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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1993

FCC STUDY OF RECIDIVISM RELEASED

FINDINGS OF A LONG-TERM STUDY OF RECIDIVISM AMONG YOUNG OFFENDERS WERE RELEASED BY THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE (FCC) TODAY

(FRIDAY).

THE STUDY, STARTED IN 1987, WAS CONDUCTED JOINTLY BY THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT (CSD) AND SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT (SWD).

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FCC SAID THE STUDY WAS TO COLLECT AND TO ANALYSE DATA ON FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH RECIDIVISM AMONG YOUNG OFFENDERS WITH A VIEW TO REFINING REHABILITATION PROGRAMME FOR THEM.

THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE STUDY COVERED A TOTAL OF 1,559 MALE YOUNG OFFENDERS WHO WERE CONVICTED OF A CRIME AND WERE ADMITTED TO AN INSTITUTION OPERATED BY THE CSD, OR PLACED UNDER PROBATION, OR IN BOYS' HOMES RUN BY THE SWD DURING JUNË 1987 то JUNE 1988.

THE FINDINGS OF THE STUDY ON DIFFERENT GROUPS OF OFFENDERS REVEAL SOME SIMILARITIES IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE RECIDIVISTS. THESE INCLUDE ADVERSE PEER INFLUENCE, POOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, AND BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS AT VERY YOUNG AGE.

CHARACTERISTICS

"THIS STUDY EMBRACED ONLY YOUTHS WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO DRAW ANY CONCLUSION ON WHETHER THE EXHIBITED BY THESE YOUNG OFFENDERS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY THOSE OF OTHER YOUNGSTERS IN THE SAME AGE GROUP,'

DIFFERENT FROM

PROPOSED PUBLIC GOLF COURSE IN KAU SAI CHAU

IN JUST OVER TWO YEARS HONG KONG WILL SEE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD PUBLIC GOLF CENTRE.

IT'S

FIRST

THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL HAS APPROVED IN PRINCIPLE A GOVERNMENT PROPOSAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PUBLIC GOLF CENTRE WITH TWO 18-HOLE COURSES IN KAU SAI CHAU, AN ISLAND TO THE EAST OF SAI KUNG TOWN.

IN

A POTENTIAL SITE MEASURING 112 HECTARES HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED THE NORTHERN PART OF THE ISLAND AS SUITABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT INTO A PUBLIC GOLF CENTRE.

THE LAND IS NOT USED FOR ANY SPECIFIC PURPOSE AT PRESENT AND IS AVAILABLE FOR THE PROJECT.

THE PROPOSED PROJECT REPRESENTS A MAJOR EFFORT BY THE GOVERNMENT TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP GOLF AS A POPULAR SPORT.

INTEREST IN GOLF HAS GROWN IN RECENT YEARS.

/THE HONG