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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1992
DIFFICULTIES IN ACTION AGAINST VICE
IN MASSAGE PARLOURS EXPLAINED
THE MAJOR DIFFICULTY ENCOUNTERED BY THE POLICE IN TAKING ACTION
IN
THAT PROVING
THE VICE IN AGAINST
MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS LIES- OPERATORS ARE KNOWINGLY INVOLVED IN SUCH ACTIVITIES, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, SAID.
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON JAMES TO KUN-SUN IN SEXUAL THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), MR ASPREY SAID WHEN
THE ARRANGEMENT WAS SERVICES WERE PROVIDED IN THESE ESTABLISHMENTS,
MADE DIRECTLY BETWEEN THE INVARIABLY
CUSTOMER AND THE MASSEUSE,
THE WITHOUT
INVOLVEMENT ON THE PART MANAGEMENT.
ANY
"IT 18
OBVIOUS
NOT THEREFORE
OF
OPERATORS
EASY
TO PROSECUTE SUCCESSFULLY
OPERATORS OF MASSAGE PARLOURS FOR A BREACH OF LICENSING CONDITIONS FOR KEEPING A VICE ESTABLISHMENT, HE SAID.
"I
OR
THE
OR
THERE ARE
CURRENTLY 175 LICENSED
MASSAGE
OPERATING
IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, IN HONG KONG. REVOKED OR NOT RENEWED BECAUSE THE PREMISES WERE OPERATING ESTABLISHMENTS.
20
ESTABLISHMENTS LICENCES
WERE AS VICE
MR
ASPREY SAID:
NUMBER THE
"WE DO NOT HAVE AN ACCURATE
HOWEVER, THE OF UNLICENSED MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS. PROBLEM IS INDICATED BY POLICE ESTIMATES THAT THERE ARE
IN MONG кок, ESTABLISHMENTS
WHERE
MASSAGE UNLICENSED PREMISES ARE LOCATED.
!
RECORD OF
SCALE OF SOME 80
THE
MOST
SUCH
"THE MAJORITY OF THE UNLICENSED MASSAGE PARLOURS ARE
INVOLVED
++
IN VICE ACTIVITIES.
MR ASPREY INFORMED THE COUNCIL THAT THERE WERE
ΤΟ INCREASE THE MAXIMUM PENALTY OR TO
AT
CLOSURE
PRESENT ORDERS.
PLANS NO
FOR PROVIDE
"HOWEVER, WE WILL KEEP UNDER REVIEW THE NEED FOR CHANGES TO THE LAW, HE ADDED.
BILL TO ENSURE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA
A BILL THAT AIMED TO PROVIDE THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE WITH NECESSARY ADDITIONAL POWERS TO ENSURE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1992, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN, SAID THE FIRST POWER RELATED TO THE SURVEY OF FOREIGN REGISTERED PASSENGER SHIPS, OPERATING FROM HONG KONG, WHICH DID NOT CALL AT ANY OTHER PORT.
/FOREIGN REGISTERED