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Annex I (Page 2)

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It is also clear that the public considers

that the various options put forward are not

comprehensive enough and more effort needs to be put

in the general areas of education and publicity.

Greater efforts for rehabilitation are also

suggested. Proposed Government action in these areas is dealt in paragraph 5 to 14 below.

PROPOSALS

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Action to be taken on the various options

put forward in the discussion document are set out in

five sections

(a) those which will be taken forward

immediately

(i) omitting the addresses from

witness statements which are

(ii)

be served on the defence

(paragraph 4.17 of the discussion

document);

allocating, where possible,

police manpower to respond to

witnesses who might be

intimidated (paragraph 4.18 of

the document);

(iii) issuing a notice to all

prosecutors on the powers of the

courts to remove undesirable

persons from the public gallery and generally to protect

witnesses (paragraph 4.19 of the

document);

༄ ༄༥ཐཱཝཱ .'ན ༣ བརསཾ-ར 'ན, ཙ, བt trལཱ;