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Reply:
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Mr President,
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the establishment of CSD staff on day and night shifts respectively at the Whitehead Detention Centre, and the number of CSD staff on duty on the night of the incident; and
the types and numbers of readily available anti-riot equipment, such as shields and anti-riot suits, etc, provided at the Whitehead Detention Centre?
The normal arrangements for Whitehead Detention Centre are that two day shifts, each comprising 80 staff, and two night shifts, each comprising 60 staff, discharge patrol, security and camp routine duties. In addition, about 210 staff work during normal office hours in providing other services in the camp, and 60 staff are on sleep-in stand- by duty. On the night of the incident, 20 additional staff were deployed to reinforce the patrol and camp security duties, and another 30 staff were assigned to sleep-in stand-by duty.
Various types of anti-riot gear are kept in the Whitehead Detention Centre, including chemical mace, helmets, batons, and shields, etc.
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Enforcement action against pirated CD-Roms sale
Following is a question by the Hon Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee and a reply by the Secretary for Trade and Industry, Miss Denise Yue, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
In view of the passage of the Intellectual Property (World Trade Organisation Amendments) Bill 1996 by this Council, will the Government inform this Council
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given that the sale of pirated computer CD-ROMs is becoming increasingly rampant and that such activities are concentrated in several computer shopping centres in Kowloon and on Hong Kong Island, whether the departments concerned have a comprehensive plan to step up enforcement action in these centres to combat such activities;