Sir, I have been referring to section 10 of the
Police Force Ordinance which provides, among other things,
that the duties of the police force shall be to take
lawful measures for preventing injury to life and
property. The important words are, of
course, "to
lawful measures and herein lies the problem for a Hong
Kong police officer cannot point to any statutory power
which would permit him to enter a private property to save
life or limb, laudable though the conduct may be.
take
I
therefore, hope that the Administration will look further
into this aspect as I believe that we would be failing in
our duties as legislators if we do not insure that the
police officers be given statutory power to enter private
premises without the warrant and without invitation in
order to stop a person from killing himself.
Sir, with these reservations and also those So
eloquently mentioned by my
by my hon. Friend Mr. Y.F. HUI, I
suppport the motion.