THE social order situation in Hong Kong was misrepresented in the policy speech of Governor Chris Patten, United Democrat James To Kun-sun told the Legislative Council yesterday.
Mr To said the Governor had misled the public by saying serious crime was on the decline this year.
But instead of a falling crime rate, serious crimes were actually on the increase, he said on the second day of the council's debate on the policy speech.
''Although the figures of crime involving the use of arms dropped slightly, one must not forget that the number in 1990, 1991 and 1992 was the highest in the past decade,'' he said.
According to Mr To, the number of arrests for drug trafficking had almost tripled from 136 cases in the first six months of 1992 to 356 in the same period this year.
Cases related to the possession of drugs for sale had almost doubled from 660 in the first half of last year to 1,159 in the first six months of this year.