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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1994

57 TRIAD SOCIETIES ACTIVE IN HK

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THE

HONG KONG, THERE WERE CURRENTLY 57 ACTIVE TRIAD SOCIETIES IN

ASPREY, TOLD SECURITY, FOR SECRETARY

MR

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

ALISTAIR

THE

HOWEVER, MR

SAID ASPREY

IT WAS

NOT POSSIBLE

ΤΟ

ESTIMATE

ACCURATELY THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TRIAD MEMBERS.

TRIAD OF

SOCIETIES

+

"THE NATURE MEMBERSHIP VARIES FROM TIME TO TIME, QUESTION BY THE HON MRS PEGGY LAM.

IS

SECRETIVE

AND THEIR A HE SAID IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO

1992

THE NUMBER OF PERSONS CHARGED WITH OFFENCES UNDER TRIAD-RELATED LEGISLATION WAS 201 IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF LAST YEAR, 430 IN AND 328 IN 1991.

THE

PROPORTION OF CONVICTIONS WAS 50% LAST YEAR, 39%

IN 1992

AND 42% IN 1991.

FOR THOSE

THE AVERAGE CUSTODIAL SENTENCES, GIVEN IMPRISONMENT WAS NINE MONTHS LAST YEAR, FIVE MONTHS IN 1992 MONTHS IN 1991.

CONSULTATION PAPER ON OPS BY SUMMER

TERM OF AND SIX

ON

THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO PUBLISH A CONSULTATION DOCUMENT

BY

SUMMER, THE

THE ACTING THE PROPOSED OLD AGE PENSION SCHEME

MR MANPOWER,

W K

LAM, TOLD THE

FOR

EDUCATION AND SECRETARY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR LAM

OUTCOME GROUP,

OF

THE END OF

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ERIC LI,

THE ALSO SAID ON

BASIS OF PUBLIC

THE VIEWS AND WITH CHINA THROUGH CONSULTATION

THE JOINT LIAISON GOVERNMENT HOPED TO MAKE A DECISION ON THE SCHEME BEFORE THE THIS YEAR.

NECESSARY

"SHOULD A DECISION BE MADE TO PROCEED WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE

PENSION SCHEME, OLD AGE

THEN DRAFTING LEGISLATION SHOULD COMMENCE SOON AFTERWARDS,

THE OF MR LAM SAID.

LEGISLATION WOULD

BE

OUT HE POINTED

THAT IT WAS BUT

TOO EARLY ΤΟ

SAY WITH WHEN THE CERTAINTY HOW LONG SUCH LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING WOULD TAKE OR RESULTANT

INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE

COUNCIL.

ON THE QUESTION OF FUNDING, MR LAM SAID SHOULD THE SCHEME ENDORSED, AND SUBJECT

THE TO APPROVAL BY

COMMITTEE, FINANCE GOVERNMENT INTENDED TO MAKE AVAILABLE FUNDS AS SOON AS THE SCHEME IMPLEMENTED.

BE

THE

WAS

HE NOTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS PREPARED TO IMPLEMENT SCHEME SUBJECT TO:

THE

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