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IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NO. 66
CONFIDENTIAL
149
CONFIDENTIAL
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
22 JANUARY 1969
YOUR TELEGRAM 52 : PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION.
A TOTAL OF 149 BOYS AND 31 GIRLS UNDER 16 YEARS OF AGE WERE ARRESTED DURING THE 1967 DISTURBANCES SEMICOLON OF THESE ONE BOY AND TWO GIRLS WERE UNDER 12 YEARS SEMICOLON 30 BOYS AND SEVEN GIRLS WERE UNDER 14 YEARS SEMICOLON AND 118 BOYS AND 22 GIRLS WERE UNDER 16
YEARS.
2. ONLY FIVE BOYS CIN THE 14-15 AGE GROUP) REMAIN IN PRISON SENTCOLON TWO STILL HAVE 17 MONTHS EACH TO SERVE, TWO HAVE 20 MONTHS EACH AND ONE BOY HAS 26 MONTHS TO SERVE, ASSUMING MAXIMUM REMISSION OF SENTENCE, OF THESE FIVE BOYS, ONE IS AT STANLEY PRISON AND FOUR ARE AT CHI MA WAN OPEN PRISON, THEY ARE ALL KEPT IN THE YOUNG PRISONERS SECTION WHERE THEY RECEIVE ACADEMIC AND TECHNICAL TRAINING, AND THEY HAVE NO CONTACT WITH ANY OLDER PRISONERS.
SIR D. TRENCH
FILES
HONG KONG DEPT
FAR EASTERN DEPT
NEWS DEPT
MR. MORETON
SIR A. GALSWORTHY
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RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES No.3.1
22 JAN 1969
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