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P.R. 33
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HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION SERVICES
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SUPPLEMENT
Friday, May 9, 1969.
237
GOVERNOR ORDERS REDUCTION IN SENTENCE FOR
PRISONERS
Eleven persons, including three women, who are serving
sentences in prison of between four and five years for crimes committed
during the 1967 disturbances have today each had their sentences reduced
to a maximum of three years, Subject to their good conduct and maximum
remission they should all be released from prison between July and
December this year.
Warrants reducing their sentences were signed today by the
Governor after he had considered and accepted the recommendations of the
Prison Board of Review in respect of these prisoners.
It is at the direction of the Governor that the Board of Review
is currently examining the background of all such prisoners who have been
sentenced to serve terms of not less than four years imprisonment.
The Board of Review was set up ten years ago to make
recommendations to the Governor in respect of adult prisoners serving
long sentences and young prisoners serving a year or more in prison.
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No.51 29 JAN 1969
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