7.
Mr. YEUNG: Sir, when is the Government prepared to issue to
schools relevant materials relating to the danger of being
involved with triads ?
Secretary for Security:
Sir, of course, we already are issuing
some material to schools but our object is to get more advanced
and sophisticated material as soon as we possibly can.
Mrs. CHOW: Sir, among the 9,000 odd young offenders arrested
in the last three years, how many are not first offenders and
Police how many have previously been released under the Superintendent
Discretion Scheme and is it time to review the Police
Superintendent Discretion Scheme?
Secretary for Security: Sir, I am afraid I have not got with me
the detailed statistics
showing
inghich of those arrested were first
offenders and which were recidivists, but roughly about half
Police
of them are dealt with under the Superintendent Discretion
Scheme. You must remember we are dealing with young kids
aged from about seven to 15 and I personally feel very
Police
strongly that the Superintendent
Discretion Scheme is a good
and viable scheme for offenders of these young ages.
HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT: I have the names of five more
Members who wish to ask supplementaries.
line at that point.
I will draw the
Dr. HO:
Thank you, Sir. Among the 9,000 juvenile offenders
. in paragraph 2, how many offenders are triad
related and what has Government done to rehabilitate them ?
mentioned