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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1994

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MORE THAN 100 HK RESIDENTS IN THAI PRISONS

THERE ARE AT PRESENT 117 HONG KONG RESIDENTS SERVING PRISON SENTENCES IN THAILAND, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

TU,

MR

HAD BEEN IN

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MRS ELSIE ASPREY

AMONG SAID

THEM, THE LONGEST-SERVING PRISONER PRISON IN THAILAND SINCE MAY 1979.

MR ASPREY SAID 13 PRISONERS HAD BEEN TRANSFERRED TO HONG PRISONS IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

KONG

CRITERIA FOR ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRES NOT LAID DOWN

APPLICATIONS TO DECLARE A PLACE TO BE AN ADDICTION

CENTRE ARE CONSIDERED ON INDIVIDUAL MERITS.

TREATMENT

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON LAM KU1-CHUN IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR ASPREY SAID THOSE INSTITUTIONS PERFORMING FUNCTIONS SIMILAR TO ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRES BUT HAD NOT APPLIED TO THE GOVERNMENT WERE NOT OPERATING ILLEGALLY,

HE ADDED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS REVIEWING THE DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION ORDINANCE TO CONSIDER AN INSTITUTION INSTEAD OF A PARTICULAR PLACE TO BE DECLARED AN ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRE.

STEPPED-UP ENFORCEMENT TO PREVENT DRUG ABUSE BY ADOLESCENTS

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RETAIL

THE

THE FREQUENCY OF TEST PURCHASES AND INSPECTIONS OF DRUG PREMISES WILL BE INCREASED TO PREVENT 1LLEGAL SALES OF CONTROLLED

THE SECRETARY DRUGS,

FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR

TOLD ASPREY, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

AN

MR ASPREY NOTED THAT FIGURES OF THE PAST THREE YEARS SHOWED

TREND OF

ABUSE YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED IN

OF DRUGS AND

INCREASING MEDICINES.

THE NUMBERS OF PERSONS AGED UNDER 21 REPORTED TO THE CENTRAL AND REGISTRY OF DRUG ABUSE IN 1991, 1992 AND 1993 ARE 1,405, 3,028 RESPECTIVELY.

1,958

/IN HIS