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Question No. 11
REPLY BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE
TO A QUESTION BY THE HON.MRS.SELINA CHOW LIANG SHUK-YEE,OBE,JP,
IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY,13 NOVEMBER 1985
Question: Will Government inform this Council
(a) what the trend is regarding domestic violence;
·
(b) what is the number of crimes occurring within
families;
(c) what is the number of suicides which may have
resulted from domestic disputes; and
(d) what measures have Government taken to remedy
the situation?
1
sir,
By 'domestic violence' /
I presume that Mrs. Chow
is referring to crimes which are committed within the family.
From the statistics kept by the Royal Hong Kong Police Force
over the past 5 years, no particular trend can be identified.
It will be seen from the table which members have before them(Note 1)
that while the figures fluctuate from year to year, the
number of cases of homicide and serious assaults arising
from
disputes of a domestic nature, of cruelty to
children and incest have remained at similar levels since 1981.
Note 1)
1981 1982
1983
.1984
1985 (Jan-Oct)
Homicides (aris-
1
7
8
2
7
ing from family
affairs or
disputes
Cruelty to
51
59
58
58
43
Children
Incest
1
3
4
4
8
**
Serious Assaults
475
513
359
418
351
(arising from
disputes of a
domestic nature)
/ (** . . ...