WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1992
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AN OFFICER'S SPOUSE AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN UNDER THR AGE OF 19 A MAXIMUM OF FIVE WERE ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR A SEA PASSAGE, SUBJECT TO FULL-FARE PASSAGES, HE ADDED.
WERE ONLY AVAILABLE
KINGDOM ON THE 'CANBERRA', WHICH
MR WIGGHAM SAID AT PRESENT, SEA PASSAGES BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THE UNITED SAILS FROM HONG KONG ONCE A YEAR.
THE COST OF A SEA PASSAGE VARIED ACCORDING TO THE MIGHT VARY FROM YEAR TO YEAR AND THE GRADE OF PASSAGE OFFICER WAS ENTITLED.
ROUTE WHICH TO WHICH THE
IN 1992, THE COST OF A SEA PASSAGE ON THE CANBERRA RANGED $39,200 TO $68,502, MR WIGGHAM SAID.
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PASSAGES "SEA
FROM
WERE
"OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, HE SAID, GRANTED TO 98 CIVIL SERVANTS AND 92 DEPENDENTS. THE TOTAL EXPENDITURE, BASED ON PREVAILING PRICES AT THE TIME, WAS $9.79 MILLION."
HE NOTED THAT OF THE 1,639 OVERSEAS OFFICERS
AGE REACHED THE DECEMBER 1, 1984, ABOUT 780 WOULD HAVE COMPLETED 15 OR MORE YEARS OF SERVICE BY JUNE 30 1997.
APPOINTED BEFORE OF 50 AND
THE GOVERNMENT ESTIMATED THAT AT CURRENT PRICES, TO JUNE 30, 1997 WOULD BE ABOUT $29.5 MILLION, MR WIGGHAM SAID.
THE COST UP
"THE INCREASE COMPARED WITH THE LAST FIVE YEARS IS LARGELY
HE ADDED. TO THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE OFFICERS,
DUE
CASES OF RESISTING ARREST AND ASSAULTING POLICE EXPLAINED
CASES
FOR
PROSECUTIONS
ASSAULTS
OF
ON
3.413 CASES FOR OFFICERS POLICE
THE POLICE HAVE INSTITUTED RESISTING ARREST AND 2,602 DURING THE PAST THREE YEARS.
FOR SECRETARY
SECURITY, MR
ALISTAIR
CHI-WOOD
THIS WAS STATED BY THE ASPREY, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY REV THE HON FUNG AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR
ASPREY
SAID THE
CASES 3.413
ARREST
IN
FOR RESISTING COMPRISED 1,030 CASES IN 1989, 1,178 CASES IN 1990 AND 1,205 CASES
ASSAULTS ON POLICE OFFICERS 1991. THE BREAKDOWN OF 2,602 CASES FOR
842
CASES CASES AND 953 FOR
SAME THE RESPECTIVELY.
PERIOD WAS 807
CASES,
AND PENALTIES FOR WERE AVAILABLE ONLY IN CASES THOSE OFFENCES, MR ASPREY SAID THEY
THE PRINCIPAL CHARGE, AND NOT IN WHERE ONE OF THOSE OFFENCES WAS CASES WHERE IT WAS SUBSIDIARY TO A CHARGE FOR A MORE SERIOUS OFFENCE.
REGARDING DETAILS OF CONVICTION, ACQUITTAL
/HE SAID
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