4 | Wednesday, January 30, 2019 HONG KONG EDITION | CHINA DAILY CHINA Bridging cultures HK crime Guizhou aims rate hits to relocate its historic low point By CHEN ZIMO in Hong Kong poor residents
[email protected] Hong Kong recorded its lowest levels of crime for 45 years in Measure assists province in its fight to 2018, as overall crimes continued improve lives, provide better services to decrease for 12 consecutive years, according the annual report of the Hong Kong Police By YANG JUN in Guiyang and Force on Tuesday. ZHENG JINRAN in Beijing Unfolding Hong Kong’s crime 670,000 situation last year, Commission Guizhou province plans to relo people er of Police Stephen Lo Wai cate 670,000 people from poverty from povertystricken and bar chung said a total of 54,225 stricken and barren regions this ren regions in Guizhou province crimes were reported in 2018, 3.2 year, bringing the total of relocat will be relocated this year. percent lower than that of the ed people to 1.88 million in four previous year. This is the lowest years, the most in the country, the figure since 1974. provincial government said. erty, the governor added. The overall crime rate stood at This year, 1.68 million people “We will take multiple measures 728 cases per 100,000 people, nationwide are scheduled to be to help relocated residents get which also fell 4 percent com relocated under the 13th FiveYear jobs or start businesses, and make pared with 2017. Plan on Relocation for Poverty sure at least one member of the There were fewer cases of rob Alleviation (201620), and 40 per family has a stable income,” she bery, burglaries, theft, rapes, seri cent will be in Guizhou.