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WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1986
DR HO EXPLAINED THAT HE WAS NOT PROPOSING THAT ALL OPTIONS SHOULD HAVE A LIMITED LIFE BUT THE PROHIBITION SCHEME THE SUPERVIS ION SCHEME AND PERHAPS THE RENUNCIATION SCHEME WERE OBV FOUS CANDIDATES FOR THIS TREATMENT,
+ THE LIST OF PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES, WHICH HAS CAUSED CONSIDERABLE CONTROVERSY, IS CLEARLY A SCHEDULE THAT WILL HAVE TO BE REGULARLY REVISED, IF ADOPTED, HE ADDED.
DR HO NEXT STRESSED THAT THE UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORT OF THE JUDICIARY WAS ESSENTIAL IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE COURSE OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION HAD REVEALED THE COURTS WERE NOT SEEN TO BE METING OUT DETERRENT PENALTIES TO CONVICTED TRIAD MEMBERS.
+WHILE WE RECOGNISE THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY, THE PUBLIC URGE THAT THE JUDICIARY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE COMMUNITY'S SENTIMENTS AND CULTURAL AND SOCIAL CONSIDERATIONS WHEN PASSING SENTENCES ON THE TRIADS,+ HE SAID.
+JUST MERELY TO RAISE THE MAXIMUM FINES UNDER THE SOCIETIES ORDINANCE IS NOT AN EFFECTIVE WEAPON TO CRUSH TRIAD AND GANG ACTIVITIES.
+THE GREATEST DETERRENT FOR AN OFFENDER IS HIS BEING CAUGHT AND APPROPRIATELY SANCTIONED, HE STRESSED.
DR HO ALSO EMPHASISED THAT A LONG-TERM, CO-ORDINATED EFFORT FROM ALL SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY AND ALL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WAS REQUIRED TO EFFECTIVELY CLAMP DOWN ON ORGANISED CRIME.
NOTING THE INCREASED PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME, HE SUGGESTED A CENTRALISED ANTI-TRIAD UNIT BE SET UP.
THE UNIT WOULD BE MAINLY OPERATIONAL IN FUNCTION AND IT MUST BE VISIBLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT PEOPLE IN THE STREET COULD APPROACH IT WITH EASE SHOULD THEY HAVE INFORMATION AND INTELLIGENCE TO CONF IDE IN THE POLICE, DR HO SAID.
HE FELT THAT SUCH A UNIT WOULD IN THE LONG RUN FOSTER A CLOSER LINK BETWEEN PUBLIC AND POLICE AND ENHANCE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE DETERMINATION OF THE POLICE TO FIGHT CRIME,
COMMENTING ON THE DISCUSSION DOCUMENT AS A WHOLE, DR HO DESCRIBED IT AS A TIMELY AND MUCH-NEEDED ATTEMPT+ TO GRAPPLE WITH THE TRIAD PROBLEM.
/+WHETHER WE
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