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THE Special Committee on Crime and Punishment was established by the Hongkong Bar Association in January 1972 with memberødp drawn from members of the Bar, the faculty of

■he University of Hongkong, and others.

ough designed originally to undertake long-term into such problems as fentencing policies and to collect and assess basic data, the Special Commitice has now two functions: (1) sponsorship of research co-ordinated by the Contro of Asian Studies of the University of Hongkong and (2) policy considerations on related topics by the Special Committee itself, composed mainly of members of the Bar.

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The members of the Special Committee involved in the drafting of the prepont statement

the followinÍA Barristers-at-law: Garald de Basto, Q.C., Chairman, Kenaal Bokhary, Francis Eddin, M.H. Jackson-Lipkin, Martin Lee, Bernard Downey (also Senior Lecter in Law, University of Hongkong), John Kear (abo Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Hongkong and academic adviser to the Special Committee), and Robert Wei; and the following members of the University of ilongkong faculty: Profesor Frank H.H. King, Director of the Centre of Asian Studies, Miss Margaret Kinsey, Lecturer in Social Work, Revd. Erik Kvan, Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences and Senior Lecturer in Psychology,

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