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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1994
57 TRIAD SOCIETIES ACTIVE IN HK
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THE
HONG KONG, THERE WERE CURRENTLY 57 ACTIVE TRIAD SOCIETIES IN
ASPREY, TOLD SECURITY, FOR SECRETARY
MR
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
ALISTAIR
THE
HOWEVER, MR
SAID ASPREY
IT WAS
NOT POSSIBLE
ΤΟ
ESTIMATE
ACCURATELY THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TRIAD MEMBERS.
TRIAD OF
SOCIETIES
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"THE NATURE MEMBERSHIP VARIES FROM TIME TO TIME, QUESTION BY THE HON MRS PEGGY LAM.
IS
SECRETIVE
AND THEIR A HE SAID IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO
1992
THE NUMBER OF PERSONS CHARGED WITH OFFENCES UNDER TRIAD-RELATED LEGISLATION WAS 201 IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF LAST YEAR, 430 IN AND 328 IN 1991.
THE
PROPORTION OF CONVICTIONS WAS 50% LAST YEAR, 39%
IN 1992
AND 42% IN 1991.
FOR THOSE
THE AVERAGE CUSTODIAL SENTENCES, GIVEN IMPRISONMENT WAS NINE MONTHS LAST YEAR, FIVE MONTHS IN 1992 MONTHS IN 1991.
CONSULTATION PAPER ON OPS BY SUMMER
TERM OF AND SIX
ON
THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO PUBLISH A CONSULTATION DOCUMENT
BY
SUMMER, THE
THE ACTING THE PROPOSED OLD AGE PENSION SCHEME
MR MANPOWER,
W K
LAM, TOLD THE
FOR
EDUCATION AND SECRETARY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR LAM
OUTCOME GROUP,
OF
THE END OF
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ERIC LI,
THE ALSO SAID ON
BASIS OF PUBLIC
THE VIEWS AND WITH CHINA THROUGH CONSULTATION
THE JOINT LIAISON GOVERNMENT HOPED TO MAKE A DECISION ON THE SCHEME BEFORE THE THIS YEAR.
NECESSARY
"SHOULD A DECISION BE MADE TO PROCEED WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
PENSION SCHEME, OLD AGE
THEN DRAFTING LEGISLATION SHOULD COMMENCE SOON AFTERWARDS,
THE OF MR LAM SAID.
LEGISLATION WOULD
BE
OUT HE POINTED
THAT IT WAS BUT
TOO EARLY ΤΟ
SAY WITH WHEN THE CERTAINTY HOW LONG SUCH LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING WOULD TAKE OR RESULTANT
INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL.
ON THE QUESTION OF FUNDING, MR LAM SAID SHOULD THE SCHEME ENDORSED, AND SUBJECT
THE TO APPROVAL BY
COMMITTEE, FINANCE GOVERNMENT INTENDED TO MAKE AVAILABLE FUNDS AS SOON AS THE SCHEME IMPLEMENTED.
BE
THE
WAS
HE NOTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS PREPARED TO IMPLEMENT SCHEME SUBJECT TO:
THE
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