WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1982
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LEGISLATION ON PYRAMID SELLING BEING EXAMINED FOR LOOPHOLES
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THE COMMERCIAL CRIME UNIT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBER IS NOW EXAMINING WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS ANY LOOPHOLE IN THE LEGISLATION PROHIBITING PYRAMID SELLING, AND IF SO, WHETHER AND WHAT AMENDING LEGISLATION IS REQUIRED.
THE UNIT IS ALSO EXAMINING THIS BY CONSIDERATION OF COMPARATIVE LEGISLATION IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON JOHN GRIFFITHS, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, IN ANSWER TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ANDREW SO WHO ASKED HOW MANY PEOPLE HAD BEEN CHARGED AND CONVICTED UNDER THE PYRAMID SELLING PROHIBITION ORDINANCE SINCE IT WAS ENACTED IN 1980. MR SO ALSO ASKED WHAT WERE THE RANGE AND AVERAGE FINES OR SENTENCES IMPOSED AND WHETHER GOVERNMENT WAS SATISFIED WITH THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE LEGISLATION AND, IF NOT, WHAT STEPS WERE BEING TAKEN TO PLUG THE LOOPHOLES,
MR GRIFFITHS SAID SINCE THE ENACTMENT OF THE ORDINANCE MORE THAN 80 COMPLAINTS WERE RECORDED BY THE COMMERCIAL CRIME BUREAU OF THE POLICE.
JOINT-FUNDING PROPOSAL FOR HK STUDENTS IN UK
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THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WAS VERY CAREFULLY CONSIDERING
A PROPOSAL THAT HONG KONG STUDENTS ATTENDING UNIVERSITIES IN THE UK SHOULD PAY THE HOME LEVEL OF FEES, WITH THE UK AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENTS JOINTLY MAKING UP THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS FEE LEVEL AND THAT FOR OVERSEAS STUDENTS, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION, THE HON K.W.J. TOPLEY, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE JOINT-FUNDING PROPOSAL WAS MADE IN A REPORT PUBLISHED RECENTLY BY THE OVERSEAS STUDENTS TRUST, A BRITISH EDUCATIONAL CHARITY,
MR TOPLEY WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ALEX WU IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON THE UK GOVERNMENT'S VIEW ON FEE CONCESSIONS TO HONG KONG AND OTHER COMMONWEALTH STUDENTS IN
UK UNIVERSITIES.
+HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT HAS STATED THAT IT WILL CONSIDER THE REPORT VERY CAREFULLY, AND GIVE FURTHER STUDY TO THE JO INT-FUNDING PROPOSAL, + MR TOPLEY ADDED.