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Govt examining report on causes of juvenile crime

Following is a question by the Hon James To and a reply by the Secretary for Security, Mr Peter Lai, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

Regarding the Research Report on the Social Causes of Juvenile Crime which has recently been completed, will the Government inform this Council of the policy to be adopted and the amount of additional resources to be allocated to ameliorate the present serious situation of juvenile delinquency?

Reply:

Mr President,

The research into the social causes of juvenile crime, commissioned by the Fight Crime Committee and undertaken by the Social Sciences Research Centre of the University of Hong Kong, has recently been completed. The Fight Crime Committee was apprised of the findings of the research at its meeting last Saturday. The conclusions of the research project are wide-ranging, covering educational, social service, police, and correctional services aspects of our policy. These will be examined by the concerned policy branches and departments in detail in the coming It is the months, with a view to recommending specific courses of action. Administration's intention to make public the research report as soon as possible, so as to obtain feedback from this Council, other concerned boards and committees, and the Until this community generally as part of this detailed examination process. examination is completed, it is not possible to quantify the precise resource implications.

End/Wednesday, May 3, 1995

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