WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1977
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+UNLESS REHABILITATION OF THESE WOMEN AND GIRLS INTO SOCIETY TAKES PLACE THEY WILL STILL BE EXPLOITED AND ABUSED, SHE SAID.
SHE POINTED OUT THAT THIS IS NO EASY TASK AND WILL REQUIRE MUCH PATIENT COUNSELLING BOTH OF THE GIRLS AND THE IR FAMILIES. SHE FURTHER URGED THAT THIS ASPECT OF THE PROBLEM BE THOROUGHLY CONSIDERED BY THOSE CONCERNED IN THE COMMUNITY.
SHE BELIEVED THAT THE BILL WOULD DO MUCH TO ACHIEVE THE AIM OF STAMPING OUT THE SLAVERY OF WOMEN. +PROSTITUTION IS A DENIAL OF THE BASIC HUMAN RIGHT OF EVERY WOMAN OVER HER OWN PERSON AND HER OWN PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, SHE SAID.
THE HON. WONG LAM SUPPORTED THE BILL AND POINTED OUT THAT ANY LEGISLATION DEALING WITH PROSTITUTION MUST BE PARTICULARLY AIMED AT THOSE WHO BENEFIT FROM THE EMPLOYMENT OF PROSTITUTES AND MUST DEFINITELY BE ENFORCEABLE.
HE BELIEVED THAT MANY PROSTITUTES WERE COMPELLED BY PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES TO ENTER THE PROFESSION AND A NUMBER OF YOUNG GIRLS WERE PROBABLY MISLED BY IGNORANCE.
+HENCE THE SOLUTION DOES NOT NECESSARILY LIE IN ARRESTING AND IMPRIS IONING THEM. + GOVERNMENT SHOULD AIM AT MEASURES AGAINST THOSE PERSONS WHO, FOR THE IR OWN PERSONAL GAIN, COMPEL OR ENTICE OTHERS INTO PROSTITUTION, HE SAID, AND HE WAS GLAD THAT IT WAS MAKING AN EFFORT IN THIS DIRECTION.
HE AGREED WITH THE VIEW THAT THE POLICE IN TAKING ACTION AGAINST PROSTITUTES DID NOT OBTAIN RESULTS WHICH WERE COMMENSURATE WITH THE TIME AND EFFORT MADE, BUT HE DID NOT THINK THE POLICE WERE TO BE BLAMED. + IT IS REALLY THE STATE OF THE LAW, UP TO NOW.+ HE SAID.
MR. WONG SAID IT WAS THEREFORE OF SOME URGENCY THAT THE EXISTING LEGISLATION BE AMENDED TO ALLOW THE POLICE TO ACHIEVE GREATER RESULTS IN TAKING ACTION, AND HE SUPPORTED THE INCREASE IN PENALTIES AGAINST THOSE PERSONS WHO BENEFIT FROM PROSTITUTION.
WIDOWS' AND CHILDREN'S PENSIONS BILL PASSED
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THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY PASSED THE WIDOWS' AND CHILDREN'S PENSIONS BILL, WHICH WILL IMPROVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE NEW PENSIONS SCHEME AND THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD SUPERVISING IT.
SPEAKING AT THE RESUMED DEBATE OF THE BILL, THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, THE HON. RON BRIDGE, ASSURED THE COUNCIL THAT THE NEW SCHEME AS AMENDED WOULD PROVIDE A RANGE OF BENEFITS WHICH COULD NOT BE PROVIDED MORE EFFECTIVELY BY ANY OTHER SIMILAR TYPE OF
SCHEME.
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