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WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1987

MR THOMAS ALSO POINTED OUT THAT DIFFERENT PENALTIES WERE IMPOSED ON PERSONS CONVICTED OF SEXUAL OFFENCES AGAINST YOUNG PERSONS, ACCORDING TO THE AGE OF THOSE YOUNG PERSONS.

THUS, HE SAID UNLAWFUL SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WITH A GIRL UNDER 13 ATTRACTED A PENALTY OF LIFE IMPRISONMENT WHEREAS UNLAWFUL INTERCOURSE WITH A GIRL AGED BETWEEN 13 AND 16 ATTRACTED A PENALTY OF FIVE YEARS IMPRISONMENT. "THE INTENT OF THE LEGISLATURE IS, OF COURSE, TO GIVE A GREATER DEGREE OF PROTECTION TO A GIRL UNDER 13," HE ADDED.

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HE NOTED THAT IT WOULD BE WISE TO MAINTAIN THIS EXISTING APPROACH, EVEN AT THE RISK OF CAUSING SOME CONFUSION.

MAJOR COURTESY CAMPAIGN BEING CONSIDERED

THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONSIDER HOLDING A COURTESY CAMPAIGN AS PART OF ITS 1988-89 PUBLICITY SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THE HON LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

T.H.

TERRITORY-WIDE CAMPAIGNS,

CHAU,

THE TOLD THE

IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON HILTON CHAU SAID APART FROM THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND CIVIC ASPECTS OF SUCH A CAMPAIGN, THERE WAS A GREAT DEAL TO BE PROMOTING COURTESY AS AN END IN ITSELF.

CHEONG-LEEN,

MR

EDUCATION SAID FOR

"I DO NOT MEAN TO PASS ANY JUDGMENT ON THE

THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG", HE SAID.

COURTEOUSNESS OF

"THE POINT IS RATHER THAT, HOWEVER COURTEOUS WE MAY ALREADY BE, THERE MUST ALWAYS BE ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT,' HE ADDED.

MR CHAU SAID AS FUNDS FOR THE 1987-88 PROGRAMME OF CAMPAIGNS HAD ALL BEEN ALLOCATED, CONSIDERATION WOULD BE GIVEN TO

GOVERNMENT FOLLOWING YEAR'S PROGRAMME.

AS REGARDS MAKING IT AN ANNUAL EVENT, MẸ CHAU SUGGEST THAT WE WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE HAD THE CONSIDERING WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE SUBSEQUENT ONES.

THE

SAID: "I WOULD FIRST ONE BEFORE

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