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SOCIAL EN UIRY REFONT UN PUTITIONER
Re: No Ting-ka
Registered No.: 30322 (SLP-1605)
Petitioner was born in Vietnam. He ranked fourth amongst six children born to his father's first marriage. Due to marital discord, his parents got separated when he was still a child. There- after all the children were left to the care of the mother. Petitioner's father came to settle down in Hong Kong in 1955. Before long, Petitioner, and his mother, together with other siblings also came here. Years later, his mother, third elder sister and youngest brother emigrated to Canada for good, while his second elder sister married and settled down in the United States. Leaving behind in Hong Kong are Petitioner, the eldest sister and a younger brother who unfortunately died a year
The eldest sister is presently a widow living apart but the father was ignorant of her address because of their aloof relationship. Apart from Petitioner and his natural siblings, the father had in addition a son and a daughter born to him by two other wives. Feti- tioner's father was a retired French teacher and was presently financially supported by his daughter, a secretary, and son-in-law, an accountant. They were living together at 28 Java Road, 7/F., orth Point and managed a sufficient livelihood.
To the father's knowledge, Petitioner had attained secondary education and had been a salesman before his incarceration. Petitioner had once been to Canada to join his mother but returned two years later due to his mental problem. After then, he failed to settle down in a job or place of accommodation, set aside any financial contribution to his father. He remained a bachelor till the present.
Petitioner's father claimed to maintain superficial contacts with Petitioner's mother and siblings ever since he left Vietnam around 1955. Since Petitioner's incarceration, the father paid visits to him from time to time. However he strongly objected to Petitioner's plan for premature discharge as he considered Fetitioner medically unfit to reintegrate into the community. He was not the least prepared to receive Fetitioner home and even considered Petitioner a burden to him at his old age.
In sum, Petitioner's imprisonment had little significant effects on the family members who are mainly staying abroad. His father, as an aged man, was being properly cared and supported by his daughter. Apparently, he was not prepared for Fetioner's discharge yet. Viewed in this light; there is a lack of substantial social grounds to support the petition,
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Brand from
(Miss BUT Wai-fan) Probation Officer
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From
Commissioner of Police
Ref. (8) in
LM(190) in CRB 191/1
Tel. No.
5-284284 Ext. 410
Dete
11th November 1985.
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