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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1987
THE PUBLIC HOUSING AND HOME OWNERSHIP HOMES FOR MORE THAN 20 000 PEOPLE.
PROJECTS WILL PROVIDE MODERN
ANOTHER MAJOR CLEARANCE WHICH BEGAN DURING THE YEAR INVOLVED SIX VILLAGES IN SHAU KEI WAN EAST AND THE REHOUSING OF NEARLY 11 000 PEOPLE IN PERMANENT PUBLIC AND TEMPORARY HOUSING.
THE VILLAGES ARE BEING CLEARED TO MAKE WAY FOR A LARGE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE WITH 5 500 FLATS FOR 23 000 PEOPLE.
PAROLE BOARD'S VIEWS CONSIDERED BEFORE PROSECUTION
IN EXERCISING HIS DISCRETION WHETHER OR NOT то INSTITUTE A PROSECUTION OVER BREACH OF A SUPERVISION ORDER, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE RELEASE UNDER SUPERVISION BOARD, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON DAVID JEAFFRESON, ASSURED MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
WINDING UP DEBATE ON THE PRISONERS (RELEASE UNDER SUPERVISION) BILL 1987, MR JEAFFRESON HAD NOTED CONCERN HAD BEEN EXPRESSED THAT IN THE CASE OF A BREACH OF A SUPERVISION ORDER, THERE MIGHT BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST BETWEEN THE FINDINGS OF THE RELEASE UNDER SUPERVISION BOARD AND THE DECISION OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WITH REGARD TO PROSECUTION.
MR JEAFFRESON ALSO REFERRED TO THREE POINTS ON WHICH THE HON HO KAM-FAI HAD ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION OR FURTHER ASSURANCES.
AS TO WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE WOULD BE APPOINTED ΤΟ LOOK AFTER OFFENDERS RELEASED ON PAROLE, HE SAID THEY WOULD BE AFTERCARE OFFICERS OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AS INDEED WAS THE CASE WITH YOUNG PRISONERS RELEASED ON SUPERVISION AT PRESENT. THESE AFTERCARE WORKERS WERE PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED, HE ADDED.
MR JEAFFRESON ALSO SAID THE PROVISION FOR THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES TO REVOKE A SUPERVISION ORDER UNDER CLAUSE 14(3) HAD BEEN INCLUDED AS AN EMERGENCY PREVENTIVE MECHANISM FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC.
"IF HE HAS GOOD REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE PRISONER RELEASED UNDER SUPERVISION IS ABOUT TO POSE A THREAT TO THE PUBLIC, IT WOULD BE ESSENTIAL FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO BE ABLE ΤΟ TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO RETURN THIS PRISONER ΤΟ CONFINEMENT, SAID.
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