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Wednesday, May 23, 1973

Mr. Hobley said the existing provision for the award of compensation

will be retained.

Note to Editors:

Mr. Oswald Cheung will be holding a press conference in the 35 mm theatre of GIS at 4:15 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday)

ROBBERY STATISTICS

During last year, 35 illegal immigrants were prosecuted for

robbery and theft.

This was revealed by the Hon. Colonial Secretary, Sir Hugh

Norman-Walker in reply to a question by the Hon. R.H. Lobo in Legislative

Council today.

Statistics drawn up at the end of the year indicated that by

then 28 cases had resulted in conviction and two in acquittals, and

five were pending.

The overall figure of prosecutions for robbery and theft

offences for Hong Kong as a whole in 1972 was 6,963. The conviction

rate was 98.5 percent.

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