FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1986
GIVE OPINIONS ON TRIAD REPORT
GOVERNOR
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE,
SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TODAY (FRIDAY) URGED THE COMMUNITY TO EXPRESS VIEWS ON THE TRIAD REPORT.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER TOURING TUEN MUN DISTRICT THIS AFTERNOON, HE NOTED THAT THERE REALLY WAS VERY GREAT CONCERN ABOUT TRIAD ACTIVITIES IN VARIOUS PLACES - PLACES LIKE TUEN MUN.
+WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO IS TO SET OUT ALL THE THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE IN ORDER TO MAKE THE ATTACK ON THE TRIAD PROBLEM MORE EFFECTIVE, SIR EDWARD SAID.
+BUT WE DO RECOGNISE THAT SOME OF THESE MEASURES DO HAVE A COST. AND WHAT WE ARE DOING IS WRITING DOWN IN ONE REPORT THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF TAXING EACH TYPE OF ACTION.
IT WILL BE FOR THE. COMMUNITY TO SAY WHETHER THEY WANT US TO PUT FORWARD THAT ACTION FOR LEGISLATION OR WHETHER THEY THINK THAT THE COST FOR ANY PARTICULAR ITEM IS TOO GREAT.
+ I DO HOPE THAT ALL THE DISTRICTS WHO WILL HAVE IT WILL CONSIDER IT VERY CAREFULLY, CONSIDER THE WHOLE RANGE OF THE OPTIONS IN IT, DECIDE WHICH ONES THEY WISH US TO SUPPORT, + WHICH ONES THEY WISH US TO TAKE ACTION ON QUICKLY, WHICH ONES THEY WANT MORE CONSIDERATION TO BE GIVEN TO, AND WE'LL GET ON WITH IT AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
+I THINK MOST PEOPLE WILL FIND IT A COMPREHENSIVE AND FAIRLY INTERESTING REPORT, SO PLEASE, COMMUNITY, LET US KNOW WHAT YOU WANT US TO DO, AND IF YOU DON'T WANT US TO DO WHAT IS IN THE REPORT, WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE US TO DO.
+I THINK IT IS A CASE NOT SO MUCH FOR NEGATIVE CRITICISM, ALTHOUGH THAT IS PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE, BUT FOR POSSIBLE SUGGESTIONS FROM ANYBODY WHO HAS IDEAS THAT ARE NOT IN THE REPORT.+
ASKED WHETHER THE OPTIONS IN THE REPORT WOULD AFFECT CIVIL RIGHTS, SIR EDWARD SAID SOME OF THEM WERE PROCEDURAL AND WOULD NOT HAVE ANY EFFECT ON CIVIL RIGHTS.
+SOME OF THEM WOULD HAVE SOME EFFECTS ON THE RIGHTS OF SOME PEOPLE. BUT WHEN YOU ARE FACING A PROBLEM OF ORGANISED CRIME AS HAS BEEN FOUND IN MANY COUNTRIES, YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHETHER THE COST OF IMPLEMENTING SOMETHING IN CIVIL RIGHTS IS JUSTIFIED BY THE PROBLEM YOU ARE FACING, HE SAID,
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