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WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1988
HELP YOUNG TRIAD MEMBERS CHANGE, COUNCILLOR URGES
MASTERS
OF
THE HON ROSANNA TAM TODAY (WEDNESDAY) CALLED ON TEACHERS, SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS, OUTREACHING SOCIAL WORKERS, DISCIPLINE IN SCHOOLS AND PARENTS TO ENCOURAGE YOUNGSTERS IN HELP TO RENOUNCE TRIAD MEMBERSHIP.
NEED TO
MRS TAM MADE THE APPEAL WHEN SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE
BILL (NO. 2) COUNCIL IN SUPPORT OF THE SOCIETIES (AMENDMENT) PROVIDED TRIAD MEMBERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO RENOUNCE THEIR MEMBERSHIP.
WHICH
REMOVING
SHE SAID THE BILL REPRESENTED A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH IN
"ONCE THE TRADITIONAL CONCEPT OF
A TRIAD, ALWAYS A TRIAD" WHICH ATTACHED LIFE-LONG STIGMAS TO TRIAD MEMBERS.
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FOR UNDER THE EXISTING LEGISLATION, IT WAS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE
AS A ANYONE TO BECOME A TRIAD MEMBER.
RESULT ONCE ADMITTED AS A IN FEAR OF MEMBER OF A TRIAD SOCIETY, A PERSON WAS DESTINED TO LIVE BEING PROSECUTED THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE.
"EVEN THOUGH HE INTENDS TO TURN OVER A NOTHING TO CHANGE HIS STATUS, SHE SAI]).
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NEW
HE LEAF,
CAN
DO
TAM MRS
SAID IT OVER A NEW LEAF RENUNCIATION
TO MAKE THE PROPOSALS IN THE BILL EFFECTIVE, WAS MOST IMPORTANT THAT THOSE WHO INTENDED TO TURN SHOULD COME FORWARD AND MAKE AN APPLICATION TO THE TRIAD TRIBUNAL.
LARGE "WE ARE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED THAT A
NUMBER OF YOUNG BEFORE THEY HAVE A PEOPLE HAVE GOT THEMSELVES INVOLVED UNKNOWINGLY FULL KNOWLEDGE OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF JOINING TRIAD SOCIETIES.
"IF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE REALISE THE EVILS OF THESE SOCIETIES NOW AND FEEL REGRET TODAY, THEY SHOULD PAY
TO THE ATTENTION ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRIAD RENUNCIATION TRIBUNAL AND SEIZE THIS CHANCE OF REHABILITATION," SHE SAID.
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