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THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1991

"HOWEVER, WE ARE

HOPEFUL

IMPLEMENTED WITH OTHER LIKEMINDED IN THE NEAR FUTURE, HE ADDED.

4

BE

ARRANGEMENTS CAN THAT SIMILAR

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ADMINISTRATIONS

OF SERVICES COVERED APPLICABLE IN HONG BRANCH, HONG KONG DES VOBUX ROAD

INDUSTRY ENQUIRIES CONCERNING THE SCOPE BY THE ARRANGEMENT AND THE LICENSING PROCEDURES KONG SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS

173 BUILDING, FIFTH FLOOR, POST OFFICE, CENTRAL.

SINCERE

0

AMENDMENTS TO DANGEROUS DRUGS ORDINANCE PROPOSED

AND

ΤΟ THE

IN RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN THE WAY DANGEROUS DRUGS ARE SOLD CONSUMED ILLEGALLY, THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSES CERTAIN CHANGES DANGEROUS DRUGS ORDINANCE.

THE

DANGEROUS

TO BE GAZETTED (AMENDMENT) BILL 1991, DRUGS

AND IMPROVE TOMORROW (FRIDAY), IS TO REMOVE UNRELIABLE PROVISIONS

OF MORE INADEQUATE ONES RELATING TO THE PRESUMPTION THAT POSSESSION

PURPOSE FOR THE THAN SPECIFIED AMOUNTS OF DANGEROUS DRUGS IS

TRAFFICKING.

OF

THE

"THE SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN THE PURITY OF NO. 3 HEROIN AND

YEARS EMERGENCE OF HIGH PURITY NO. 4 HEROIN AT STREET LEVEL IN RECENT

PATTERN, LEADING MORE HAVE RADICALLY CHANGED THE LOCAL DRUG ABUSE

3 AND NO. 4 ADDICTS TO CONSUME NO. 4 HEROIN OR A MIXTURE OF NO. HEROIN," A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

"IN ADDITION TO PACKETS, HEROIN IS NOW SOLD IN SEALED STRAW SEGMENTS, OR EVEN ALREADY MADE UP IN SYRINGES.

DRINKING

"THERE ARE ALSO MIXTURES CONTAINING A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION OF VARIOUS DANGEROUS DRUGS ABUSED BY ADDICTS."

THE BILL IS TO AMEND SECTION 46 OF THE ORDINANCE BY RAISING THE WHERE A PRESUMPTION OF POSSESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRAFFICKING PERSON IS IN POSSESSION OF MORE THAN FIVE "CONTAINERS" OF DANGEROUS DRUGS OR IN POSSESSION OF ONE OR MORE DANGEROUS DRUGS WEIGHING HALF A GRAM OR MORE.

UNDER THE EXISTING LAW A PERSON IS PRESUMED TO HAVE POSSESSION OF DRUGS FOR TRAFFICKING IF HE HAS MORE THAN A SPECIFIED QUANTITY OF A MIXTURE CONTAINING DANGEROUS DRUGS.

LESS THAN BECAUSE NO. 3 HEROIN IS NOW SUCH A WEAK MIXTURE - THREE PER CENT PURE COMPARED WITH 30 PER CENT PURE A DECADE AGO - THIS IS NO LONGER A RELIABLE YARDSTICK.

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THE LAW SO THAT THE TO CHANGE PROPOSED IS THEREFORE IT PRESUMPTION IS RAISED WHEN THE ACTUAL WEIGHT OF THE DANGEROUS DRUGS NOT THE MIXTURE IN WHICH IT IS CONTAINED

EXCEEDS A SPECIFIED LEVEL.

/ANYONE FOUND