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Question No. 11

REPLY BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE

TO A QUESTION BY THE HON.MRS.SELINA CHOW LIANG SHUK-YEE,OBE,JP,

IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY,13 NOVEMBER 1985

Question: Will Government inform this Council

(a) what the trend is regarding domestic violence;

·

(b) what is the number of crimes occurring within

families;

(c) what is the number of suicides which may have

resulted from domestic disputes; and

(d) what measures have Government taken to remedy

the situation?

1

sir,

By 'domestic violence' /

I presume that Mrs. Chow

is referring to crimes which are committed within the family.

From the statistics kept by the Royal Hong Kong Police Force

over the past 5 years, no particular trend can be identified.

It will be seen from the table which members have before them(Note 1)

that while the figures fluctuate from year to year, the

number of cases of homicide and serious assaults arising

from

disputes of a domestic nature, of cruelty to

children and incest have remained at similar levels since 1981.

Note 1)

1981 1982

1983

.1984

1985 (Jan-Oct)

Homicides (aris-

1

7

8

2

7

ing from family

affairs or

disputes

Cruelty to

51

59

58

58

43

Children

Incest

1

3

4

4

8

**

Serious Assaults

475

513

359

418

351

(arising from

disputes of a

domestic nature)

/ (** . . ...