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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1989
OR COMPREHENSIVE IN CRIME, PRINCIPALLY
MR BARNES
THERE SAID
NO ACCURATE FIREARMS IMITATION BECAUSE OF DIFFICULTIES OF DEFINITION.
WERE
STATISTICS ON THE USE OF
USED WHICH ARE TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES
"SOMETIMES CONVERTED OR HOMEMADE FIREARMS ARE
THUS ARE CAPABLE OF BEING FIRED AND GENUINE FIREARMS.
"AT OTHER TIMES TOY OR REPLICA GUNS, ARE USED.
WHICH CANNOT BE FIRED,
THE
"THEREFORE, UNLESS A FIREARM IS ACTUALLY DISCHARGED DURING
GENUINE OR COURSE OF A CRIME IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SAY WHETHER IT IS NOT," HE SAID.
CLASSIFIED OBJECTS NOT DISCHARGED,
MR BARNES SAID BECASUE OF THIS, THE POLICE WHICH APPEARED TO BE FIREARMS AND USED IN CRIME, BUT AS "PISTOL-LIKE OBJECTS",
THE USE OF OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, CRIME, AS WITH THE USE OF GENUINE FIREARMS, THE AVERAGE WAS 200 CASES ANNUALLY.
CASES.
PISTOL-LIKE OBJECTS IN HAD FLUCTUATED ALTHOUGH
"FOR THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR
THERE HAVE BEEN 154
"THIS WOULD GIVE A PROJECTED FIGURE FOR THE WHOLE YEAR CASES, WHICH IS ABOUT AVERAGE," HE ADDED.
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GUIDELINE ON ACCESS TO PERSONAL RECORDS
OF
PERSONAL MAY BE
REQUESTS BY MEMBERS
THE PUBLIC FOR ACCESS TO INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THEM KEPT BY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ENTERTAINED, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WAS TOLD TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SAID THAT THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON DONALD LIAO,
AND AS A AT PRESENT. IN THE ABSENCE OF DATA PROTECTION LEGISLATION,
ENTERTAINED IF DISCLOSURE GENERAL GUIDELINE, SUCH REQUESTS MIGHT BE
TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST. OR OF THE INFORMATION WAS NOT PREJUDICIAL
OF GOOD FAITH ON THE PART OF WOULD NOT CONSTITUTE A BREACH
THE THE INFORMATION GOVERNMENT OR ON THE PART OF THE PERSON WHO PROVIDED TO THE GOVERNMENT.
THE
WOULD REQUESTS
BE CONSIDERED
THE
CONCERNED HAVING REGARD TO DEPARTMENTS
THEIR OBLIGATIONS AND TO A QUESTION OPERATIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES, MR LIAO SAID WHEN REPLYING FROM THE HON EDWARD HO.
BY INDIVIDUALLY
/MR HO