CITY

Our Policy Objective is to ensure that Hong Kong remains a secureand safe city by maintaining law and order, guaranteeing public safety,exercising effective immigration and customs control, rehabilitating offendersand drug abusers, and providing effective emergency services.

Overall Targets

Our targets this year in pursuing this Policy Objective are –

l to maintain high safety and security standards in Hong Kong ascompared with other major cities

l to reinforce the community’s support for strengthening HongKong’s safety and security

Progress

Our first target in the past 12 months was to maintain high safety andsecurity standards in Hong Kong as compared with other major cities. Wehave achieved satisfactory results. The general law and order situationremained stable. In 2000, the overall crime rate and the violent crime ratewere 1 136 and 218 per 100 000 population respectively. The figures showeda modest variation when compared with 1999, and they are the third lowestin the past 25 years. Our overall crime rate is lower than that of many othermetropolitan cities in the world such as London, Tokyo and Toronto.

Our second target was to reinforce the community’s support forstrengthening Hong Kong’s safety and security. We recognise that publicsupport for our objectives is crucial to the success of our activities. In 2000,we launched a wide range of community involvement programmes topromote public involvement in crime prevention, fire safety and anti-drugabuse. We will continue to give priority to sustaining public understandingand support for our various initiatives.

We also achieved the following progress in our seven Key ResultAreas (KRAs).

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1 Maintain and strengthen the legal framework

Good progress was made in the 2000-2001 legislative session andeight bills were introduced into the legislature. During the year, twobills were passed. They provide for residential rehabilitationprogramme for young offenders, and for licensing drug treatment andrehabilitation centres.

In the current legislative session, we will continue to assist theLegislative Council to study the other bills and to press for their earlypassage. They contain provisions for enhanced regulation of dangerousgoods; licensing of karaoke establishments; improved fire safety inold composite and residential buildings; refining the licensing schemeof massage establishments; enhancing the anti-money launderingregime; and strengthened enforcement powers against fire hazards.

We completed consulting the public on a range of proposals, includinglegislative measures, to improve our response to computer crime.Taking into account the comments received, we will prepare draftlegislation to better protect computer data.

2 Build a partnership with the community in keeping Hong Konga secure and safe city

Satisfactory progress was made in building a partnership with thecommunity in the past year.

The Police organised some 13 000 community involvement campaignswith wide-ranging themes including fight crime, crime prevention androad safety. These campaigns were proven to be very popular amongthe general public and attended by over 740 000 participants.

The community involvement programme of the Fire ServicesDepartment was successful in enhancing public awareness of firesafety. In the past year, the Department organised more than 1 600fire drills and 2 200 seminars, exhibitions and talks on fire safety.More and more building owners and occupants participated in andplayed an active part in these activities. The coverage of the Fire SafetyAmbassador Scheme was extended. More than 5 500 Fire SafetyAmbassadors and Trainers were recruited. We are confident that wecan enlist another 5 000 new recruits by end-2001.

The Narcotics Division organised a series of programmes, includingfurther enhanced cooperation with uniform groups and non-

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governmental organisations to promote community involvement inanti-drug work and anti-drug messages. The Division continued towork with voluntary organisations to deliver school programmes inthe form of class/group-based programmes. The number of anti-drugeducation programmes in 2000 reached more than 100 000 persons.

3 Prevent and detect crime

The Police Force’s achievements in the prevention and detection ofcrime were satisfactory in the past year. The overall crime rate per100 000 population in 2000 was 1 136, the third lowest in the past25 years. The crime detection rate was 43.6%. The case-to-answer ratein the past year was 96%. The speed of response to 999 calls was wellwithin our pledged response time of nine minutes for Hong KongIsland and Kowloon, and 15 minutes for the New Territories.

In the past year, we continued our efforts in expanding the networkof co-operation with key countries and achieved satisfactory progress.So far, we have concluded the Agreement on surrender of fugitiveoffenders (SFO) with 13 jurisdictions and signed 12 Agreements onmutual legal assistance in criminal matters (MLA). Negotiations withover 20 jurisdictions on SFO and MLA Agreements are ongoing.

4 Facilitate free movement of people and prevent illegal entry ofpeople

In the past year, we continued to work towards shortening the timerequired for immigration clearance at control points and reducing theprocessing time for entry visas and permits. Actual performanceexceeded pledged standards in terms of waiting and processing time,e.g. 98.3% of passengers at the airport, as against our pledge of 92%,were cleared within 15 minutes while 98.7% of passengers at othercontrol points, against our pledge of 92%, were cleared within 30minutes. As regards applications for entry visas and permits, 95.5%of them, as against our pledge of 85%, were completed within sixweeks. In order to make the best use of information technology tomeet the operational needs of the Immigration Department and toenhance its efficiency and productivity, we would implement variousprojects under an updated Information Systems Strategy by phases.For example, feasibility studies for enhancing the immigration controlautomation system and upgrading the department’s information

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technology infrastructure have been finalised. We also aim tointroduce a smart identity card in mid-2003 which will lay thefoundation for an automated passenger clearance system in future.Funding for Phase 1 implementation of the smart identity card projecthas been obtained and relevant tendering work is now in progress.

In the past year, we secured visa-free access for Hong Kong SpecialAdministrative Region (HKSAR) passport holders to 13 EuropeanUnion (EU) Member States (i.e. Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands,Portugal, Spain and Sweden), Norway, Iceland, Slovakia, Slovenia andEstonia. We also extended the period of visa-free stay for nationalsof Estonia and Slovenia from 14 days to three months.

We completed the tendering exercise for the upgrading of the fenceprotection system along the land boundary and will complete thereplacement of the current system in early 2002.

We continued to take effective action to curb illegal immigration.Despite concerns that the controversies surrounding the Certificate ofEntitlement Scheme could cause an influx of illegal entries into HongKong, the number of intercepted illegal immigrants dropped from adaily average of 33 in 1999 to 23 in 2000, and to 20 in the first sevenmonths of 2001.

Following the implementation of the Widened Local ResettlementScheme in February 2000 and the closure of the Pillar PointVietnamese Refugee Centre on 1 June 2000, the number of Vietnameseillegal immigrants intercepted dropped from a monthly average of 79in 1999 to 48 in 2000 and to 21 in the first eight months of 2001.

5 Prevent and detect smuggling

In the past year, we continued to take vigorous actions to prevent anddetect all forms of smuggling by air, sea and land while facilitatinglegitimate movement of travellers, cargo and mail.

The progress in combating smuggling activities in 2000 wasencouraging. We successfully detected 2 266 smuggling cases at a totalvalue amounting to $342 million and made 1 845 arrests/summonses.Action against smuggling by river trading vessels was stepped up. Outof 419 sea smuggling cases detected in 2000, 218 were detected fromriver trading vessels. This represented an increase of 108% when

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compared with 1999. Major seizures were cigarettes, counterfeitgoods and goods of origin fraud. Smuggling by ocean going vesselsremained at the same level as 1999. To effectively combat smugglingat sea, the Customs and Excise Department has been provided withfunding to procure four high-speed pursuit crafts. Tendering of theprocurement contract will be held in October 2001. The first batchof the pursuit crafts will be delivered before the end of 2002.

6 Safeguard public safety

In the last 12 months we again met the performance pledge for fireservices: over 92.5% of emergency fire calls were answered withinthe target response time. As regards emergency ambulance service,92.3% of emergency calls were met within the target response time,as against our pledge of 92.5%. The slight shortfall was attributableto an increased number of calls and traffic congestion caused byinclement weather last summer.

We continued a comprehensive programme to improve fire safety.Over the past year, more than 190 inspections of commercial premiseswere carried out and fire safety measures in 121 cases improved. Allcases of non-compliance with fire safety directions were prosecutedon schedule. In general, the business community responded positivelyto our enforcement action by upgrading fire safety measures incommercial premises and buildings. On the other hand, enforcementaction taken to ensure compliance with fire hazard abatement noticeswas also very effective. The overall compliance rate was 99%.

To further improve building and public safety, we introduced theKaraoke Establishments Bill and the Fire Safety (Buildings) Bill intothe Legislative Council in the 2000-2001 legislative session.

A consultancy study was undertaken in 2001 to look into theimplications of providing paramedic services on all ambulances.Based on its findings, an implementation plan has been drawn up toextend paramedic ambulance service to all ambulances by phasescommencing 2002-2003.

Regarding Non-Emergency Ambulance Transfer Service provided bythe Auxiliary Medical Service, we have completed a review and willimplement a number of measures to improve the service and to copewith the growing demand.

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The helicopter replacement programme to enhance the operationalefficiency of the Government Flying Service progressed smoothly.Bids from worldwide suppliers were critically examined and contractswere awarded. The first batch of helicopters is scheduled to arrive inOctober-December 2001 and delivery of the remaining helicopters willbe completed by early 2003.

7 Take into custody and rehabilitate offenders; and rehabilitatedrug abusers

We continued to maintain prison security and order in the past year.Against an average daily penal population of about 11 500 last year,the rate of successful escapes was 0.26 per 1 000 detainees as againstour pledge of not more than 0.5 per 1 000 detainees. (None of theescapes was from the maximum security penal institutions.) The rateof abscondment was 0.5 per 1 000 authorised absence as against ourpledge of not more than 0.7. There were 50 cases of mass behaviour/organised indiscipline.

Last year the overcrowding rate remained steady. The occupancy rateof all penal institutions in 2000 was 108%.

We took active steps to facilitate the re-integration of prisoners andinmates into society as law-abiding citizens and achieved our targetsfor 2000. On average, 94% of adult prisoners were gainfully employedwhilst serving their sentences, and each worked an average of eighthours on each work day. About 97% of eligible adult offendersparticipated in various therapeutic schemes and courses.Approximately 11% of adult offenders were engaged in educationalstudies on a voluntary basis and 26% of young offenders eligible foreducational studies enrolled in accredited examinations.

Regarding welfare and counselling services, over 30 000 visits andsessions per 1 000 supervisees were arranged and 99% of offendersbenefited at least once a month. Less than 0.1% of the offendersindicated dissatisfaction with these services. The average rate ofsupervisees who successfully completed their supervision periodswithout reconviction was 76%. About 95% of supervisees were ableto secure gainful employment upon discharge.

The Committee on Community Support for Rehabilitated Offenders,comprising mainly academics and professionals, has been establishedsince November 1999 to advise the Commissioner of Correctional

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Services on the rehabilitation strategies and re-integration programmesfor rehabilitated offenders. A major, ongoing publicity campaign wasalso launched to enlist community support for rehabilitated offenders.The Rehabilitation Centres Ordinance was enacted in May 2001 toprovide, in addition to the Detention Centres and Training CentresProgrammes, a new sentencing option starting from 2002-2003 foryoung offenders who need short-term residential treatment. Withemphasis on community-based measures, the Rehabilitation CentresProgramme is divided into two phases, i.e. 2-5 months in a correctionalinstitution followed by 1-4 months in an institution with halfway housesetting.

In 2000, the Narcotics Division issued the second Three-Year Planon Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Services in Hong Kong. Inaddition, the comprehensive review of the long-standing MethadoneTreatment Programme was completed. The two reviews recommendedvarious measures to improve the drug treatment and rehabilitationservices in Hong Kong.

Progress on each previously announced initiative under the aboveKRAs is set out in the “Detailed Progress” section of this report.

Looking Forward

To achieve our overall targets this year, we will undertake thefollowing initiatives and targets under each of the KRAs for the coming year.

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1 Maintain and strengthen the legal frameworkTo ensure that Hong Kong remains a secure and safe city, we need to

have laws to maintain order and to empower law enforcement agencies toinvestigate, prosecute and take action where these laws are breached. It is afundamental principle in Hong Kong that all such actions should be carriedout in strict accordance with the law. It is therefore vital that we establishand keep the legal framework under review.

The legal framework must have regard to the severity of potentialproblems to justify the use of the powers of the law enforcement agencies.It must also strike a proper balance between the interests of the communityin effective enforcement of the law, and the rights and freedoms ofindividuals in accordance with the Basic Law.

Changes to the legal framework are necessary when new problemsoccur, or when current laws prove ineffective. Any change in the legalframework must be consistent with the Basic Law and the InternationalCovenant on Civil and Political Rights as applied to the Hong Kong SpecialAdministrative Region (HKSAR), and any proposal for change is subjectto the approval of the legislature.

We continually strengthen the legal framework as regards anti-moneylaundering and investigation into drug-related offences. We are proposingamendments to the existing legislation to facilitate enforcement of anti-money laundering offences and continue the close co-operation with theinternational community in combating illicit drug trafficking. To help keepHong Kong a safe city, we will keep the Fire Services Ordinance and theDangerous Goods Ordinance under review to ensure that effective action istaken to abate fire hazards, and that adequate control of dangerous goods isin place.

We will assess our performance in respect of this KRA against thefollowing indicator –

l Number of bills that we introduce into the legislature concerningpublic safety and security. In addition to re-introducing the billon protection of children against child pornography and child sextourism, our target is to introduce three new bills.

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Initiative * Target

We will pursue the following initiatives and targets to deliver resultsin this area –

To make legislative proposals toput certain the existingadministrative practices ofhandling detainees and provideadditional safeguards againstunlawful or arbitrary interferencewith the privacy of detainees

(Security Bureau (SB))

To introduce the bill in 2002

To strengthen the legal frameworkon the registration and regulationof fire service installationcontractors in the light ofadvancement in technology of fireservice installations and equipment

(Fire Services Department)

To review the Fire Service(Installation Contractors)Regulations and the Fire Service(Installations and Equipment)Regulations and to considerlegislative proposals in 2002

To raise the minimum age ofcriminal responsibility from sevento ten years of age by amendingthe Juvenile Offenders Ordinance

(SB)

To introduce the bill in the 2001-2002 legislative session

* the bracketed information denotes the agency with lead responsibility for the initiative

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2 Build a partnership with the community in keepingHong Kong a secure and safe cityThe community plays a vital role in maintaining the security and safety

of Hong Kong. The Government has a responsibility for promotingawareness of this role in the community, and facilitating the building up ofa partnership between the community and the law enforcement agencies upona foundation of trust and common goals.

It is essential for us to make it clear, especially to our young people,that crime, triad activity and drug taking are unacceptable. At a practicallevel, the community contributes by minimising the opportunities for crimein all its forms, reporting crimes and supporting investigation efforts.

Partnership relies on the community trusting the law enforcementagencies to be honest, fair and impartial in all their dealings. Our efforts toimprove customer service and to ensure an effective response to complaintsagainst members of these agencies make an important contribution. Forexample, the Police have embarked on a major programme called “Livingthe Values” to emphasise, among other things, the importance of service tothe community. They also conduct periodic customer satisfaction surveysand public opinion surveys to collate public views on their performance andmake improvements accordingly.

We will continue our efforts in strengthening public confidence in thePolice Force by fostering a service culture through service quality projects(including providing better facilities and streamlining procedures in reportrooms and in other areas of contact with the public), by formulating andpublicising the Police Force’s own clearly defined strategic directions, andby developing and implementing a Force Anti-Corruption Strategy (includingthe promulgation of Force values, promotion of integrity and honesty, andencouragement of a healthy lifestyle among police officers as well asmaintaining close liaison with the Independent Commission AgainstCorruption (ICAC).

It is the common goal of the Government and the community toimprove fire safety in Hong Kong. While the Government will do its partin strengthening the legislative framework and stepping up enforcementaction, the community can contribute by properly maintaining fire safetyconstructions and installations in buildings and reporting fire hazards.

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We will continue to raise the fire safety awareness of the public andwill strengthen publicity and promotion of community involvement in thefight against fire at the district level.

We will assess our performance in respect of this KRA against thefollowing indicators –

l Number of fire drills and seminars organised and number of FireSafety Ambassadors recruited in 2002. Our target is to organise1 600 fire drills, 2 200 talks, seminars and exhibitions and recruit5 000 Fire Safety Ambassadors.

l Number of community involvement campaigns organised by thePolice in 2001-2002. Our target is to maintain the level of eventsat around 10 000.

l Number of people participating in Police community involvementcampaigns in 2001-2002. Our target is to encourage wideparticipation by involving about 800 000 participants.

l Number of community involvement anti-drug projects initiatedor supported by the Narcotics Division in 2001-2002. Our targetis 100 projects.

l Number of participants in anti-drug programmes organised orcommissioned by the Narcotics Division in 2001-2002. Our targetis 90 000 persons.

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Initiative Target


To further enhance publiceducation and involvement inpromoting fire safety

(Fire Services Department (FSD))

l To enroll 5 000 Fire SafetyAmbassadors in 2002

l To conduct 1 600 fire drills forbuilding owners and occupantsin 2002

l To organise 2 200 talks,seminars and exhibitions on firesafety in 2002

l To conduct 72 briefings tomembers of the District FireSafety Committees in 2002

l To commission a Mobile FireSafety Publicity Vehicle forroving exhibitions at schoolsand public housing estates in2002-2003

l To organise a large-scale FireSafety Publicity Campaign in2002-2003

To educate the public on injuryprevention and supply of properinformation for requestingemergency ambulance service

(FSD)

To organise a major publicitycampaign and three open days ofambulance depots in 2002-2003

To enhance the survival rate ofout-of-hospital cardiac arrestpatients

(FSD)

To implement a comprehensivecommunity pulmonaryresuscitation training programmeby providing training to 4 000members of the public in 2002

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Initiative Target

To promote public awareness andunderstanding of the Daya BayContingency Plan

(Hong Kong Observatory)

To produce a public educationvideo and a webpage on nuclearemergency preparedness in HongKong in 2002

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3 Prevent and detect crimeThe maintenance of Hong Kong as a relatively crime free city is

essential for the social and economic well-being of our society. Thisrequirement is enshrined in the Vision of the Hong Kong Police, which isto ensure that Hong Kong remains one of the safest and most stable societiesin the world. To maintain law and order in Hong Kong, the Governmentwill continue to strengthen the ability of the Police Force to prevent anddetect crime. Additional police officers will be deployed to perform front-line operational duties to meet the increasing demand for police servicesarising from the rapid development of Hong Kong. The feasibility ofapplying advanced computer technology to enhance the effectiveness andefficiency of daily police work will also be explored on a continuous basis.In addition, the Police will continue to adopt a two-pronged strategy againstcrime –

l to prevent crime by deterrence, effective legislation, publiceducation and public involvement

l to control crime by focusing on target activities, crime areas andgroups, detention and care of suspects, and improvinginvestigations

To reinforce the Police’s capability in tackling increasinglysophisticated international syndicated and organised crimes such as moneylaundering, commercial fraud or counterfeiting of monetary instruments, wewill increase our co-operation and liaison with other jurisdictions throughthe Interpol and other channels. We will expand the network of co-operationwith key countries by negotiating and concluding more bilateral agreementson mutual legal assistance in criminal matters and surrender of fugitiveoffenders.

Our capability in dealing with crime has to keep up with theinformation age. In conjunction with other relevant Bureaux andDepartments, we are putting in place a number of recommendations by aninter-departmental working group on computer crime. These include, interalia, establishing a committee on computer crime in the longer run tostrengthen the present monitoring of and response to computer crime trendsand developments.

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Initiative Target


l Crime rate per 100 000 population. Our target is to maintain alow crime rate.

l Crime detection rate. Our target is to maintain a high crimedetection rate.

l Case-to-answer rate. Our target is to enhance the success rate ofcriminal prosecutions.

l Speed of response to 999 calls. Our target is to respond to 999calls in nine minutes in the urban area and in 15 minutes in therural area.


To strengthen the capability of thePolice to meet increasingoperational needs arising from thenew transport infrastructure

(Hong Kong Police Force(HKPF))

l To create 16 additional posts by2002 to meet the new policingrequirement for the MTRTseung Kwan O Extension

l To create 11 additional posts by2003 to meet the new policingrequirement for the KCRC WestRail

l To create 20 additional posts by2004 to meet the new policingrequirement for the KCRC EastRail Extension

To ensure that the Police haveadequate capability to maintainlaw and order in the newlydeveloped areas of new towns

(HKPF)

l To create 43 additional posts by2002 for the enhanced policingrequirement in Sheung Shui

l To create 25 additional posts by2002 for the enhanced policingrequirement in Tin Shui Wai

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Initiative Target

To strengthen present monitoringof and response to computer crimetrends and developments

(Security Bureau)

To set up a committee oncomputer crime involving both thepublic and private sectors in 2002-2003

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4 Facilitate free movement of people and prevent illegalentry of peopleFacilitating freedom of movement is crucial both to maintaining Hong

Kong as an international financial centre and to ensuring the economy’scontinued prosperity. Effective immigration control is vital to maintainingHong Kong as a safe and secure city by preventing the entry of undesirablepersons and the departure of people wanted for criminal offences. To achieveour aims in this area, we –

l develop and maintain appropriate policies governing entry andexit, which include a liberal visa regime that allows visa-freeaccess to the HKSAR for travellers from over 170 countries andterritories

l discuss with other countries arrangements to secure ease of travelfor Hong Kong people. Following Hong Kong’s return to China,some 91 countries, including Canada, Member States of theEuropean Union, New Zealand and Switzerland, have grantedvisa-free access for holders of the HKSAR passport

l operate efficient procedures for pre-entry controls and control atpoints of entry and exit by land, sea and air

l take effective action to prevent illegal immigration, through theeffective partnership between the Immigration Department andthe Police

l deal with applications for extensions of stay, investigate andprosecute offences, and remove or deport illegal immigrants

l continue to repatriate the remaining Vietnamese migrants andillegal immigrants

We are committed to maintaining the integrity of the boundarybetween the HKSAR and the Mainland. To ensure effective boundarycontrol, we will deploy adequate operational resources in the border areaagainst illegal immigration, smuggling and other cross-boundary crimes. Inthese areas of work, we will also enhance co-operation and close liaison withthe Mainland, in particular the Guangdong security authorities, in theexchange of intelligence, joint exercises and operations, and publicitycampaigns.

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l Average processing time for entry visas and permits for visit. Ourtarget is to complete the processing of 100% of applicationswithin four weeks upon submission of all required documents.

l Time taken for immigration clearance at control points. Our targetis to clear 92% of passengers at the airport within 15 minutes and92% of passengers at all other control points within 30 minutes.


Initiative Target

To enhance the throughputcapacity of the Lo Wu ControlPoint so as to ease passengercongestion

(Immigration Department(Imm D))

l To improve the physicalenvironment of the immigrationhalls at the Lo Wu and Lok MaChau control points by 2003-2004, including widening of thepassageway to the departure halland introduction of modifiedimmigration counters, whereappropriate

l To strengthen channelsupervision by providingdedicated officers for handlingsecondary examinations by 2002

l To strengthen manpowerresources at the Lo Wu ControlPoint in 2002-2003 to cope withgrowth in passenger traffic

l To improve the environment ofthe Lo Wu Footbridge by 2002-2003

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Initiative Target

To enhance the security features ofHKSAR travel documents

(Imm D)

To plan to introduce Document ofIdentity for Visa Purposes, Re-entry Permit and HKSARPassports with enhanced securityfeatures by 2002

To strengthen the Imm D’scapability at the Hong KongInternational Airport to tacklehuman smuggling activities andassociated use of questioned traveldocuments

(Imm D/Government Laboratory)

l To strengthen the manpowerresources of the AirportInvestigation Group in 2002-2003 to enhance its capability toconduct anti-human smugglingoperations

l To strengthen the managementstructure of the QuestionedDocuments Section of theGovernment Laboratory by2002-2003 in order to enhanceits capability of investigatingforged travel documents

To discuss with the Mainlandauthorities ways to facilitate theentry of business visitors

(Imm D)

To implement facilitation measuresin 2001-2002

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5 Prevent and detect smugglingThe Government’s aim is to prevent and detect all forms of smuggling

while facilitating the legitimate movement of travellers, cargo and mail.Effective action at control points and regular land and sea patrols targetingthe illegal importation and exportation of goods are vital to maintaining HongKong as a safe and secure city. To achieve this aim, we will –

l continue to take vigorous enforcement action to combatsmuggling by air, sea and land

l develop and apply risk assessment techniques for identifyinghigh-risk carriers, travellers and cargo consignments

l co-operate with Mainland and overseas law enforcement agenciesin the exchange of intelligence concerning smuggling and drugtrafficking

l procure high-tech equipment for the efficient clearance of carriers,travellers and cargo selected for Customs action

We will assess our performance in respect of this KRA against thefollowing indicator –

l Number of planned seizures conducted effectively. Our target is100%.


Initiative Target

To intensify the checking of cross-boundary passengers at the Lo WuControl Point to combat smugglingactivities, especially smuggling ofpsychotropic drugs involvingyoung people

(Customs and Excise Department(C&ED))

To create 33 front-line posts forcustoms operations at the Lo WuControl Point in 2002-2003 and toset up two additional passive-alertdog teams

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Initiative Target

To install an automatic vehiclerecognition system at Lok MaChau, Man Kam To, and Sha TauKok control points to expeditecustoms processing rate to copewith growing cross-boundaryvehicular volume

(C&ED)

To complete the installation bySeptember 2003

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6 Safeguard public safetyWe need to protect the public from the dangers posed by fires and

incidents involving dangerous goods or chemicals. We are also committedto providing an efficient and responsive rescue service to minimise sufferingduring emergencies and natural disasters.

We have been progressively improving fire safety in buildings. TheFire Safety (Commercial Premises) Ordinance has provided for better firesafety protection for prescribed commercial premises and old commercialbuildings. In October 2001 we will start inspection of about 900 commercialbuildings built between 1973 and 1987 and require improvement in firesafety in these buildings.

To strengthen the operational capability of fire and rescue responsein rural and traffic congested area, we will introduce and make full use offire motor cycles and mini fire appliances. We will also provide simulatedhot fire and smoke behaviour training to enhance the operational skills offire fighters.


l Percentage of emergency services meeting target response time.Our targets are as follows. First, to respond to 92.5% of fire callswithin target response time. Second, to meet 92.5% of ambulancecalls within target response time.

l Number of inspections of commercial premises. Our target is toconduct 150 inspections.

l Number of cases in which fire safety measures have beenimproved in commercial premises. Our target is 120 cases.

l Number of specified commercial buildings to be inspected andto be issued with fire safety improvement directions. Our targetis 140 buildings.

l Percentage of non-compliance cases prosecuted on schedule. Ourtarget is 100%.

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Initiative Target


To enhance the rescue capabilityof fire and ambulance personnelattending incidents that require theapplication of specialisedequipment and skills

(Fire Services Department (FSD))

To increase the number of SpecialRescue Squads from 10 to 12 in2002 and to provide continualrefresher training to squadmembers

To strengthen the operationalcapability of initial fire and rescueresponse in rural and trafficcongested areas

(FSD)

To commission in 2002-2003 threefire motorcycles and five mini fireappliances

To enhance the skills andoperational capabilities of firefighters

(FSD)

To provide simulated fire fightingtraining to 6 300 fire fightingpersonnel in 2002-2003 throughthe provision of advancedfacilities, viz a Smoke Chamber, aset of Hot Fire Training Simulatorsand three Fire Rigs

To ensure fire safety in single-staircase composite buildings

(FSD)

To conduct fire safety inspectionsin 1 400 single-staircase compositebuildings with illegal rooftopstructures and take enforcementaction as necessary in 2002

To implement full provision ofparamedic ambulance service inphases

(FSD)

To extend paramedic ambulanceservice to all ambulances in phasescommencing 2002-2003

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7 Take into custody and rehabilitate offenders; andrehabilitate drug abusersThe primary task of our correctional services is to detain persons

committed to its custody in a manner which is secure to the public, safe forinmates and compatible with human dignity.

An important goal of our penal policy is to provide the best possibleopportunity for all inmates to make a new start in life by offering adequateand comprehensive rehabilitative programmes.

Various institutional programmes and post-release supervisionarrangements are available to meet the rehabilitative needs of different typesof offenders. The rehabilitation programmes in correctional institutions helpinmates address their offending behaviour and prepare them to return tosociety as law-abiding citizens, through the provision of education, vocationaltraining, psychological services, counselling, and social and life skillstraining. Aftercare services are provided to discharged offenders to help themre-integrate into society through statutory supervision, assistance in jobplacement, and support and guidance to strengthen their confidence andfamily relationship. We will review these rehabilitation programmes andservices regularly and strengthen them to meet the needs of clients.

Hong Kong adopts a multi-modality approach in providing drugtreatment and rehabilitation services to meet the needs of drug abusers fromvarying backgrounds. We aim to remove drug abusers’ dependence on drugsand re-integrate them into the community.


l Rate of successful escapes and abscondments. Our targets are asfollows. First, to control the rate at not more than 0.5 successfulescape per 1 000 detainees in penal institutions. Second, to controlthe rate at not more than 0.7 absconder per 1 000 authorisedabsence.

l Number of mass behaviour/organised indiscipline amongst thepenal population. Our target is to control the number at not morethan 75 cases a year.

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l Rate of occupancy in all penal institutions. Our target is anoccupancy rate of no more than 109% against the total numberof certified accommodation of all penal institutions.

l The average daily percentage of eligible prisoners who aregainfully employed. Our target is 94%.

l Number of working hours performed by eligible prisoners. Ourtarget is a daily average of eight working hours.

l Compliance rate to welfare and counselling standards. Our targetis that 95% of offenders will receive welfare and counsellingservices at least once a month.

l Satisfaction level of offenders receiving welfare and counsellingservices. Our target is to have no more than 0.1% of offendersindicating dissatisfaction through complaints.

l Percentage of eligible adult offenders participating in therapeuticschemes and courses. Our target is 92%.

l Rate of young offenders eligible for educational studies enrolledin accredited examinations. Our target is 25%.

l Rate of adult offenders participating in educational studies onvoluntary basis through the Correctional Services Department’sassistance. Our target is 10%.

l Rate of visits and counselling sessions provided to supervisees.Our target is 24 000 visits and counselling sessions per 1 000supervisees in a year.

l Rate of supervisees who successfully complete supervisionperiods without reconviction. Our target is 72%.

l Rate of supervisees who successfully secure gainful employmentupon discharge. Our target is 95%.

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Initiative Target

To protect the well-being of drugdependent persons by introducinga licensing scheme for voluntaryresidential drug treatment andrehabilitation centres

(Security Bureau)

To put the licensing scheme intooperation in 2002

To strengthen various supportservices for the MethadoneTreatment Programme

(Department of Health)

To extend individual counsellingservices to additional patients, andto organise additional groupcounselling services and familytherapy groups in 2002-2003

To strengthen counselling servicefor psychotropic substancedependent persons

(Social Welfare Department)

To set up two additionalcounselling centres forpsychotropic substance dependentpersons in 2002-2003

To formulate a long-term prisondevelopment plan

(Correctional Services Department(CSD))

To consult the Legislative Councilon the prison developmentprogramme in 2001-2002

To enhance prison visit services byenabling video visits by elderly,pregnant or disabled relatives andfriends of prisoners

(CSD)

To set up video visit facilities inthe Town Centre in Mongkok andthe outlying island institutions in2002

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Initiative Target

To enhance rehabilitation servicesby –

l To set up four RehabilitationCentres for young offenders in2002-2003

To promote community support forrehabilitated offenders througheducation, publicity and publicinvolvement

(CSD)

To launch a publicity campaignentitled “We All Care” in 2002-2003 to appeal for publicacceptance of and support forrehabilitated offenders

l Providing a new rehabilitationcentre programme for youngoffenders to plug an existingservice gap

l Enhancing the management andefficiency of rehabilitationservices

l To implement Phase I of the“Rehabilitation ProgrammeManagement System” in 2004-2005

l Enhancing vocational trainingprogrammes to meet currentdemands of the society andstandards recognised byinternational vocationalauthorities

(CSD)

l To complete enhancement of allvocational training courses andtransform them into compatibleCity and Guilds/Pitman Craftlevel programmes in 2002-2003

l To establish a bridgingarrangement for rehabilitatedoffenders to continue vocationaltraining in relevant traininginstitutes after discharge

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A Secure and Safe City

Detailed Progress

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Initiative * Target # Present Position +

1 Maintain and strengthen the legal frameworkTo achieve results in this area, various initiatives have been undertaken

in the past years. Details are set out below –

To enable claims ofright of abode madeunder paragraph 2(c) ofSchedule 1 to theImmigration Ordinanceto be verified so thatbona fide claimants canexercise their right ofabode

(ImmigrationDepartment)

To introduceamendments to theImmigration Ordinanceby end-2000 toempower the Directorof Immigration tospecify the prescribedgenetic test procedurein the Gazette and tocharge a fee for theconduct of the test

(2000)

The legislativeamendments wereintroduced into theLegislative Council inOctober 2000 and enactedin July 2001.

(Action Completed)

To clarify the ambit ofthe MassageEstablishmentsOrdinance and improvethe operation of thelicensing regime


To introduce a bill intothe Legislative Councilin 2001

(2000)

The MassageEstablishments(Amendment) Bill 2001was introduced in May2001 and is currentlyscrutinised by a BillsCommittee.

(Action Completed)

* the bracketed information denotes the agency with lead responsibility for the initiative# the bracketed information denotes the year in which the target was set+ the bracketed information denotes the status of the target

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Initiative Target Present Position

To review the currentregistration scheme forfire service installationcontractors

(Fire ServicesDepartment)

To set up a workinggroup in 2000 toreview the scheme andrelated matters, toconsult the trade andmake recommendations

(2000)

The working group has, inconsultation with the trade,reviewed the currentregistration scheme for fireservice installationcontractors. A reviewreport on the proposednew classification andqualification of fire serviceinstallation contractors wascompleted in August 2001.The working group isconducting further reviewon the legislativeprovisions regarding theregistration scheme.

(Action in Progress: OnSchedule)

To better combatcomputer crime bystrengthening therelevant laws

(SB)

To prepare draftlegislation in 2001

(2000)

Consultation on therecommendations of aninter-departmental workinggroup on computer crimewas carried out in late2000/early 2001. Takinginto account the commentsreceived, the Governmentaccepted most of theworking group’s proposals,some of which requiringlegislative changes, in July2001. Preparation of thedraft legislation is nowsubsumed as part of thefollow-up work on theworking group’srecommendations.

(Action Completed)

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To introduceamendments to theDrug Trafficking(Recovery of Proceeds)Ordinance and theOrganised and SeriousCrimes Ordinance tomake the anti-moneylaundering provisionstherein more effective

(SB)

To introduce the bill inthe 1999-2000legislative session

(1999)

The bill was re-introducedin November 2000.

(Action Completed)

To repeal the DrugAddicts Treatment andRehabilitationOrdinance andintroduce a newordinance to providefor the licensingscheme for drugtreatment andrehabilitation centreswhich aims to protectthe well-being of drugabusers

(SB)


(1999)

The bill was re-introducedin November 2000 andpassed in April 2001.

(Action Completed)

To upgrade thestandard of fire safetyinstallations incomposite buildings

(SB)

To introduce the bill in2000

(1999)

The bill was introduced inFebruary 2001 and isbeing examined by theBills Committee.

(Action Completed)

To introduceamendments to the FireServices Ordinance tostrengthen theenforcement powersagainst fire hazards

(SB)


(1999)

The bill was introducedinto the LegislativeCouncil in July 2001.

(Action Completed)

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To strengthen thecurrent legalframework againstchild pornography andformulate legislation onchild sex tourism

(SB)

To introduce the billsin the 1998-1999legislative session

(1998)

The bills were introducedin July 1999 but havelapsed. We will combinethe two bills into one billand re-introduce it in the2001-2002 legislativesession.


To amend theDangerous GoodsOrdinance to bring itinto line withinternational standardsand practices and toenable proper controlof dangerous goods

(SB)

To introduceamendments to theDangerous GoodsOrdinance in 1999

(1998)

The Dangerous Goods(Amendment) Bill 1999was introduced into theLegislative Council on 1December 1999 but haslapsed. The amendmentbill was re-introduced intothe Legislative Council inNovember 2000 and isbeing examined by theBills Committee.

(Action Completed)

To negotiate a newnetwork of bilateralagreements on transferof sentenced persons

(SB)

To sign and bring intoeffect bilateralagreements withjurisdictions for whichinitial texts have beenapproved

(1997)

A bilateral agreement wassigned with Portugal inMay 2001. The agreementwith Thailand entered intoforce in August 2000.Negotiations with anumber of otherjurisdictions are underway.


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To enhance thecredibility andtransparency of thePolice complaintssystem by enacting theIndependent PoliceComplaints CommitteeBill (IPCC Bill)

(SB)

To introduce the IPCCBill into the legislaturein 1996-1997

(1996)

We are reviewinglegislative proposals with aview to re-introducing thebill into the LegislativeCouncil in 2002.Meanwhile, we continue toimplement measures toimprove the Policecomplaints system. A totalof 47 improvementmeasures have beenimplemented since 1996.

(Action in Progress: UnderReview)

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2 Build a partnership with the community in keepingHong Kong a secure and safe cityTo achieve results in this area, various initiatives have been undertaken


To establish a “DrugInfoCentre” in order toenhance drug abusepreventive educationand publicity in HongKong


To substantiallycomplete theconstruction of the“Drug InfoCentre”Exhibition Hall in2002-2003

(2000)

Construction of the “DrugInfoCentre” ExhibitionHall commenced in June2001.


To review the CentralRegistry of Drug Abusewith a view to furtherimproving it as amechanism to supportpolicy formulation

(SB)

To complete the reviewin 2001

(2000)

The review is beingconducted.


To tackle the problemof psychotropicsubstance abuse

(SB)

To research theproblem and draw up acomprehensive strategyin 2001

(2000)

A task force wasestablished in early 2000to study the problem. Ithas already recommendedand implemented a numberof measures to tackle theproblem.


To further enhancepublic education andinvolvement inpromoting fire safety

(Fire ServicesDepartment (FSD))

l To enroll 5 000 FireSafety Ambassadorsin 2001

l Up to September 2001,a total of 4 200 FireSafety Ambassadors hadbeen recruited. Another800 will be recruitedbefore end-2001.

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l To conduct 1 600fire drills forbuilding owners andoccupants in 2001

l Up to September 2001,a total of 1 300 firedrills had beenconducted. Another300 will be conductedbefore end-2001.

l To organise 2 200talks, seminars andexhibitions on firesafety in 2001

(2000)

l Up to September 2001,a total of 2 000seminars, talks andexhibitions had beenconducted. Another200 will be conductedbefore end-2001.


To enhance the survivalrate of out-of-hospitalcardiac arrest patients

(FSD)

To implement acomprehensivecommunity cardiacpulmonary resuscitationtraining programmeand provide initialtraining to 2 000persons and refreshertraining to another2 000 persons in 2001

(2000)

Up to September 2001, atotal of 3 500 and 600members of the publichad undergone initial andrefresher trainingrespectively. We havereviewed the provision ofrefresher training andconcluded that the demandfor such training would beless than 2 000 persons.

(Action in Progress:Under Review)

To solicit communitysupport forrehabilitated offendersand raise publicawareness of therehabilitation services

(Correctional ServicesDepartment)

l To implement apublicity strategy toappeal for publicacceptance of andsupport forrehabilitatedoffenders in 2001

l A publicity campaignentitled “A Safe Societywith RehabilitatedOffenders” is underwayto appeal for publicacceptance of andsupport for rehabilitatedoffenders.

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l To make use of anewly developedrecidivism rate in2000-2001 to studythe phenomenon ofre-offending

(2000)

l Annual figures of therecidivism rate bycorrectionalprogrammes aremaintained to monitorthe phenomenon of re-offending.


To take specificmeasures aimed atincreasing communityawareness of andinvolvement in firesafety

(FSD)

l To conduct 1 600fire drills forbuilding owners andoccupants in 2000

l To organise 2 200seminars, exhibitionsand talks on firesafety in 2000

l To expand the FireSafety AmbassadorScheme to recruit5 000 Fire SafetyAmbassadors in2000

l To organise a large-scale Fire SafetyPublicity Campaignin 2000-2001

(1999)

l In 2000, more than1 600 fire drills wereconducted.

l In 2000, more than2 200 seminars,exhibitions and talks onfire safety wereorganised.

l In 2000, we recruitedmore than 800 FireSafety AmbassadorsTrainers and 4 700 FireSafety Ambassadors.

l We have organised aseries of publicityactivities on theDangerous GoodsOrdinance review,hillfires prevention,home fire safety andFire SafetyImprovement LoanScheme.

(Action Completed)

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To make the followingspecific improvementsto the quality of Policeservices by adopting acustomer serviceapproach –

l providing, in phases,a user-friendlyenvironment inpolice stations,particularly for areasfrequently visited bythe public

l streamliningreporting procedures

l inculcating a serviceculture amongmembers of thePolice Force

(Hong Kong PoliceForce)

To improve thefacilities of 54 existingpolice stations in threeyears in accordancewith the model policestation in North Point

(1998)

On 9 July 1999, theFinance Committee of theLegislative Councilapproved funding forimproving the facilities ofthe police stations. Theimprovement works of 14police stations have beencompleted and 24 othersare in progress.


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3 Prevent and detect crimeTo achieve results in this area, various initiatives have been undertaken



To implement thesecond five-yearInformation SystemsStrategy Plan (ISSP) toenhance theeffectiveness andefficiency of Policework by furtherapplying moderninformation technology(IT), which includes –

To implement Phase Iof the ISSP (mainlyfoundation/pilotprojects) and conductfeasibility studies (FS)for the remainingprojects by 2003

(2000)

First round of FS andprojects are all onschedule. Five planned FSand one project in Phase Iare under critical reviewvis-à-vis the business case.


l Projects which willenable the Police toattain its strategicgoals by improvingaccess tomanagementinformation andbetter internalcommunication

l Projects which willimprove the cost-effectiveness ofcurrent operations bytransforming and re-designing theworkflows andprocedures

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l Projects which willapply state-of-the-arttechnology insupporting front-linepolice operations

(Hong Kong PoliceForce (HKPF))

To replace the presentcommand and controlsystem (CCII) currentlyused by beat officerswhich is expected toreach the end of itsuseful life by 2004with a digitalcommunication system(CCIII) whichintegrates voice withdata and allows theintegration of all policeradio systems, therebyenhancing operationalefficiency and thequality of service to thepublic

(HKPF)

To implement theproject in two phases –

l Phase I (systemdesign) by May2001

l Phase II(procurement of thenew systemincluding systemcommissioning andphased roll-out) byend-2004

(2000)

Project funding wasendorsed by theLegislative CouncilFinance Committee.Tender document is beingprepared and the contractwill be awarded by April2002. New system roll-outdate is on target for 2004(New Territories and HongKong Island) and 2005(Kowloon).


To strengthen theoperational capabilityof the Police Force todeal with computer-related crime

(HKPF)

l To strengthen themanpower of theComputer CrimeSection with a viewto upgrading it to a“division” byFebruary 2001

l Manpower of theComputer CrimeSection has beenstrengthened. TheTechnology CrimeDivision has also beenset up. Furtherstrengthening of themanpower will beconsidered when theneed arises.

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l To establish acomputer forensicexaminationlaboratory by early2001

(2000)

l A laboratory has beenset up and is inoperation. Procurementof additional equipmentto raise its capabilitieshas been completed.

(Action Completed)

To develop a multi-agency approach intackling the problemsof juvenile crime anddelinquency

(HKPF)

To evaluate theeffectiveness of thecurrent projects onjuvenile crime anddelinquency run bydifferent PoliceDistricts and makerecommendations to theFight Crime Committeefor Force-wideimplementation throughmulti-agency actions bylate 2000

(1999)

Recommendations werepresented to the FightCrime Committee inFebruary 2001.

(Action Completed)

To upgrade the MarinePolice Fleet by –l replacing six aging

patrol launchesl To replace the first

two launches bymid-2001 and theother four by early2003

l The first launch iscurrently being fitted outand is scheduled fordelivery in mid-October2001. The second vesselwill be due for delivery inmid-December. Theremaining four launcheswill be constructed aftersuccessful userassessment of the firsttwo vessels. Constructionis anticipated to take 12 to14 months.


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l installing a newcommand andcontrol andcommunicationssystem for MarinePolice byincorporating data,voice and automaticlocation sub-systems

(HKPF)

l To install andcommission the newsystem by the end of2000

(1999)

l The TETRA voice radiosystem went live inOctober 2000. After afour-week reliability testof the Automatic VesselLocation and Messaging(e-mail) System, fullsystem roll-out tookplace in September2001.

(Action in Progress:Behind Schedule)

To institutearrangements with theMainland for thetransfer of fugitiveoffenders

(Security Bureau)

To completediscussions withMainland authorities in2000

(1999)

Five rounds of talks wereheld with the Mainlandauthorities. Furtherdiscussions are required.We aim to concludediscussions with theMainland as soon aspossible.


To strengthen thecapability of the Policeto meet increasingoperational needsarising from the newtransport infrastructure

(HKPF)

To create 12 additionalfront-line operationalposts by 1999-2000and another eight postsby 2000-2001 to dealwith traffic controlmatters arising from theconstruction of theWest Rail

(1998)

The 12 posts have beencreated as scheduled.Another eight posts werecreated on 31 October2000.

(Action Completed)

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To ensure that thePolice have adequatecapability to maintainlaw and order in therapidly growing newtowns of Ma On Shanand Tseung Kwan O byupgrading them from aPolice Division to aPolice District andincreasing themanpower

(HKPF)

To create 46 additionalposts by 1999-2000,and another 153 postsby 2002-2003

(1998)

The Police have reviewedthe need for upgrading thepolice establishment in thetwo new towns andconcluded that this isunnecessary at the presentstage. However, to ensureadequate police capabilityfor maintaining law andorder, a total of 128additional operationalposts were created on 31October 2000. Theestablishment increaseswere 55 and 73 for the MaOn Shan and TseungKwan O Divisionsrespectively.

(Action Completed)

To reinforce thePolice’s capability intackling increasinglysophisticatedinternational syndicatedand organised crimessuch as moneylaundering, commercialfraud or counterfeitingof monetaryinstruments byenhancing criminalintelligence andinvestigation capabilityof the Police throughthe provision ofadditional manpowerand technologicalsupport

(HKPF)

To replace the existingradio system currentlyused by the CriminalIntelligence Bureau andNarcotics Bureau bylate 2000/early 2001

(1997)

The new proposal toovercome some technicalproblems was completed.The project will beforwarded to the CentralTender Board. Thecompletion of the projectis now postponed to 2002.


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4 Facilitate free movement of people and preventillegal entry of peopleTo achieve results in this area, various initiatives have been undertaken



To replace the existingIdentity Card IssuanceSystem by a newsystem which supportsthe issue of a highlysecure andtechnologicallyadvanced HKSARidentity card

(ImmigrationDepartment (Imm D))

To start the four-yearIdentity Card Re-issueExercise by mid-2003

(2000)

We announced in October2000 that a smart identitycard with multiple-application capabilitywould be introduced. TheFinance Committee of theLegislative Councilapproved funding forPhase I implementation on9 March 2001. Maintender for the new identitycard supporting system hasbeen issued. Contract willbe awarded in early 2002.


To implement projectsof an updatedInformation SystemsStrategy (ISS) asrecommended by aconsultancy reviewconducted in 1999

(Imm D)

To implement the ISSprojects by phases.Notably, theimmigration controlautomation system willbe enhanced and theinformation technologyinfrastructure will beupgraded within theperiod from 2003 to2006

(2000)

Feasibility studies forenhancing the immigrationcontrol automation systemand upgrading theinformation technologyinfrastructure of theImm D have beencompleted. We aim toseek funding approval forthese two programmeswithin 2001-2002.


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To handle expeditiouslyan anticipated upsurgein judicial reviewproceedings resultingfrom Right of Abode(ROA) litigations

(Imm D)

To speed up theclearance of about3 000 judicial reviewproceedings resultingfrom ROA litigations in2001 to 2003

(2000)

Imm D is handling thenecessary preparatorywork for legal proceedingsto be heard by the court in2001. Imm D will alsoendeavour to deal with anyfuture legal casesexpeditiously.


To streamline the issueof visit permits tovisitors from Taiwan byelectronic means

(Imm D)

To work out theimplementation detailsin 2001

(2000)

The implementation planhas been finalised. A newiPermit scheme isscheduled forimplementation in 2002.


To expedite theprocessing of entry visaand permit applications

(Imm D)

To complete theprocessing of 85% ofentry visa and permitapplications within sixweeks upon submissionof all requireddocuments

(2000)

We have been able to meetthe target. Actualperformance (i.e. 95.5% ofapplications werecompleted within sixweeks) exceeded thepledged standard.

(Action Completed)

To conduct a feasibilitystudy on the issue ofelectronic visit permitsto visitors from Taiwan

(Imm D)

To complete thefeasibility study byend-2000

(1999)

The feasibility study hasbeen completed.

(Action Completed)

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To continue to pressthe United NationsHigh Commissioner forRefugees (UNHCR) torepay the debt owed toHong Kong

(Security Bureau/Imm D)

To appeal to theinternationalcommunity to makeearmarkedcontributions toUNHCR for repayingHong Kong

(1997)

We have continuouslypressed the UNHCR forearly settlement of theoutstanding advances andappealed to theinternational communityfor funds to UNHCRearmarked for the purpose.We succeeded in securingan agreement from theBritish Government to usethe remaining balance ofits donation in 1989/1990for the construction ofaccommodation for theVietnamese Boat People inHong Kong, amounting to$11.34 million, to coverthe costs of demolitionworks for the Pillar PointVietnamese RefugeeCentre and the High IslandDetention Centre.


To improve policecapability in preventingillegal immigration intoHong Kong bycontinuing to maintainthe integrity of our landboundary andupgrading the boundaryfence and the threepolice divisionalstations along it

(Hong Kong PoliceForce)

To replace the entirefence protection systemby 2001

(1997)

Contract for thereplacement of electronicsensor cables system andinstallation of closed-circuit television cameraswith Video MotionDetection Alarm SignalMonitors along the 35-kilometer boundary wasawarded in November2000. 70% of the projecthas been completed.Completion date re-scheduled to early 2002.


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5 Prevent and detect smugglingTo achieve results in this area, various initiatives have been undertaken



To strengthen Customs’anti-smugglingcapability in the pursuitand interception ofsuspicious high-speedcrafts at sea as well asenhance operationalactivities along the seafront

(Customs & ExciseDepartment (C&ED))

To complete theprocurement of fourhigh-speed pursuitcrafts by 2002

(2000)

Specifications of the high-speed pursuit crafts wereapproved in July andtendering exercise willcommence in October2001. The delivery of thehigh-speed pursuit craftswill be in batches. Thefirst batch of two pursuitcrafts will arrive in late2002.


To install two containervehicle X-rayexamination systems atthe Lok Ma ChauControl Point to caterfor the growing volumeof cross-boundaryfreight traffic

(C&ED)

To start installing thesystems by September2000 for completion inSeptember 2002

(1998)

The contract for the supplyand installation of the X-ray systems was awardedin June 2000. Constructionof the building to housethe systems commencedin February 2001. Theinstallation of equipmentwill commence byFebruary 2002.


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6 Safeguard public safetyTo achieve results in this area, various initiatives have been undertaken



To enhance the rescuecapabilities of fire andambulance personnelattending incidents thatrequire the applicationof specialisedequipment and skills

(Fire ServicesDepartment (FSD))

To set up ten SpecialRescue Squads in 2001

(2000)

The training andestablishment of tenSpecial Rescue Squadswere completed in August2001.

(Action Completed)

To reduce fire risks incomposite buildings

(FSD)

To conduct fire safetyinspections and adviseowners/occupiers toimprove fire safetyprovisions in 900composite buildings in2001

(2000)

Initial fire safetyinspections to 900composite buildings havebeen completed. Owners/occupiers of these buildingswere advised to improvefire safety provisions.Enforcement action will bemade to rectifyirregularities identifiedduring initial inspections.


To enhance pre-hospitalcare to patients

(FSD)

To complete acomprehensive study onthe implications ofproviding paramedicservices on allambulances and consideran implementation planin 2001

(2000)

A consultancy study wasundertaken in 2001.

(Action Completed)

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To examine the Non-Emergency AmbulanceTransfer Service with aview to improving theservice and coping withthe growing demand

(Auxiliary MedicalService)

To complete the reviewby mid-2001

(2000)

The review was completedin August 2001. Anumber of areas have beenidentified for improvementand follow-up actions arebeing implemented.

(Action Completed)

To review the DayaBay Contingency Plan


To review theContingency Plan andtake necessaryimprovement measuresin 2001

(2000)

Following a territory-wideexercise in February 2001,we have reviewed theContingency Plan and areundertaking necessaryrevisions and improvementmeasures.


To implement acomprehensiveprogramme to improvefire safety in privatebuildings and karaokeestablishments by –l requiring private

buildings to upgradefire safety measuresto present-daystandards

(SB/FSD)

l To preparelegislation in 1999to require theupgrading of firesafety in compositebuildings

(1998)

l The bill was introducedinto the LegislativeCouncil in February2001 and is beingexamined by the BillsCommittee.

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l introducing alicensing system forkaraokeestablishments

(SB)

l To preparelegislation in 1999to establish alicensing system forkaraokeestablishments

(1998 and 1997)

l The KaraokeEstablishments Bill wasintroduced in March2000 but lapsed at theend of the 1999-2000legislative session. Itwas re-introduced intothe Legislative Councilin February 2001 and isbeing examined by theBills Committee.

(Action Completed)

To embark on a phasedprogramme to acquireeight new helicoptersfor the GovernmentFlying Service toreplace its existing fleetin order to enhance itscapability, efficiencyand operationalflexibility in supportinganti-smuggling, anti-illegal immigration,fire-fighting, airambulance, and sea/airsearch and rescueoperation

(Government FlyingService)

To replace the existingfleet of the GovernmentFlying Service by eightnew helicopters by2002-2003

(1997)

The delivery of the newhelicopters is on schedule.Three Super Puma L2helicopters (the largertype) will arrive in late2001, one in October andtwo in December 2001.Delivery of the remainingfive EC155B helicopters(smaller type) will takeplace between August2002 and early 2003.


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7 Take into custody and rehabilitate offenders; andrehabilitate drug abusersTo achieve results in this area, various initiatives have been undertaken



To formulate a long-term prisondevelopment plan

(Correctional ServicesDepartment (CSD))

To finalise thedevelopmentprogramme for newprisons in 2001

(2000)

A proposal on co-locationof all penal institutions hasbeen drawn up. TheLegislative Council isbeing consulted.


To enhancerehabilitation servicesby –

l strengthening thevocational trainingaspect ofcorrectionalprogrammes

l To provide shortaccredited vocationaltraining courses forinmates prior todischarge in sixmajor institutions in2001-2002

l Short accreditedvocational trainingcourses have beenarranged in six majorinstitutions sinceDecember 2000.

l launching a drugabuse awarenessprogramme forprisoners with drugabuse problems toreinforce theirdetermination to quitdrugs and reducetheir risk of re-offending

l To introduce theprogramme in fiveinstitutions byend-2000

l The programme wasintroduced in fiveinstitutions in July2001.

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l enhancing themanagement andefficiency ofrehabilitationservices

(CSD)

l To complete afeasibility study ondeveloping a“RehabilitationProgrammeManagementSystem” by January2001

(2000)

l The feasibility studywas completed in May2001.

(Action Completed)

To improve prisonmanagement

(CSD)

To study the feasibilityof introducing a smartcard patrol managementsystem to replace theexisting mechanicalpatrol monitoringsystem in all penalinstitutions by 2005

(2000)

Feasibility studycompleted. New systemshave been installed in 11institutions of CSD bySeptember 2001 and willbe extended to theremaining institutions inphases by 2005.


To improve prisonsecurity by introducingnarcotics andexplosives detectionand identificationsystems

(CSD)

To equip seven targetedinstitutions with anarcotics andexplosives detectionsystem by end-2000

(2000)

Installation completed inDecember 2000.

(Action Completed)

To ease prisonovercrowding byproviding additionalpenal places andredeveloping existingcorrectional institutions

(CSD)

l To complete theredevelopment of TaiLam CorrectionalInstitution andprovide 260 penalplaces by 2001

(1999, 1998 and1996)

l Construction workscommenced in May1998 and are expectedto be completed in early2002. Delay wasmainly due to inclementweather.


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l To implement plansfor the expansion ofLai Chi KokReception Centreand provide 400penal places inphases beginning2003-2004

(1999 and 1998)

l Planning work is put onhold pendingformulation of a long-term prisondevelopment plan.


l To identify sites fornew correctionalinstitutions and takea decision on theway forward in early1997

(1997)

l Suitable sites for newprison facilities will beidentified pendingformulation of the long-term prisondevelopment plan.


l To complete theredevelopment at theStanley Prison areain 1999

(1998 and 1996)

l Phase I of the StanleyPrison redevelopmentwas completed inJanuary 1998.Redevelopment worksunder Phase II werecompleted in September2001.

(Action Completed)

To improve prisonmanagement andenhance security byinstalling electric gatesat the industrialworkshop complex inPik Uk Prison

(CSD)

To complete theinstallation by 2001-2002

(1999)

Installation work wascompleted in March 2001.

(Action Completed)

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To enhancerehabilitation servicesby providing a newrehabilitation centreprogramme for youngoffenders to plugexisting service gaps

(Security Bureau (SB)/CSD)

To introduce theenabling legislation in1999 to provide for anew short-termrehabilitationprogramme for youngoffenders

(1999 and 1998)

The Rehabilitation CentresBill was introduced intothe Legislative Council on10 November 1999 but haslapsed. It was re-introduced in October2000 and enacted on 2May 2001. The newRehabilitation CentresProgramme will beimplemented in 2002-2003.

(Action Completed)

To raise publicawareness of the roleof CSD, and strengthenthe rehabilitative aspectof correctionalprogrammes

(CSD)

l To enhance musical,academic andcultural activities incorrectionalinstitutions in 2000

l More cultural activities,including musicalgroups, fashion designclasses and languagecourses have beenorganised incorrectional institutionssince 2000.

To conduct acomprehensive reviewon the MethadoneTreatment Programmeto assess itseffectiveness

(SB)

To substantiallycomplete the review byend-2000

(1999)

The review was completedin December 2000.

(Action Completed)

l To widen the scopeof gaining externalaccreditation onskills acquired underdetention in 2000

(1999)

l Training in 11 tradeshas been upgraded toCity & Guilds/PitmanCraft standards.

(Action Completed)

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To institutearrangements fortransfer of sentencedpersons between theMainland and theHKSAR

(SB)

To start discussionswith the Mainlandauthorities in 2000

(1999)

Discussion with theMainland authoritiesstarted in March 2000.

(Action Completed)

To improverehabilitation andaftercare services foryoung offenders byfollowing up on therecommendations inCity University’s“Research on theEffectiveness ofRehabilitationProgrammes for YoungOffenders” and toenhance communityacceptance ofrehabilitated offenders

(CSD/SB)

To complete agreedfollow-up actions by1999-2000

(1998)

Action plan on agreedfollow-up actions is beingimplemented.


To facilitate the transferof sentenced persons totheir home countriesunder the agreedframework of relevantbilateral agreements

(SB)

To initiate negotiationswith key countries in1999 with a view toconcluding bilateralagreements with them

(1998)

We have signed bilateralagreements separately withseven countries.Negotiations with otherpartners are underway.


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To provide additionalresources for drugdemand reduction bysetting up twoadditional residentialtreatment centres foryoung opiate abusers

(Department of Health)

To secure a site for theother additionaltreatment centre in1999 (in addition to theone set up in early1999)

(1995)

One of the centres hasbeen operational sinceMarch 1999. Schematicdesign of the otheradditional centre in TuenMun was completed. Thecentre is expected tocommence operation in2003.

(Action Completed)

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