Premier Su Tseng-chang (
It appears he can keep his job, as the Cabinet said yesterday that the crime rate has dropped in the past six months.
"The premier will chair a press conference [today] and offer the latest statistics, as well as a report to the public. He will not exaggerate anything or falsify the figures in the statistics," Cabinet Spokesman Cheng Wen-tsang (
Cheng said a government questionnaire showed that more and more people feel that crime in the streets has decreased during the past six months, but most citizens are still not satisfied with the current situation and still fear becoming the victim of a crime.
The spokesman cited the latest police statistics, comparing them with those from six months ago. According to Cheng, the rate for car theft has dropped by 30 percent, and the rate for scooter theft has dropped by 20 percent.
Cheng said that, in the case of financial fraud, local banks have helped freeze "a large number" of dummy accounts. He did not offer a specific number of how many dummy accounts local banks had discovered and frozen.
Better and better
"Things are getting better and better in the direction we are moving," Cheng said.
"Former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani spent six years making the crime rate drop and improving New York City. It is quite difficult for the premier to `impress' the public within six months," he said
Meanwhile, Su yesterday called Taichung Mayor Jason Hu (
Taichung City has long been regarded as the city with one of the worst crime rates in the country. Police statistics show that on average, 8.2 crimes take place every hour in Taichung.
Su told Hu that he had noticed Hu's efforts, because the numbers say it all.
Hu, for his part, told Su that he would continue to help, but also suggested examining a longer period to determine whether the crime rate has dropped.
"In six months, you may not feel a thing. A period of three to five years would be more appropriate, I would say," Hu was reported as saying.
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