Annex B (Page 3)
A new offence under the Societies Ordinance
which would prohibit convicted triad offenders
from entering vice and gambling establishments
and other specified places of recreation
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As with police supervision, there was a considerable diversity of views on this option. The
main concerns included: curtailment of civil rights and liberties; discrimination against triads leading
to problems of their re-integration into society; and
gathering of triads in other places not included
under the offence.
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Some Members also considered that -
(a)
(b)
(c)
the Government should take more
stringent action against places of illegal vice and gambling activities
instead of prohibiting offenders from
entering them;
offenders should be allowed to enter
legal places of entertainment such as
billiard saloons, games centres and
Jockey Club premises; and
the use of pagers, which were legitimate
articles, should not be prohibited.
A scheme of renunciation of triad membership
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Members.
(a)
This option was fully supported by ten
Some considered that -
the offender should not be prosecuted
even if his declaration to renounce
triad membership was not accepted; and