Fellow Home Team colleagues Good Afternoon. The Home Team has continued doing good work.
Crime is down, so is drug abuse.
The c rime rate 1 fell 17.3 per cent 764 offences per 100,000 persons in 2000, down from 924 in 1999. The total number of drug abusers fell by 18 per cent, down to 3,100 from 3,800. This is the 6 th consecutive year that the number of drug abusers has dropped. T ogether with the community, the Home Team agencies have kept Singapore safe and secure. As One 3 We have shown that by working together as one, we can achieve more.