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YRTELNO 1415: MPS' QUESTIONS: SUMMARY OFFENCES ORDINANCE
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1. BECAUSE OF THE VERY SHORT DEADLINE IN YRTUR, WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THE STATISTICS REQUESTED IN PQS 3002,3003 AND 3015. THE INFORMATION SOUGHT CAN ONLY BE MADE AVAILABLE BY AN EXHAUSTIVE MANUAL ANALYSIS OF EACH POLICE DISTRICTS RECORDS ENTAILING THE REDEPLOYMENT OF PERSONNEL FROM NORMAL POLICING DUTIES. HOWEVER, WHERE PRACTICABLE, WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO PROVIDE A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF THE SCALE OF PROSECUTIONS OF THE OFFENCES INVOLVED.
2. WE PROPOSE THE UNDER-NOTED ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS IN YRTUR.
3. NO. 3002
QUOTE
BECAUSE PROSECUTION RECORDS IN HONG KONG ARE NOT COMPUTERISED, AND SINCE THE SUMMARY OFFENCES ORDINANCE ENCOMPASSES SOME 40 MINOR NUISANCE OFFENCES, IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE WITHIN THE TIME AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE DETAILS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE IN HONG KONG HAVE
BEEN CHARGED UNDER THE ORDINANCE IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS. ((THE
INFORMATION SOUGHT CAN ONLY BE MADE AVAILABLE BY AN EXHAUSTIVE MANUAL ANALYSIS OF EACH POLICE DISTRICTS RECORDS ENTAILING THE REDEPLOYMENT OF PERSONNEL FROM NORMAL POLICING DUTIES. HOWEVER, SHOULD THE HONOURABLE MEMBER SO WISH I SHALL ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE THE
INFORMATION REQUESTED)).
UNQUOTE.
4. NO. 3003
QUOTE
BECAUSE PROSECUTION RECORDS IN HONG KONG ARE NOT COMPUTERISED, IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE WITHIN THE TIME AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE DETAILS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE IN HONG KONG HAVE BEEN CHARGED UNDER THE SUMMARY
OFFENCES ORDINANCE IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS WITH COLLECTING MONEY IN
PUBLIC WITHOUT A PERMIT. ALTHOUGH NO DETAILED ANALYSIS HAS BEEN MADE, THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS IT LIKELY THAT ONLY A VERY
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