In an interview, the Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr. Cheuk Wing-hing, said that one of the five priority tasks of the Task Force on District Governance set up earlier was to enhance the level of law and order in districts. To prevent crime, 2,000 closed-circuit televisions (CCTVs) would be installed throughout the city, with 600 to be installed first in the middle of the year and the rest by the end of the year.
Cheuk said CCTVs would mainly be installed in areas with the high pedestrian flow and assessed by the police to be at risk, and would be switched to other locations as necessary.
"CCTVs are installed in cities all over the world, but Hong Kong has relatively few, and the authorities will review the effectiveness of the installation in the future," he said.
As for the expectation for the operation of the new District Councils, Cheuk mentioned that the authority needs to deal with livelihood issues practically. "If the community and the public work together, they will get twice the result with half the effort... the authorities are willing to accept criticisms and make improvements," he noted.
Cheuk, however, believed that apart from making criticisms, people also need to see where to place their focus, to avoid losing their direction when they are fighting against the fire with a moth for every matter.
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