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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
Background
1.1 In March 1973, the Government set up the Fight Violent Crime
Committee to tackle the problem of the rising trend of crime since the early
1970s. The Committee was chaired by the then Secretary for Home Affairs and
comprised only official members. Its terms of reference were to plan, organise
and co-ordinate Government and public efforts to assist the Police to combat
violent crime. In 1975, the Fight Violent Crime Committee was renamed the
Fight Crime Committee (FCC) with an expanded membership to include nonofficial
members.
1.2 In May 1983, the FCC was reconstituted with the then
Chief Secretary as its new Chairman. It was tasked to draw up plans to reduce
crime, to co-ordinate efforts in fighting crime, to monitor the results and to
report progress to the then Governor. The reconstituted Committee submitted its
first report to the then Governor in December 1983.
1.3 This is the twenty-ninth report of the Committee. It presents the
work undertaken by the Committee in 2009.
Fight Crime Committee and its Sub-Committees
1.4 The FCC comprises 16 members, including eight members of the
public appointed by the Chief Secretary for Administration and the heads of
eight relevant Government policy bureaux and departments. The Committee’s
terms of reference and membership list are at Appendices A(a) and A(b)
respectively. There are two sub-committees under the FCC, namely the
Standing Committee on Young Offenders and the Publicity Sub-Committee.
The terms of reference and the membership lists of the sub-committees are at
Appendices B(a) and B(b) respectively.
Major Issues Considered
1.5 In 2009, the FCC held five meetings. During the year, the
Committee monitored the overall crime situation, the situation of commercial
crimes and the progress of the Police Superintendents’ Discretion Scheme,
implemented fight crime publicity work, and oversaw the work of the District
Fight Crime Committees (DFCCs). It also examined the publicity campaign for
rehabilitated persons in 2009-10, the progress on the implementation of the
recommendations of the Task Force on Youth Drug Abuse, the drug testing
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