WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1984
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FEMALE TEENAGERS WERE VULNERABLE TO SEXUAL EXPLOITATION THOUGH ONLY 3.6 PER CENT OF FEMALES REPORTED MISSING IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR HAD BEEN FOUND IN POLICE RAIDS ON VICE ESTABLISHMENTS, MR JE AFFRESON REPORTED.
+HAVING IDENTIFIED FAILURE AT SCHOOL AND FAMILY PROBLEMS AS THE MAIN BASIC CAUSES, THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS ARE CONCENTRATED IN THESE AREAS WITH A VIEW TO REDUCING THE INCIDENCE OF YOUNG PEOPLE GOING MISSING, HE ADDED.
ON THE PREVENTIVE SIDE, THE GOVERNMENT PROVIDED A WIDE RANGE OF PROGRAMMES AND SERVICES AIMED AT SUPPORTING FAMILY LIFE AND AT COUNSELLING THOSE WITH PROBLEMS AT SCHOOL.
THE NEED TO SUPPORT AND STRENGTHEN FAMILY TIES WAS RECOGNISED IN THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM BY THE INCLUSION OF +FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION+, MR JE AFFRESON SAID.
THE DANGERS OF DRIFTING INTO CRIME WERE ALSO BROUGHT HOME TO SCHOOLS THROUGH VISITS AND LECTURES ORGANISED BY LOCAL POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICERS.
WATCH KEPT OVER BDTC PASSPORTS
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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY ESTABLISHED DISCRIMINATION BY UNITED KINGDOM IMMIGRATION OFFICERS AGAINST HONG KONG BDTC PASSPORT HOLDERS, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON DAVID JEAFFRESON, SAID TODAY.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ANDREW SO IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR JEAFFRESON SAID THAT A PERSON HAD WRITTEN TO A NEWSPAPER RECENTLY OVER A PEN-NAME COMPLAINING ABOUT DISCRIMINATION.
THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION HAD WRITTEN TO THE SAME NEWSPAPER APPEALING TO THE WRITER TO GIVE HIM DETAILS. THE WRITER HAD ANSWERED, STILL OVER HIS PEN-NAME, REFUSING TO DO SO, MR JEAFFRESON SAID.
THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, HE SAID, WAS VERY CONSCIOUS OF THE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL TRAVELLERS WITH BDTC PASSPORTS ISSUED IN HONG KONG WERE TREATED PROPERLY BY IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE.
THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION FROM TIME TO TIME ENCOURAGED PEOPLE WHO FELT THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN DISCRIMINATED AGAINST TO TELL HIM, HE SAID.
HE ASSURED MR SO THAT IF THERE WERE ANY GENUINE COMPLAINTS THE GOVERNMENT WOULD MAKE VIGOROUS REPRESENTATIONS TO THE UK
GOVERNMENT.
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