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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1990
MEASURES TO EXPAND PRISON CAPACITY
A NUMBER OF MEASURES HAVE BEEN AND WILL BE TAKEN TO EXPAND
KONG'S OF HONG THE POPULATION CAPACITY AND REDUCE
ASPREY, ALISTAIR THE HON
THE
PRISONS, SAID IN
THE
THE
ASPREY
SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE
MR CHENG, MICHAEL
WAS BEING BUILT IN CHAU ADDICTION TREATMENT
HON
LING HEI
SAID ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATION FOR 120 PRISONERS SHA TSUI DETENTION
CENTRE AND
CENTRE TO EXPAND THEIR CAPACITY.
SOME 200 PRISONERS WAS
FURTHER ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATION FOR PLANNED AT TAI LAM PRISON AND 60 AT TUNG TAU CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, HE SAID.
IN THE MEDIUM TERM, MR ASPREY SAID HE HOPED THAT FOLLOWING OPENING OF THE TAI A CHAU DETENTION CENTRE NEXT YEAR, AND ASSUMING GRADUAL REDUCTION IN THE BOAT PEOPLE POPULATION, IT WOULD BE TO RELEASE DETENTION CENTRE ACCOMMODATION ON HEI THE
ACCOMMODATION.
THE
A
POSSIBLE LING CHAU BACK TO ADDITIONAL PRISON
SERVICES CORRECTIONAL
AS DEPARTMENT
AMENDED
HE ADDED THAT
TO IMPOSE
THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE
ON SEVERE PENALTIES MORE
HAD BEEN
RECENTLY
THOSE
WHO
EMPLOYED
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
NUMBER
RECENT IMMIGRANTS ILLEGAL
THE SIZE OF THE
IN THE LONGER TERM, THE GOVERNMENT'S AIM WAS THAT THESE
REDUCE THE
OF ENACTED AMENDMENTS WOULD COMING TO HONG KONG, AND IN TURN GRADUALLY REDUCE PRISON POPULATION, MR ASPREY SAID.
APPLICATIONS FOR UK CITIZENSHIP TO BE TREATED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE
*
BRITISH
BRITISH CITIZENSHIP UNDER THE ALL APPLICATIONS FOR NATIONALITY (HONG KONG) ACT 1990 WILL BE TREATED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE.
THIS CHE-HUNG IN THE
THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON ALISTAIR ASPREY, SAID
BY DR QUESTION TO A
THE
IN REPLY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HON LEONG
THE MR ASPREY SAID UNDER
NEWLY
(AMENDMENT} INVOLVED
IN
ENACTED BRITISH NATIONALITY ORDINANCE 1990, IT WAS AN
OF THE PROCESSING
SUCH
OF
(MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) OFFENCE FOR ANY PERSON APPLICATIONS TO DISCLOSE, WITHOUT AUTHORISATION, THE IDENTITY APPLICANTS OR ANY INFORMATION RELATING TO THEIR APPLICATIONS.
/HE SAID