National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang said prosperity and economic growth are under threat and could derail the ability of the Government in meeting its obligations to pay suitable wages or carry out infrastructure developments if crime and violence are not brought under control.

Chang was delivering the keynote address at Saturday’s launch of a national social services fair, aimed at rescuing at-risk youth, who are figured among gang-related activities that are responsible for the country’s high homicide figures.

“Unless we have a manageable level of criminal violence, unless there is good order and public safety, we will never have the level of growth that we wish to have as a country and provide our people with the kind of life that is required,” he said.

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