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WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1986

+THIS BIZARRE PROPOSAL HOWEVER SEEMS TO STOP THEM FROM DOING SO, HE SAID.

HE SAID POLICE RESOURCES SHOULD NOT BE WASTED ON THE SUPERVISION OF TRIAD MEMBERS ALREADY PENALISED WHEN THE PRIORITY FOR THE FORCE SHOULD BE TO REORGANISE AND EXPAND ITS ANTI-TRIAD UNIT, AND TO CENTRAL ISE MANPOWER AND RESOURCES IN COMBATTING TRIAD SOCIETIES.

HE BELIEVED IT WAS MOST IMPORTANT TO RESTRAIN TRIAD MASTERMINDS BY LAW, IMPOSE HEAVY PENALTIES ON THEM AND CONFISCATE THE GAINS WHICH THEY HAD ACQUIRED IN ILLLEGAL ACTIVITIES.

+W ITHOUT A LEADER, I BELIEVE THAT THE THREAT TO OUR SOCIETY POSED BY THE REMAINING TRIAD MEMBERS WILL BE REDUCED TO A MINIMUM,+ HE SAID.

IN THE LONG RUN, THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD STEP UP PREVENTIVE WORK IN SCHOOLS, MR CHAN SUGGESTED.

+ON ONE HAND, AN ALL-OUT EFFORT SHOULD BE MADE TO CURB TRIAD INFILTRATION INTO SCHOOLS WHILE, ON THE OTHER HAND, CORRECT IDEAS SHOULD BE INSTILLED INTO OUR YOUTHS TO RECTIFY THEIR PERCEPTION OF TRIADS AS HEROES AND THE IR ERRONEOUS CONCEPT OF MATERIAL ISM AND HEDONISM, TO ESTABLISH A HEALTHY SOCIAL PLATFORM FOR THEM SO THAT OUR STABLE AND PROSPEROUS SOCIETY MAY DEVELOP FURTHER UNDER A BALANCED AND ORDERLY CLIMATE, HE SAID,

EARLIER, MR CHAN EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR SEVERAL OPTIONS IN THE DISCUSSION DOCUMENT, INCLUDING THE SCHEME FOR RENUNCIATION OF TR IAD MEMBERSHIP INTRODUCTION OF A NEW FORM OF IDENTIFICATION PARADE, AND, IN PARTICULAR, AMENDING THE LAW TO ENABLE THE FORMULATION OF CLOSURE ORDERS ON VICE ESTABLISHMENTS.

CONCERTED EFFORT TO CONTAIN TRIADS STRESSED *****

A CONCERTED EFFORT WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT ITSELF IS BOUND TO HAVE A MULTIPLIER EFFECT IN THE LONG RUN TO CONTAIN THE SIZE OF THE TRIAD PROBLEM, THE HON HILTON CHEONG-LEEN SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON THE DISCUSSION DOCUMENT ON THE TRIAD PROBLEM, MR CHEONG-LEEN SAID HE SUPPORTED THE INCREASED CO-ORDINATION RESULTING FROM THE DOCUMENT BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO TACKLE THE TRIAD PROBLEM.

/HE SAID