WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1936
WIDESPREAD WORRY ON TRIAD PROBLEM *****
IT IS THE GENERAL PERCEPTION THAT THERE IS CONTINUING AND WIDESPREAD WORRY ABOUT THE THREAT TO LAW AND ORDER AND TO SOCIETY ITSELF PRESENTED BY TRIAD SOCIETIES AND OTHER GANGS DESPITE SOME RESERVATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SIR DAVID WAS SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL'S ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON THE DISCUSSION DOCUMENT ON OPTIONS FOR CHANGES IN THE LAW AND IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW TO COUNTER THE TRIAD PROBLEM.
HE SAID THE DEBATE MARKED THE FINAL PHASE OF CONSULTATION ON THE DISCUSSION DOCUMENT AND DURING THE THREE MONTHS OF CONSULTATION, ALL DISTRICT BOARDS AND DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEES HAD DISCUSSED IT.
THE WRITTEN COMMENTS OF THE BAR ASSOCIATION WERE RECEIVED EARLIER THIS WEEK, HE ADDED.
SIR DAVID SAID OTHER INTERESTED GROUPS, AND THE AD HOC GROUP OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL HAD ALSO TAKEN TIME TO STUDY THE DOCUMENT AND TO MEET ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS TO GIVE THEIR VIEWS.
+THIS CONSULTATION HAS BEEN EXTREMELY USEFUL AND REVEALING AND I SHOULD LIKE TO PUT ON RECORD THE GOVERNMENT'S APPRECIATION OF ALL THOSE WHO HAVE TAKEN PART, HE NOTED.
SIR DAVID SAID HE WOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO RESPOND TODAY TO THE POINTS WHICH HAD BEEN MADE BECAUSE THEY NEEDED ANALYSIS, AND CONCLUSIONS TO BE DRAWN.
HE SAID: +WE SHALL NEED TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AS TO WHICH OPTIONS TO PURSUE AND HOW TO PURSUE THEM, FOLLOWING WHICH A STATEMENT WILL BE MADE, DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE NEXT SESSION OF THIS COUNCIL, SETTING OUT THE WAY IN WHICH THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO TAKE THEM FORWARD.+
THEREAFTER, SINCE MANY OF THE OPTIONS INVOLVED CHANGES TO THE LAW, SIR DAVID SAID THERE WOULD BE A FURTHER STAGE FOR PUBLIC DEBATE WHEN LEGISLATION WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
HE ADDED: +1 HOPE SOME THINGS CAN BE ACHIEVED RELATIVELY QUICKLY, OTHERS WILL TAKE LONGER.
+BUT IN ALL THESE NECESSARY PROCESSES AND DELIBERATIONS WE MUST NOT LOSE SIGHT OF OUR PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVES, WE HAVE TO REASSURE OUR CITIZENS SO THAT THEY WILL FEEL ABLE TO COME FORWARD AND GIVE EVIDENCE WITHOUT FEAR OF RETRIBUTION AND WE HAVE TO FIND THE MEANS TO DEAL WITH THE SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THESE ORGANISATIONS WHICH MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO IMPLEMENT NORMAL PROCEDURES AGAINST THEM. +
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