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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1989
THE US AIRLINE.
AS A RESULT MR CHEN WAS NOT ACCEPTED FOR THE FIRST
AFTER HIS ARRIVAL, AS THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN
FLIGHT TO
BY A DIFFERENT
US WAS MR BARNES NOTED THAT THE NEXT AVAILABLE FLIGHT TO THE
BETWEEN THE DUE TO DEPART IN THE EVENING AND FOLLOWING CONSULTATION
HE AIRLINE WHICH HAD ISSUED MR CHEN'S TICKET AND THE AIRLINE ON WHICH EVENTUALLY DEPARTED, THE FORMER AGREED TO REWRITE HIS TICKET TO ENABLE HIM TO DEPART FOR SAN FRANCISCO WITH AN ONWARD TICKET TO NEW YORK.
"DURING THE EIGHT HOURS MR CHEN SPENT IN THE RECEPTION
DESPITE HIS PRESS, MADE NO REQUEST TO SPEAK TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR INTEREST, MR BARNES SAID.
HE
CENTRE APPARENT
"IT IS ANYWAY NOT THE PRACTICE FOR THE PRESS TO HAVE ACCESS PERSONS IN THE RECEPTION CENTRE AWAITING DEPARTURE FROM HONG KONG, ADDED.
TO
HE
LAWS EXIST TO PROTECT CHILDREN
AN OFFENCE ΤΟ THERE ARE LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS WHICH MAKE IT
HEALTH AND DELIBERATELY ABUSE OR NEGLECT CHILDREN, THE SECRETARY FOR
TODAY TOLD THE
COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE WELFARE, THE HON CHAU TAK HAY, {WEDNESDAY).
HON MICHAEL
TRAGIC CHENG ON REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE
THE CARE OF DEATH
CHILDREN UNDER OF YOUNG INVOLVING INCIDENTS
THERE WERE ALSO PROVISIONS CHILDMINDERS, MR CHAU SAID THAT REGULATED CHILDMINDERS LOOKING AFTER MORE THAN FIVE YOUNG CHILDREN.
"UNDER SECTION 27 OF THE OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON (CAP. 212), IT IS AN OFFENCE TO WILFULLY ASSAULT, ILL-TREAT, ABANDON, OR EXPOSE ANY CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF 16.
ORDINANCE
CENTRES CARE THE CHILD "UNDER PREMISES AT WHICH MORE THAN FIVE CHILDREN UNDER THE
THE
OF PURPOSE
CARE HABITUALLY RECEIVED FOR SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION AND REGULAR INSPECTION,"
PRACTICE
WHICH
ORDINANCE NEGLECT,
[CAP.
1+
AND HE SAID.
ANY 243), AGE OF SIX ARE ARE SUPERVISION
FOR SUCH CHILD
CARE
MR CHAU NOTED THAT A CODE OF ESTABLISHMENTS HAD ALSO BEEN ISSUED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT.
ADDED.
"SIMILAR PROVISIONS EXIST
IN
RESPECT OF KINDERGARTENS,
IL
HE
/"I HAVE ................