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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1991
PUBLIC OPINION ON DEATH PENALTY NOT IN DOUBT: S FOR S
*
TODAY
THE SECRETARY FOR (WEDNESDAY}
THE
A
SECURITY, THE HON ALISTAIR ASPREY, SAID THAT IN
THAT EVENT
MAJORITY OF OF ABOLITION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS WERE TO VOTE IN FAVOUR
BRINGING WOULD CONSIDER ADMINISTRATION
THE PENALTY,
DEATH FORWARD LEGISLATION TO ACHIEVE THIS.
SPEAKING
ON
THE
AMENDMENT MOTION
IN
ON THE
HE
BELIEVED
THE DEBATE DEATH PENALTY IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR ASPREY SAID THAT PUBLIC OPINION ON THIS SUBJECT WAS NOT IN DOUBT.
CHIEF THE
SAID
IN
SECRETARY HAD COUNCIL FROM THE HON JIMMY THROUGH AWARE, ADMINISTRATION WAS
THE MAJORITY OF NETWORK, OF THE WISH OF DEATH SENTENCE AS THE PENALTY FOR MURDER.
THE
POINTED OUT HE
THAT AS REPLY TO A QUESTION IN THE LEGISLATIVE MCGREGOR TWO YEARS AGO, * EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY LIAISON THE COMMUNITY TO RETAIN THE
**THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED
BY MORE RECENT SURVEYS
OP PUBLIC
OPINION," HE SAID.
MR ASPREY
SAID NEVERTHELESS,
WAS IT
APPROPRIATE
THAT THE
COUNCIL SHOULD DEBATE THIS IMPORTANT SUBJECT.
EXERCISE LEADERSHIP "MEMBERS HAVE CLEARLY SHOWN THEIR WISH TO
COGENT REASONED AND ON THIS ISSUE, AND WE HAVE HEARD FAVOUR OF ABOLITION.
"THESE ARGUMENTS
MUST BE
ARGUMENTS IN
SERIOUS. PENALTY
BALANCED AGAINST THE INSTINCTIVE REACTION OF THE COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY IN RESPONSE TO RECENT CRIMES OF VIOLENCE WHICH HAVE SHOCKED US ALL, THAT THE SHOULD BE IMPOSED, HE SAID.
EXCELLENT
MR ASPREY ALSO SAID HONG KONG HAD AN WHOSE DEDICATION AND PROFESSIONALISM HAD MADE THE ONE.
RECENT
DEATH
POLICE
FORCE,
CITY A VERY SAFE
SPECIFIC TYPES OF
A FEW "DESPITE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN
YEARS, OUR OVERALL CRIME RATE, VIOLENT CRIME IN
LOW INCIDENCE
AND VIOLENT CRIME, ARE STILL SERIOUS ANY STANDARD," HE SAID.
OF
AND THE BY ALMOST
SERIOUS PARTICULARLY ROBBERIES,
MR ASPREY CONCEDED THAT THERE HAD UNDOUBTEDLY BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THE RISING INCIDENCE OF CRIMES, INVOLVING THE USE OF FIREARMS.
HE REITERATED
THAT
THE GOVERNMENT SUCH CRIMES, AND TO TAKE ALL POSSIBLE STEPS IMPORTATION AND USE OF FIREARMS.
HE ALSO
POINTED OUT
THAT
WAS
CURB DETERMINED ΤΟ CURTAIL THE ILLEGAL
То
EXPERIENCING LAW AND ORDER
HONG KONG WAS NOT A GENERAL AND CONTINUING DETERIORATION IN THE OVERALL SITUATION.
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