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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1983
AS FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF MARRIED WOMEN FOR TRAINING BY THE POLICE, MR ROWLANDS POINTED OUT THAT THE POSITION WAS RATHER DIFFERENT.
+BECAUSE OF THE INTENSIVE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS OF THE FORCE, IT HAS BEEN THE POLICY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE NOT TO APPOINT MARRIED MEN OR MARRIED WOMEN FOR TRAINING AS INSPECTORS.
+FOR THE SAME REASON IT IS FORCE POLICY NOT TO RECRUIT MARRIED WOMEN FOR TRAINING AS CONSTABLES, HE SAID.
MR ROWLANDS ADDED THAT IN PURSUANCE OF THE GENERAL POLICY NOT TO PLACE ANY BAR ON THE APPOINTMENT OF EITHER MEN OR WOMEN TO POSTS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE, HE WAS PROPOSING TO LIFT THE BAR AGAINST THE APPOINTMENT OF MEN TO THE SECRETARIAL AND TYPING GRADES.
+WHILE I WOULD NOT EXPECT THIS TO CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY THE PATTERN OF RECRUITMENT TO THE SECRETARIAL AND TYPING GRADES I DO RECOGNISE THAT THERE IS HERE A POINT OF LOGIC,+ HE SAID.
CONTROLS ON UNDESIRABLE ADVERTS +ADEQUATE+
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THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON JOHN GRIFFITHS, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY THAT EXISTING CONTROL MEASURES WERE ADEQUATE TO DETER OFFENDERS UNDER THE UNDESIRABLE MEDICAL ADVERTISEMENTS ORDINANCE.
HE SAID PROSECUTIONS WERE INSTITUTED WHEN COMPLAINTS UNDER THE UNDESIRABLE MEDICAL ADVERTISEMENTS ORDINANCE WERE RECEIVED BY THE AUTHORITIES,
AS RECENTLY AS FEBRUARY THIS YEAR, HE SAID, THE PUBLISHER AND EDITOR OF A NEWSPAPER WERE CONVICTED FOR AN ADVERTISEMENT, WHICH WAS FALSE, ADVERTISING A CURE FOR VENEREAL DISEASE.
HE WAS ANSWERING A QUESTION FROM THE HON CHEUNG YAN-LUNG WHO ASKED HOW MANY PERSONS HAD BEEN PROSECUTED DURING EACH OF THE PAST FIVE YEARS UNDER THE UNDESIRABLE MEDICAL ADVERTISEMENTS ORDINANCE AND WHETHER EXISTING CONTROL MEASURES WERE ADEQUATE TO DETER OFFENDERS.
MR GRIFFITHS REGRETTED THAT HE COULD NOT GIVE ANY STATISTICS BECAUSE THE POLICE DID NOT RECORD DETAILS OF THE NUMBER OF PROSECUTIONS BROUGHT UNDER THE ORDINANCE IN QUESTION,
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