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WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1986
+APART FROM OPERATIONAL DIFFICULTIES, THE ENVISAGED NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF THIS OPTION, INCLUDING ANTAGONISING TRIAD MEMBERS AND CURTAILING HUMAN RIGHTS, TEND TO OUTWEIGH THE ADVANTAGES, HE ARGUED.
NOTING THAT ANY FORM OF PENALTY WOULD CARRY WITH IT THE OBJECTIVE OF MAKING THE CRIMINAL PAY FOR HIS OFFENCE, MR HUI MADE THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTIONS:
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THE POLICE SUPERVISION ORDER SHOULD BE REINTRODUCED AS A MANDATORY SENTENCE FOR SELECTED RE-OFFENDERS IN PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC INTEREST;
A MONITORING GROUP CONSISTING OF PSYCHOLOGISTS, LAWYERS, POLICE AND SOCIAL WORKERS SHOULD BE SET UP TO OVERSEE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SUPERVISION SCHEME AND TO CONDUCT PERIODICAL REVIEWS:
IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THE MISCALCULATED DISBANDMENT OF THE TRIAD SOCIETY BUREAU HAD GIVEN RISE TO THE RAMIFICATIONS OF TRIAD ACTIVITIES, THIS SPECIAL UNIT SHOULD BE RE- ESTABLISHED AND STRENGTHENED AS A HIGH-POWERED LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY;
* OTHER FORMS OF PENALTIES SHOULD BE EXPLORED IN DEALING
WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRIAD OFFENCES.
IN CONCLUSION MR HUI EMPHASISED THE NEED TO GIVE CONSIDERATION TO THE MAINTENANCE OF FREEDOM IN SOCIETY AS FREEDOM COULD NOT BE SACRIFICED AS A MEANS OF ACHIEVING A QUICK SOLUTION TO THE TRIAD PROBLEM.
+ IT IS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO HARNESS TRIAD ACTIVITIES BY EMPLOYING LONGER TERM REHABILITATION METHODS. FOR WHICH MORE SOCIAL RESOURCES SHOULD BE DEPLOYED TO IMPROVE THE EXISTING PROVISIONS, HE SAID.
LEGAL GAMBLING OPTION IMPRACTICAL' ******
THE TRIAD DOCUMENT'S OPTION PROVIDING FOR MORE LEGAL GAMBLING WAS HIGHLY IMPRACTICAL, AND WOULD INSTEAD LEAD TO MORE TRIAD ACTIVITIES, THE HON RICHARD LAI TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY),
+SUCH A PROPOSAL WILL AFFECT SOCIETY FAR MORE THAN TRIAD SOCIETIES BECAUSE MORE CITIZENS WILL INDULGE IN GAMBLING, THUS RESULTING. IN MORE BROKEN HOMES AND SOCIAL TRAGEDIES, AS WELL AS DISRUPTING PEOPLE'S LIVES AND AFFECTING HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC GROWTH, HE SAID DURING THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON THE DISCUSSION DOCUMENT.
/IT WOULD