TNAG-0326-FCO40-362-Appointments-to-membership-of-Legislative-Council-of-Hong-Ko-1972 — Page 28

49

On Aceith Dan King Icah

свою

29/1

17

Written Answers

Written Answers

18

27 NOVEMBER 1972

under each heading is for the period from January to the end of September,

1972:

The addition of these projects to the present system should enable the Hong Kong Government to meet demand until the 1980s. Increases to the desalting capacity to meet demand thereafter are already being considered.

Mr. Sillars asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many trade unionists are presently serving on legislative bodies within Hong Kong; and if he will list the bodies concerned, and the total number of mem- bers of each, indicating the trade unionists. serving on each.

Mr. Anthony Royle: No trade unionists presently serve on the Executive, Legisla-

tive or urban councils, the three main legislative bodics in Hong Kong. How- ever, Hong Kong is run by a complex pattern of boards, councils and commit- tees. Those concerned with industrial em- ployees have trade unionist members as well as representatives of Government, management, academic and professional

interest. Details of these bodies are as follows:

Total Membership

Labour Advisory Board 9 Industrial Training

Advisory Committee

Hong Kong Productivity

Council

22

19

Trade Unionists 4

Mr. Sillars asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. how many cases of suicide were reported in Hong Kong . each of the past 12 years; and how many suicides were from the Chinese population in each of the stated years.

Mr. Anthony Royle: Following are the figures of reported cases for each year from 1961 onwards. The last figure is for the period from January to end- September, 1972: 336, 362, 370, 363, 301, 351, 388, 455, 330, 540, 388, 232. Statistics by race are not maintaized, but very few would be other than Chinese

Mr. Sillars asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many cases of murder, robbery with violence, and rape have been committed in Hong Kong in each year in the period 1960 to 1971 and in the first nine moths of this year.

Mr. Anthony Rovle: Following are the figures of reported cases for each year from 1960 onwards. The last figure

5 E 45

DAY 27 NOV.

conw

187

Murder (including manslaughter-30, 25. 20, 25, 42, 33, 40, 73, 50, 55, 71, 98, 89.

Robbery with violence-89. 114, 130, 153, 230, 380, 520, 1,224, 1,801, 2,327, 3,006, 5.146, 5,059.

Rape-2, 1, 4, 3, 2, 5, 12, 13, 10, 31, 28, 45, 49.

Crown Colonies

Mr. Sillais asked the Secretary of State fo. Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the Crown colonies, show-

ing the respective populations, gross national product, and per capita income in each of the last 10 years.

Lord Balniel: I would refer the hon. Friend, the Under-Secretary gave to the Member to the answer which my hon.

hon. Member for Newark (Mr. Bishop) on 12th June, 1972, when he gave the names and povulations of each of the British dependent territories.

Figures for the gross national product and per capita income in each of the territories are set out in the World Bank Atlas, published annually by the Inter- national Bank for Reconstruction and Development and where actual figures are not obtainable, represent the best estimates available. The booklet entitled

Developing Countries' Economic Indi- cators", published by the Overseas Development Administration, also pro- vides estimates and projections of gross don:cstic product figures for a number of dependent territories in the West Indies and the Associated States. Copies of both publications are available for reference in the House of Commons Library. [Vol. 838, c. 194-5.]

Kenyan Asians

Mr. Arthur Lewis asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he intends to make avail- able an increased allocation for entry into the United Kingdom to Kenyan Asians, in place of the allocation no longer required by Ugandan Asians.

Lord Bainiel: As I told the House on 20th November in. answer to a similar Question from the hon. Member, the Government have no plans for altering the rate at which United Kingdom pass- port holders from Kenya are admitted with special vouchers.-[Vol. 846, c. 255-6.]

L