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WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1991

AREAS

AND

ΤΟ

STOPPING

PASSENGER

то UTILISE FULLY THEIR SENSITIVE

MR LEUNG

SAID

RESTRICTIONS, THEY WERE

FLEXIBILITY

TO

SUBJECT

OPERATING THEREFORE ALLOWED

IN A OPERATE

MANNER

ΤΟ

REQUIREMENTS.

GREEN

(GMB'S) MINIBUSES

1

HOWEVER, OPERATE

ON ESSENTIAL

SPECIFIED

SERVICE BY ROAD

SCHEDULES ALONG DESIGNATED ROUTES. THEY PROVIDE AN TO AREAS WHERE LARGE BUSES ARE NOT ECONOMICAL OR CONSTRAINED TERRAIN.

"GMB FARES ARE REGULATED AND APPROVED BY THE TRANSPORT," MR LEUNG SAID.

COMMISSIONER

FOR

POLICE OFFICER CONVICTED OF PERJURY MAY FACE DISMISSAL

A LIE GIVEN ON OATH BEFORE A COURT ON A MATTER WHICH IS MATERIAL IN THAT PROCEEDING AMOUNTS TO PERJURY, AN OFFENCE PUNISHABLE ON CONVICTION UPON INDICTMENT BY A MAXIMUM OF SEVEN YEARS IMPRISONMENT AND A FINE.

ASPREY, INFORMED

THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON ALISTAIR THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A WRITTEN REPLY ΤΟ A QUESTION BY THE HON ELSIE TU.

MRS TU WAS ASKING WHAT ACTION WOULD BE TAKEN AGAINST POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE FOUND TO HAVE LIED ON OATH IN COURT IN THE COURSE OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS.

MR ASPREY SAID WHERE THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT ANY PERSON, INCLUDING ANY POLICE OFFICER, HAD COMMITTED PERJURY, THE MATTER WOULD BE INVESTIGATED AND THEN REFERRED TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WHO WOULD DECIDE WHETHER TO PROSECUTE OR NOT.

IF A POLICE OFFICER WAS CONVICTED OF PERJURY, THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE WOULD DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO EXERCISE HIS POWER ΤΟ DISMISS THE OFFICER TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE, HE SAID.

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