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into Hong Kong often place their lives at risk.

Government is therefore monitoring the

Kong

closely

and

consultations with the Chinese

The Hong

situation

authorities

have been held to try and halt the recent upsurge.

Triads

In 1986 the Hong Kong Government launched a new

initiative to combat organised crime in the territory and,

in particular, the menace posed by triad societies. A

discussion document entitled "Options for Changes in the

Law and in the Administration of the Law to counter the

Triad Problem" was published in April and the public

reaction to its proposals revealed a widespread demand,

within the community, for sustained and determined action

against triads.

In the coming months the Hong

Hong Kong

those

These

Government intends to take steps to implement

measures which received widespread public support.

include better protection for witnesses; one-way viewers

identification parades; thorough examination of new

laws, such as those obtaining in the USA, to tackle

organised crime; stricter penalties for illegal gambling,

vice and drug offences; and more extensive public

for

education directed at

evils of triads.

young people

people to warn them of the

For rehabilitation of triad offenders,