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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1974

SECOND INTERIM REPORT ON SOCIAL CAUSES OF CRIME

HAY BE PUBLISHED ******

CONSIDERATION IS BEING GIVEN TO PUBLISHING A SECOND INTERIM PROGRESS REPORT OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON THE SOCIAL CAUSES OF CRIME, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON. DENIS BRAY SAID TODAY.

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, MR. BRAY SAID IT WAS UNLIKELY THAT A FINAL REPORT ON THE SOCIAL CAUSES OF CRIME COULD BE PREPARED BEFORE THE SOCIAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG SUBMITTED ITS OWN REPORT ON THE CAUSES OF VIOLENT CRIME AMONG YOUNG OFFENDERS IN THE 12 TO 20 AGE GROUP.

THE UNIVERSITY'S RESEARCH CENTRE COMMISSIONED THE PROJECT FOLLOWING THE PUBLICATION OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE'S FIRST INTERIM REPORT IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR.

MR. BRAY SAID THE REPORT OF THE UNIVERSITY'S RESEARCH CENTRE WOULD PROBABLY BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY 1975.

IN ITS FIRST INTERIM REPORT, THE SUB-COMMITTEE LISTED A TENTATIVE LIST OF THE MAIN CAUSES OF CRIME AND CONCLUDED THAT FURTHER CONSULTATION AND RESEARCH WERE NECESSARY BEFORE WELL-FOUNDED RECOMMENDATIONS COULD BE MADE IN A FINAL REPORT.

SINCE THE SUBMISSION OF THE FIRST INTERIM REPORT, MR. BRAY SAID, THE SUB-COMMITTEE HAD MET SEVEN TIMES AND MEETINGS WOULD CONTINUE UNTIL MEMBERS WERE SATISFIED THAT THEY HAD COVERED A SUFFICIENT AREA OF INFORMATION AND EXPERIENCE.

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