Committed to keeping Hong Kong
safe and secure, the Disciplined Services comprise the Hong Kong
Police Force, Correctional Services Department, Customs and Excise
Department, Fire Services Department, Immigration Department and
Government Flying Service. The regular emergency services are augmented
by the Auxiliary Medical Service and the Civil Aid Service. These
departments operate under the
policy direction of the Security Bureau.
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HONG KONG is one of the safest cities in the world. The overall crime
rate, that is, the total number of crimes per 100 000 population, is
lower than Tokyo, Toronto and other metropolitan cities. Although the
overall crime rate and the violent crime rate in 2002 increased moderately
by 3 per cent and 3.4 per cent respectively compared with 2001, these
crime rates were, correspondingly, the fourth lowest and the second lowest
in the past 29 years.
The Government will continue to take vigorous action
to maintain law and order by:—
- deploying additional police officers to perform front-line
operational duties (over 2 200 additional police officers have been
deployed for such duties since 1993–94);
- modernising the Police Force in terms of equipment
and training as well as application of modern information technology
to enhance effectiveness and efficiency in the prevention and detection
of crime;
- strengthening the legal framework to provide the
law enforcement agencies with adequate powers to combat crime; and
- enhancing cooperation with Mainland authorities and
overseas law enforcement agencies to combat cross-boundary and transnational
criminal activities.
The Government has continued to participate actively
in international cooperation in the fight against terrorism. The international
situation and its impact on Hong Kong are closely monitored. While there
is no intelligence suggesting that Hong Kong may be the target of a terrorist
attack, all law enforcement units nonetheless have to remain vigilant
to counter possible threats. |