XN000022-1993-10-26 — Page 4

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1993

TWO MORE HK CITIZENS TRANSFERRED BACK FROM

THAILAND TO SERVE SENTENCES

TWO MORE HONG KONG CITIZENS WERE TRANSFERRED BACK FROM THAILAND TO HONG KONG TONIGHT (TUESDAY) TO SERVE THE REMAINDER OF THEIR SENTENCES.

THE TRANSFER WAS CONDUCTED BY CORRECTIONAL SERVICES

OFFICERS.

DEPARTMENT

ANNOUNCING THIS TONIGHT (TUESDAY), A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN THIS WAS THE SECOND BATCH OF HONG KONG CITIZENS SERVING SENTENCES OF IMPRISONNENT IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES WHO WERE RETURNED TO HONG KONG TO SERVE THE REMAINDER OF THEIR SENTENCES.

SAID

THE FIRST BATCH OF THREE WAS RETURNED FROM THAILAND то HONG KONG IN MAY THIS YEAR.

IN

THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE TRANSFER WAS CONDUCTED ACCORDANCE WITH A BILATERAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND THE THAI GOVERNMENTS (WHICH HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO HONG KONG) ON THE TRANSFER OF OFFENDERS AND ON CO-OPERATION IN THE ENFORCEMENT of PENAL SENTENCES.

THE AIM OF THE AGREEMENT IS ΤΟ HELP THE SUCCESSFUL REHABILITATION AND REINTEGRATION OF OFFENDERS INTO SOCIETY BY GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THEIR SENTENCES WITHIN THEIR OWN SOCIETY.

AT PRESENT, 50 HONG KONG CITIZENS SERVING SENTENCES OF IMPRISONMENT IN THAILAND HAVE APPLIED FOR TRANSFER BACK TO HONG KONG.

IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE THIRD BATCH OF FOUR WILL BE RETURNED BY JANUARY NEXT YEAR. MORE WILL FOLLOW.

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MORE TRANSPORT COMPLAINTS IN SECOND QUARTER OF 1993

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THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS/SUGGESTIONS RECEIVED BY THE TRANSPORT COMPLAINTS UNIT (TCU) FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30 INCREASED 18% TO 3,056 AS COMPARED WITH 2,587 IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.

THE INCREASE WAS MAINLY DUE TO MORE COMPLAINTS MOTOR BUS SERVICES

AGAINST

BY

CHINA

MOTOR FROM

(+30% FROM 172 TO 223 CASES); KOWLOON BUS SERVICES (+38% FROM 218 TO 301 CASES); FERRY SERVICES (+187% 15 TO 43 CASES); GREEN MINIBUS SERVICES (+46% FROM 101 TO 147 TRAFFIC CONDITIONS (+17% FROM 459 TO

CASES); 539 CASES); TAXI (+12% FROM 603 TO 676 CASES) AND ENFORCEMENT ACTION (+21% FROM 487

MALPRACTICES 591 CASES),

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ABOUT HALF OF THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT FERRY SERVICES WERE RELATED TO SERVICES BETWEEN TUEN MUN AND THE URBAN AREAS.

/THE TRANSPORT