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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1988
PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN FOR TRIAD RENUNCIATION SCHEME
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A CAMPAIGN TO PUBLICISE THE TRIAD RENUNCIATION SCHEME WILL BE LAUNCHED EARLY NEXT MONTH, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON GEOFFREY BARNES, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING ON LAW AND ORDER IN THE RESUMED POLICY DEBATE, MR BARNES SAID THE SCHEME WOULD PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHO WISHED TO RID THEMSELVES OF THE STIGMA OF TRIADS TO START AFRESH.
HE EMPHASISED THAT THE TRIAD RENUNCIATION TRIBUNAL, WHICH WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING IMPLICATIONS AND ADMINISTERING OATHS, WOULD BE BOTH INDEPENDENT OF ANY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT AND SUBJECT TO STRICT CONFIDENTIALITY RULES.
MR BARNES SAID THE ADMINISTRATION SHARED THE CONCERN EXPRESSED ABOUT PREVENTING PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY YOUNG PEOPLE, FROM STARTING ON DRUGS.
"IN ADDITION TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF EXISTING LEGISLATION WHICH HAS RESULTED IN THE SEIZURE OF LARGE QUANTITIES OF ILLICIT DRUGS IN RECENT MONTHS, AND THE DRAFTING OF NEW LEGISLATION TO CONFISCATE THE PROCEEDS OF DRUG TRAFFICKING, THE ACTION COMMITTER AGAINST NARCOTICS CONTINUES TO ORGANISE EXTENSIVE PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY PROGRAMMES," HE SAID.
APART FROM TACKLING SPECIFIC CRIME AREAS THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE'S STANDING COMMITTEE ON YOUNG OFFENDERS HAD RECOMMENDED THE STRENGTHENING OF OUTREACHING SOCIAL WORK SERVICES то HELP YOUNG DELINQUENTS.
WITH THE AIM OF FORESTALLING JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, THE POLICE SUPERVISED YOUNG OFFENDERS DISCHARGED UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENTS' DISCRETION SCHEME, CONTINUED TO DEVELOP THE JUNIOR POLICE CALL AND HAD FORMED SPECIAL WORKING GROUPS AT DISTRICT LEVEL TO TAKE A MORE STRUCTURED APPROACH TO DELINQUENCY.
"WHERE PREVENTION HAS FAILED, IMPROVED NECESSARY TO HELP YOUNG OFFENDERS TURN OVER A SAID.
CURATIVE MEASURES ARE NEW LEAF, MR BARNES
"THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON YOUNG OFFENDERS WILL REVIEW SHORTLY THE WORK OF THE YOUNG OFFENDER ASSESSMENT PANEL, AND CONSIDER WHETHER ITS SERVICES IN ADVISING ON APPROPRIATE SENTENCES FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS SHOULD BE EXPANDED.
"THE COMMITTEE WILL ALSO MONITOR THE REHABILITATIVE EFFECTS OF SPECIAL OUTWARD BOUND COURSES FOR 'YOUTH AT RISK' AND REFINE THE COURSES AS APPROPRIATE."
/CONCERNING NUISANCES