TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1976
QUESTIONS ON VIOLENT CRIMES IN LEGCO
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THE QUESTION OF THE ADEQUACY OF SENTENCES FOR VIOLENT CRIMES WILL BE BROUGHT UP AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).
DR. THE HON. HARRY FANG WILL ASK THE GOVERNMENT TO BRING THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN TWO RECENT SESSIONS OF THE COUNCIL AND BY THE PUBLIC DURING THE LAST YEAR TO THE ATTENTION OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE.
THE HON. JOHN BREMRIDGE WILL ASK THE GOVERNMENT FOR A LIST OF THE SENTENCES FOR VIOLENT CRIMES AWARDED BY THE SUPREME COURT AND THE DISTRICT COURTS DURING THE YEAR ENDED LAST SEPTEMBER,
STILL ON THE PROBLEM OF CRIME, THE HON. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN WILL PROPOSE FOR CONSIDERATION THE USE OF MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES,. IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE DISCHARGED PRISONERS AID SOCIETY, TO SUPERVISE AND HELP YOUNG FIRST OFFENDERS AFTER THEIR RELEASE.
THE HON. JAMES WU WILL ASK IF AN INVESTIGATION IS BEING CONDUCTED INTO ALLEGATIONS THAT A PERSON CONVICTED OF MURDER WAS IN FACT INNOCENT.
DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT WILL ALSO COME UP IN THE COUNCIL.
THE HON. OSWALD CHEUNG WILL ASK THE GOVERNMENT TO CONSIDER GIVING AT AN EARLY DATE A GENERAL LICENCE TO TAXIS AND PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES TO USE THE TSING YI BRIDGE.
THE HON. LI FOOK-WO WILL WANT TO KNOW IF KCR HAS ENOUGH LOCOMOTIVES AND EQUIPMENT TO COPE WITH INCREASING GOODS TRAFFIC FROM CHINA, AND DR. THE HON. HARRY FANG WILL URGE THE GOVERNMENT TO IMPROVE VENTILATION IN THE LION ROCK TUNNEL.
ON OTHER MATTERS, THE HON. MISS KO SIU-WAH WILL ASK FOR STATISTICS ON THE NUMBER OF PROSECUTIONS FOR EMPLOYING CHILDREN UNDER 14 IN ANY INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKING OR DANGEROUS TRADE. THE HON. Q.W. LEE WILL ASK HOW THE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES ARE BEING HELPED TO COLLECT MAINTENANCE FEES FROM BUILDING OCCUPIERS.
THE HON. ROGER LOBO WILL ASK FOR THE NUMBER OF MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS LAST YEAR AND THE NUMBER OF CASES WHERE THE DRIVERS WERE UNLICENSED OR HELD ONLY A PROVISIONAL LICENCE.
TWO NEW BILLS WILL BE INTRODUCED AT TOMORROW'S SITTING OF THE COUNCIL.
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