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Your teeno 201: CORPORAL PUNISHMENT
1. In view of what you say I agree that the
schedule to the principal ordinance should be amended
the
as proposed. If new legislation is criticised here
we shall have to explain that it has received "very
widespread public support" in Hong Kong. It would
help if the addition of offences involving violence
could be balanced against the deletion of offences
already in the list, but not involving violence.
should be grateful if the possibility of doing some-
thing along these lines could be examined.
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I was glad to hear further considerati on is
being given to the proposal to empower the Governor
in Council to amend the schedule tof offences by
order. I think it important that any amendment of
schedule should be made by the legislature, since
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