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WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1986

IN IMPLEMENTING STRINGENT POLICIES WHICH WAS SIMILAR TO GIVING SPECIFIC INJECTIONS AND DRUGS TO SUPPORT A SURGICAL OPERATION, MR YEUNG SAID THE OBJECTIVE OF AMENDING THE LAW WAS PRINCIPALLY TO ASSIST THE POLICE IN FURTHER PROTECTING THE LIFE AND PROPERTY OF THE PUBLIC AND NOT TO GIVE THEM ADDITIONAL AND UNNECESSARY POWERS.

IN THIS CONNECTION, HE FELT THAT THE POLICE SHOULD DRAW UP DEPARTMENTAL GUIDELINES SO THAT MEMBERS OF THE FORCE KNEW CLEARLY HOW THEY SHOULD MAKE USE OF THESE POWERS AND AVOID ABUSING THEM AND INFRINGING ON PERSONAL FREEDOM.

HE ALSO BELIEVED THAT BY CUTTING OFF THEIR SOURCES OF INCOME, THE GROWTH OF TRIAD INFLUENCES WOULD DEFINITELY BE CHECKED AND SAID THIS COULD BE DONE BY THOROUGHLY IMPLEMENTING THE CLOSURE ORDER SYSTEM, INCREASING THE PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL GAMBLING AND CONF ISCATING PROFITS AND PROPERTIES ACQUIRED BY DRUG TRAFFICKING.

COMPARING REHABILITATION TO TAKING NOURISHING FOOD OR TONICS TO SPEED UP RECOVERY, MR YEUNG SAID THE +SCHEME OF RENUNCIATION OF TRIAD MEMBERSHIP+ WOULD DEFINITELY BE USEFUL TO THOSE TRIAD MEMBERS WHO WERE AWARE OF THE IR PAST FOLLIES AND WHO WISHED TO TURN OVER A NEW LEAF.

+THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD STEP UP REHABILITATION WORK AND PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ON JOB OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT THOSE TRIAD MEMBERS WHO INTEND TO TURN OVER A NEW LEAF MAY BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD A NORMAL LIFE AND BE FREE FROM FALLING PREY TO THE INDUCEMENT, THREATS AND CONTROL OF TRIADS ONCE AGAIN,+ HE SAID.

MR YEUNG THEN STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF LONG-TERM ATTENTION TO SOCIAL TRENDS TO PREVENT THE RESURGENCE OF TRIAD ACTIVITIES, JUST AS HEALTH CARE AND REGULAR MEDICAL EXAMINATION WERE NECESSARY FOR GOOD HEALTH,

HE CALLED ON VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO STRENGTHEN CO-ORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION IN ORDER TO MAKE CONCERTED EFFORTS TO COUNTER THE TRIAD PROBLEM.

APART FROM ERADICATING TRIAD ACTIVITIES AT DISTRICT LEVEL, HE FELT THE POLICE SHOULD BE PROVIDED WITH ADEQUATE RESOURCES, SUCH AS INSTALLATION OF COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, TO COPE WITH INTENS IF IED WORK IN CONNECTION WITH COUNTERING TRIAD ACTIVITIES AND STAMPING OUT ORGANISED CRIME.

LASTLY, MR YEUNG SUGGESTED THAT AS +PREVENTION IS BETTER THAT! CURE+, THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD CARRY OUT PREVENTIVE WORK BY ACTIVELY PROMOTING YOUTH ACTIVITIES AND ESTABLISHING A HEALTHY SOCIETY WITH PROPER RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

HE ALSO EMPHASISED THE NEED TO FULLY WIPE OUT THE +HERO IMAGE+ OF TRIAD SOCIETIES AND TO CONVEY TO YOUTHS THE CORRECT SOCIAL VALUES.

MR YEUNG CONCLUDED BY SAYING THAT IF THE GOVERNMENT ADOPTED THE FOUR MEASURES MENTIONED ABOVE AT THE SAME TIME, THE ADVERSE INFLUENCE OF TRIAD SOCIETIES ON THE PUBLIC WOULD BE REDUCED ACCORDINGLY AND THE IMAGE OF A REALLY STABLE AND PROSPEROUS SOCIETY WOULD DISTINCTLY EMERGE.

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