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HE SAID THE CHILD WAS MAKING GOOD PROGRESS AT THE CHUK YUEN RECEPTION CENTRE AND WAS CATCHING UP IN HER INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. HER MOTHER WAS VISITING HER REGULARLY.
+I AM PLEASED TO NOTE THAT A DELEGATION FROM THE UMELCO PANEL WHO OBSERVED MADAM WONG AND AH-NU1 WERE SATISFIED THAT THEY ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF WELL.
+1 CAN ASSURE THIS COUNCIL THAT MOTHER AND CHILD WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE BEST POSSIBLE STANDARD OF CARE FOR AS LONG AS THIS IS NECESSARY, HE ADDED.
MR SHIPMAN SAID THE CASE CONFERENCE RECOMMENDED THAT MOTHER AND CHILD SHOULD BE PLACED TOGETHER IN A SHELTERED AND SUPERVISED ENVIRONMENT THAT WOULD FACILITATE MADAM WONG'S REHABILITATION AND DEVELOP HER SELF-CARE OUTSIDE HOSPITAL BEFORE SHE TURNED TO INDEPENDENT LIVING.
THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE WAS TO REUNITE THE MOTHER AND CHILD AND TO HELP THEM TO REINTEGRATE INTO THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.
MR SHIPMAN SAID HE FULLY ENDORSED THE RECOMMENDATION BY THE UMELCO PANEL THAT THE CHANCES OF MOTHER AND CHILD RE-INTEGRATING INTO THE COMMUNITY AND LEADING A NORMAL LIFE WOULD BE GREATLY ENHANCED IF THEY WERE NOT SUBJECTED TO FURTHER PRESSURE OF CONTINUOUS PUBLICITY ABOUT THEIR PERSONAL LIFE.
COMPLEX COMMERCIAL CRIME SELECT COMMITTEE'S REPORT TABLED *****
THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON COMPLEX COMMERCIAL CRIME HAS RECOMMENDED FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES IN THE PROSECUTION AND TRIAL OF COMPLEX COMMERCIAL CRIME CASES SO THAT FRAUDSTERS CAN MORE READILY BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.
THE HON PETER C. WONG, CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN THE PROSECUTION AND TRIAL OF COMPLEX COMMERCIAL CRIMES, TABLED THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR WONG NOTED THAT PUBLIC CONCERN THAT EXISTING PROCEDURES, DESIGNED TO DEAL WITH ORDINARY CRIMINAL CASES, WERE INADEQUATE FOR COMPLEX COMMERCIAL CRIME CASES HAD LED TO THE PUBLICATION IN 1985 OF THE TRIAL OF COMMERCIAL CRIMES BILL.
THE BILL