The government of the Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR)
is weighing to improve the educational measures for young
offenders, local media reported Tuesday.
The Macao Post Daily quoted Tong Chi Kin, spokesman for
the Executive Council, as saying that the government has drafted a
bill aiming at educating teenager delinquents "to help them rejoin
the community."
The bill covers eight educational measures including police
warning, judicial admonition, reconciliation with victim of the
crime, implementation of rules of conduct, community service,
assisted education, temporary house arrest and confinement.
The bill will soon be reviewed by the Executive Council, top
advisory arm of the chief executive of the MSAR, and will be
proposed to the Legislative Assembly for approval.
(Xinhua News Agency August 16, 2006)
