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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1992

OF THE 42 PERSONS CONVICTED, 12 WERE SENTENCED TO OF SIX MONTHS OR LESS, ONE WAS CONDITIONALLY DISCHARGED, GIVEN A SUSPENDED SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT, AND 21 WERE AVERAGE FINE WAS $5,700.

THE FOLLOWING IS A TABLE

OFFENCES:

IMPRISONMENT EIGHT WERE FINED. THE

OF STATISTICS ON LOANSHARKING

YEAR

1989

1990

1991

TOTAL

CASES REPORTED TO THE POLICE

78

78

67

223

UNTIL 30.6.91

PERSONS PROSECUTED

42

32

6

80

SENTENCE:

ACQUITTED

17

15

38

SUSPENDED IMPRISONMENT

4

4

8

CONDITIONAL DISCHARGE

1

1

IMPRISONMENT

←

LESS THAN 6 MONTHS 6 MONTHS

2

.3

7

→ 4

5

7

FINE

11

10

21

STUDY UNDERWAY TO SPEED UP JUDICIAL PROCESS

THE ΤΟ

JUDICIARY IS CONDUCTING AN INFORMATION SUGGEST WAYS IN WHICH MODERN TECHNOLOGY INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM.

STUDY

SYSTEMS STRATEGIC MAY BE USED ΤΟ

THIS WAS STATED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON SIR DAVID FORD,

IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY

THE HON PANG CHUN-HOI,

SIR DAVID SAID THE STUDY AIMED AT SPEEDING UP THE JUDICIAL PROCESS AND WOULD BE COMPLETED SOON.

ESTABLISHMENT OF

MONITORED BY

JUDGES AND THE

ADMINISTRATION

MAGISTRATES WILL THE

AND

MEANWHILE, THE CONTINUB

CLOSELY TO BE JUDICIARY, HE SAID.

/GIVEN THE