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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1988
BUT THE LEVEL OF VIOLENT CRIME, SUCH AS WOUNDINGS ASSAULTS, CONTINUED TO GIVE RISE TO CONCERN.
TRIADS,
AND SERIOUS
SIR DAVID SAID AT THE END OF THE CHANCE TO RENOUNCE THEIR
AS PART OF STEPPED UP ACTION AGAINST THE TRIAD RENUNCIATION SCHEME WOULD BE LAUNCHED
WOULD GIVE TRIAD MEMBERS A YEAR, AND MEMBERSHIP AND MAKE A FRESH START IN SOCIETY.
CURB THE GOVERNMENT WOULD ALSO PROPOSE LEGISLATION TO GAMBLING AND REDUCE THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY VICE ESTABLISHMENTS.
"I HOPE THESE MEASURES WILL HELP BREAK UP THE SYNDICATES BEHIND THESE ACTIVITIES," HE SAID.
ILLEGAL
ORGANISED
CRIME
LEGISLATION
AIMED
FORMATION
OF
OF "WE SHALL ALSO CONSIDER THE FEASIBILITY
ORGANISED CRIME SPECIFICALLY AT
SYNDICATES AND THE SPECIAL TASK FORCES TO ENFORCE SUCH LEGISLATION.
SIR
PEOPLE FROM
REFERRING TO THE IMPORTANCE OF DISCOURAGING YOUNG GETTING INVOLVED IN CRIME,
DAVID SAID WAYS TO IMPROVE THE REHABILITATION OF YOUNG OFFENDERS WOULD CONTINUE TO BE EXAMINED.
OFFENDERS;
WILL CONTINUE то OFFER
OUTWARD BOUND THE SUPERINTENDENTS' SECOND CHANCE, WHEN RECORD WHICH COULD
"THE YOUNG OFFENDER ASSESSMENT PANEL ADVICE ON APPROPRIATE SENTENCES FOR JUVENILES; SPECIAL
YOUNG
AND COURSES WILL BE RUN FOR
ALLOW YOUNG
A PEOPLE DISCRETION SCHEME WILL OTHERWISE THEY WOULD BE BURDENED WITH A CRIMINAL TAINT THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES, HE SAID.
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REASONABLY
OF NEW ADDICTS
ON DRUG ABUSE, THE GOVERNOR SAID HONG KONG HAD BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN CONTAINING THE PROBLEM AND THE NUMBER REPORTED TO THE CENTRAL REGISTRY HAD AGAIN DECLINED IN THE PAST YEAR.
YEAR
TRAFFICKING, AND THERE HAD ALSO BEEN SUCCESS IN TACKLING DRUG THE QUANTITY OF NO. 3 HEROIN SEIZED DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE EXCEEDED THE TOTAL AMOUNT SEIZED IN THE WHOLE OF LAST YEAR.
OVERSEAS LAW ENFORCEMENT
"CLOSE CO-OPERATION WITH
AGENCIES, PARTICULARLY IN THE UNITED STATES, HAS BEEN VERY PRODUCTIVE," HE SAID.
DRUG INTERNATIONAL MAJOR
SYNDICATES HAVE BEEN "AS A RESULT, SOME NEUTRALISED.
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COULD HOWEVER, PEOPLE MUST NOT BE COMPLACENT; DRUG TRAFFICKING
A LARGE PROPORTION OF THIS PRODUCE HUGE ILLICIT PROFITS, AND
WAS OTHER ILLEGAL OFTEN RECYCLED INTO THE DRUG TRADE OR USED TO FINANCE ACTIVITIES.
BEING PREPARED TO STRIKE TRADE WOULD ALSO CONTAIN
FROM
SIR DAVID SAID THE NEW LEGISLATION
THE
THE FINANCIAL ROOTS OF HARDER AT PROVISIONS AIMED AT PREVENTING DRUG TRAFFICKERS FROM BENEFITTING THEIR ILLEGAL PROFITS.
"THE DRAFT