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MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1976
HE SAID IT WOULD HELP PREVENT THE SUBJECT FROM FLEEING HONG KONG, PREVENT THE COMMISSION OF FURTHER OFFENCES ARRANGED DURING TRIPS ABROAD, DISRUPT HIS TRAFFICKING PATTERNS AND AFFECT HIS CREDIBILITY WITH BOTH HIS LOCAL AND OVERSEAS CONTACTS.
+THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROVISION OF SECTION 17 OF THE PREVENTION OF BRIBERY ORDINANCE, WHEREBY A MAGISTRATE MAY REQUIRE THE SURRENDER OF TRAVELLING DOCUMENTS OF THE SUBJECT OF AN INVESTIGATION, HAD BEEN WELL-DEMONSTRATED. THERE ARE GROUNDS TO INCLUDE SIMILAR PROVISIONS IN THE DANGEROUS DRUGS ORDINANCE AS WELL, HE SAID,
ONE OF THE REASONS GIVEN BY MR. HU! FOR THE PROPOSED NEW MEASURE WAS THAT MANY DRUG TRAFFICKERS HAD STOPPED THE USUAL PRACTICE OF BULK IMPORTS DUE TO TOUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND WERE NOW USING AN INCREASING NUMBER OF SMALL-TIME DRUG COURIERS TRAVELLING IN AND OUT OF HONG KONG.
HE ADDED THAT WHILST IT HAD BEEN COMMONLY ACKNOWLEDGED BY COUNTRIES CONCERNED THAT HONG KONG WAS NO LONGER THE CENTRE OF EXPORT AND RE-EXPORT IN INTERNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKING, THERE REMAINED THE POSSIBILITY THAT HONG KONG, WITH ITS MINIMAL CURRENCY CONTROL, SOPHISTICATED FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, MIGHT BE USED AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL BASE FOR SOME TRAFFICKING NETWORKS.
TWO-WEEK PROGRAMME FOR THE AGED IN LAM TIN
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A TWO-WEEK PROGRAMME HAS BEEN ORGANISED FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE RESIDING IN THE LAM TIN IISTRICT STARTING FROM OCTOBER 15.
THE PROGRAMME, ORGANISED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S ESTATE COMMUNITY WORK OFFICES IN LAM TIN, THE LAM TIN KAIFONG WELFARE ASSOCIATION, THE UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL AND THE HONG KONG FAMILY WELFARE SOCIETY, INCLUDE A SEMINAR ON HEALTH AND CARE OF SENIOR CITIZENS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A WORKSHOP ON SERVICES FOR THE AGED, ESSAY AND SLOGAN CONTESTS, A VARIETY SHOW AND AN OUTING TO THE NEW TERRITORIES.
ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROGRAMME IS A HEALTH CONTEST AMONG SOME 300 ELDERLY PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT WHERE EIGHT CLINICS HAVE OFFERED TO GIVE MEDICAL CHECK-UPS TO THE PARTICIPANTS AT $3 EACH.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ORGANISERS SAID THAT THE AIM OF THE PROGRAMME WAS TO BRING ABOUT A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEEDS OF THE OLD PEOPLE AND TO EXPLORE WAYS OF PROVIDING MORE EFFECTIVE SERVICES FOR THEM.
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