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• http://www.webdesign-bureau-of-mauritius.com Web Design Bureau of Mauritius

  The idea has been copied off the UK where CCTV has been in use for quite some time. This said, crime rates have gone down in the UK with the use of CCTV. It might be Big Brother but if we have to go through drastic measures to get the crime rates down in the country, I’m all for it.

• Jumping Turtle

  concernant haris boodhoo, mo penser ki soi tou dimoune gagne droite priyer bruyament , soi personne pa fer li!! CCTV c ene bon zafer mais eski li pu reste confidential sa bane image la?

• http://www.yashvinawootar.com Yashvin

  @Jumping Turtle :
  Seki mone lire lo la presse, tous bane officiers ki p work lo sa system CCTV la ine bisin signe kitchose about confidentialy.
  Alors, si o cas zotte ine coupable de kit incident, pou cpv surement poursuivre zotte.

• Yumn

  For the picture captions, 1 ultra mega grosse faute…. And i do think they did it purposely! Hehe…

• http://www.yashvinawootar.com Yashvin

  @Yumn : Ya, I mailed them politely to inform them of the error.

  Human errs… its in our DNA

• The Maverick

  Navin mari bon dan “copy and paste” ban UK regulations.

  Smart ID cars, CCTvs, Congestion zones, etc…

• http://themediaguru.blogspot.com carrotmadman6

  Here’s something… do we know for how much time the recorded data is kept on their hard drives?

• http://www.yashvinawootar.com Yashvin

  @The Maverick : I would not call this as ‘copy and paste’.
  Its rather “using proven solutions to improve Mauritius”.

  @Carrotmadman6 : I saw that somewhere, but can’t find the info again.
  From what I remember, the recorded videos won’t be kept for too long, somewhere between 1-3 months, but again, I am not sure.

• Mike

  Those CCTV cameras are exactly the same as the ones used in the UK. The recording equipment is the latest high technology so the police are now well equiped. This is a useful tool in crime watch. Hopefully it will be a deterrent against crime. I guess Mauritian law will be adapted for such evidence to be used in investigations and legal proceedings. There is also the data protection act aspects and police are bound by this too. Society is usually reluctant to go the Big-Brother route but most people feel safer with electronic measures in place.

• http://sozzz.net Sun

  Come on guys! why do u say “they copied”?
  they simply got “inspired”!

  Viva Macarena!

  Rock ON!!

• http://www.yashvinawootar.com Yashvin

  Update

  Error on picture’s caption has been corrected a few hours later.
  Perhaps, because I informed them through a polite mail?

• Bernardo

  In any case, the UK were not the first to use CCTV so saying copied from the UK is wrong. New York was the first to use CCTV

  One important thing also… Some policemen may be watching the LIVE CCTV, however are they really equipped or even ready to intervene real-time if they see something’s wrong on CCTV? I don’t think so. There was nothing communicated on that…

  Punishing a “taped” crime is simply not enough.. crime must be prevented….

  B.

• http://ritesh2103.wordpress.com rite$h

  Big Brother in Mauritius, could be renamed as ‘Bhai Harish’ watching us
  How about the confidentiality and privacy issues?

• ReenaDKL

  Ahum! 50 millions rupees! Guess the main purpose of the cameras was to make money…little bit for the camera, and the rest in their pockets…as usual…lol!

  Bref, maybe it has it’s good side, but wonder how long before some vandals take them back home

  As for the prayer thing, if it’s the noise which annoys our dear PM, then he should also ban all the loud speakers from the mosques. It’s a very sensitive issue and am not racist, but there are times when some people abuse… Remember the court verdict on the decibels for loudspeakers? Well if it was respected for 1 week it was too much..now it’s even louder than before. I mean I’ve grown up hearing that but it was never a nuisance until all of them starting shouting instead of doing it the way they used to. Sometimes I can hear 3-4 loudspeakers (not even synchronized) which is not a delight for the ears.

  Bref, Mauritius is being tortured in the name of safety, religion, politics etc…pff!!!

  @ Yashvin, maybe bloggers should go in for the next elections!!!lol! am sure we could do much better than the actual government…hihihi!

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