TNAG-1830-FCO40-2598-Hong-Kong-laws-on-homosexuality-1988 — Page 26

CONTENTS

Paragraph

Section

I.

INTRODUCTION

Origins

1

Public consultation

2-4

Homosexuality and homosexual behaviour

5-7

The law in Hong Kong

8

International comparisons

9-10

II.

SHOULD THE LAW BE CHANGED?

The role of the criminal law

11-16

Enforcement of the law

17-19

Public health and AIDS

Traditional values and the family

Homosexuality and young people

Public behaviour

Blackmail

Human rights

20-24

25-26

27

28

29-30

31-33

III.

OPTIONS

Option 1

Option 2

Option 3

Limits to change

(i) Offences to be retained

(ii) Age of consent

(iii) Protective measures

(iv) Strengthening the law on public behaviour

Conclusion

APPENDIX A

APPENDIX B

1

35-36

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38-39

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42

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44-45

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47-50