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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1984
ACTION AGAINST TRIADS STEPPED UP
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REVIEWS SHOWED A REVIVAL IN TRIAD ACTIVITY AND POLICE ACTION AGAINST TR IADS WERE BEING STEPPED UP, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON DAVID JE AFFRESON, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
+ IT WOULD NOT BE TO OUR ADVANTAGE IN OUR EFFORTS TO STAMP OUT ORGANISED CRIME FOR ME TO PUBLICISE THE DETAILS.
+BETTER FOR THE TRIADS TO FIND OUT AS A RESULT OF INCREASED ACTIVITY AGAINST THEM BY THE POLICE IN PARTICULAR AND BY THE GOVERNMENT AS A WHOLE,+ MR JEAFFRESON SAID, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON KEITH LAM.
HE TOLD THE COUNCIL THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE'S WORKING GROUP ON GANGS WAS FORMULATING OR WOULD FORMULATE A STRATEGY TO MEET EACH AREA OF SERIOUS TRIAD ACTIVITY IT CAME ACROSS.
THE GROUP HAD RECENTLY RECEIVED A NUMBER OF UP-TO-DATE REPORTS FROM THE POLICE ON TRIAD AND GANG ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS REPORTS FROM OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, HE SAID.
WAGE CEILING RAISED ***
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY APPROVED A MOTION TO RAISE THE WAGE CEILING FOR NON-MANUAL EMPLOYEES IN THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE FROM $8 500 TO $9 500.
MOVING THE MOTION, THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, THE HON RON BRIDGE, SAID THE WAGE CEILING WAS REVIEWED ANNUALLY BY THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD AND REVISED IF THERE WAS A CLEAR NEED TO DO SO.
THE LAST REVISION WAS IN OCTOBER 1983 WHEN THE WAGE CEILING WAS RAISED FROM $7 500 TO $8 500.
MR BRIDGE POINTED OUT THAT A REVIEW MADE RECENTLY INDICATED THAT THE PROPOSED WAGE CEILING OF $9 500 WOULD BE THE CURRENT EQUIVALENT OF $8 500 AT THE TIME OF THE LAST REVISION.
IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT AFTER THE REVISION, ABOUT 2.3 PER CENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES WOULD REMAIN OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE WHICH APPLIED TO ALL MANUAL WORKERS, HE ADDED.
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