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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1987

THE BILL IS EXPECTED TO BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 14.

ANOTHER PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF THE BILL SEEKS ΤΟ EMPOWER THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF NO RECORDED TRAFFIC CONVICTION AND TO CHARGE A FEE FOR THESE CERTIFICATES.

"SECTION 75(5) OF THE ROAD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE EMPOWERS THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, UPON PAYMENT OF A FEE, TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF A PERSON'S RECORD OF TRAFFIC CONVICTIONS.

"HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT SPECIFY WHETHER THE COMMISSIONER CAN ISSUE A CERTIFICATE SHOWING NO CONVICTION IN CASES WHERE THE APPLICANT HAS NOT COMMITTED AN OFFENCE," THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.

HE SAID THAT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD CLARIFY THIS SITUATION, ADDING THAT THE FEES FOR BOTH TYPES OF CERTIFICATES WOULD BE THE SAME.

UNDER THE ROAD TRAFFIC (DRIVING LICENCES) { AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1987, THE GOVERNMENT ALSO PROPOSES TO INCREASE THE FRES FOR THESE CERTIFICATES FROM $15 TO $45 TO REFLECT INCREASED COSTS AND TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT INFLATION. THE FEE HAS REMAINED UNCHANGED SINCE ITS INTRODUCTION IN SEPTEMBER 1974.

FEWER DELINQUENT INCIDENTS IN SCHOOLS

SCHOOLS IN

THE INCIDENCE OF DELINQUENT BEHAVIOUR IN SECONDARY THE SCHOOL YEAR 1985-86 DROPPED BY 13.7 PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH 1984-85, ACCORDING TO A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON UNRULY AND DELINQUENT BEHAVIOUR IN SCHOOLS.

OF THE

VARIOUS

TYPES OF DELINQUENT BEHAVIOUR SURVEYED IN PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIALS 1985-86, POSSESSION OF

REGISTERED THE MOST

(-45.6 SIGNIFICANT DROP FROM 1,501 CASES IN 1984-85 TO 817 CASES CENT) IN 1985-86.

PER

OF

THE

A SUBSTANTIAL DROP WAS ALSO RECORDED IN THE NUMBER OF CASES SUSPECTED TRIAD ACTIVITIES FROM 1,279 TO 773 (-39.6 PER CENT) AND NUMBER OF CASES OF INVOLVEMENT IN GAMBLING FROM 4,157 TO 2,637 (-36.6 PER CENT).

/ACTS OF