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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1994

AT

OFFICERS THE

DISTRICT LEVEL, BOTH UNIFORMED AND PLAIN-CLOTHED REGULARLY DEPLOYED ON THE ROUTES AND NEAR QUEUES TO REASSURE PUBLIC AND GLEAN INTELLIGENCE ON THE CURRENT SITUATION, HE SAID.

ARE

THE

OF CASES REPORTED TO THE NUMBER

COMMISSIONER

ABOUT

LIGHT PUBLIC

BEING BUS DRIVERS OR OPERATORS EXTORTED BY TRIADS WAS NINE LAST YEAR AND ONE EACH IN

OF POLICE BLACKMAILED OR 1992 AND 1991.

IN

AS A RESULT OF THESE COMPLAINTS, TWO PEOPLE WERE PROSECUTED 1991; NONE IN 1992; AND EIGHT LAST YEAR.

1992;

YET BEEN

THE NUMBER OF PERSONS CONVICTED WAS TWO IN 1991; NONE IN AND ONE LAST YEAR; THE PROSECUTION OF SIX PERSONS HAS NOT CONCLUDED.

NO CONTRADICTORY STATEMENTS ON CONSULAR PROTECTION

THE BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE AND THE SECURITY BRANCH HAVE GIVEN CONTRADICTORY STATEMENTS ON THE ISSUE OF CONSULAR PROTECTION FOR BRITISH NATIONALS UNDER THE BRITISH NATIONALITY SELECTION SCHEME.

NO

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON HENRY TANG YING- YEN IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

BUT, AS A MATTER OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, A PERSON WITH DUAL NATIONALITY IS NOT GIVEN CONSULAR PROTECTION IN THE COUNTRY OF HIS SECOND NATIONALITY, MR ASPREY SAID.

"IT FOLLOWS THAT THE UK CANNOT GIVE A DUAL BRITISH/CHINESE NATIONAL CONSULAR PROTECTION IN HONG KONG AFTER 1997," HE ADDED.

THE QUESTION OF WHETHER BRITISH NATIONALITY WAS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SELECTION SCHEME OR IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF BRITISH NATIONALITY LEGISLATION IS IRRELEVANT, HE SAID.

MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES SATISFACTORY

THE PERFORMANCE OF THE AGENCIES AND COMPANIES MANAGING HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME (HOS) AND PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEME (PSPS) ESTATES IS GENERALLY SATISFACTORY, ACCORDING TO THE FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS.

VERY FEW COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE OF THESE ESTATE MANAGERS.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT LANDS, MR TONY EASON, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE REV HON FUNG CHT-WOOD.

AND IN

MR EASON SAID THE HOS ESTATES WERE NORMALLY MANAGED BY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AGENTS (PMAS) WHO WERE INCLUDED ON THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S APPROVED LIST SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH A SET OF OBJECTIVE REQUIREMENTS.

/"THEIR PERFORMANCE