Melanie Hoffman and Yindi Sun

1. Law & Order:
Hong Kong vs.
United Kingdom
Sun Yindi (10051538)
Melanie Hoffman (11500603)

2. Introduction
Similar in prosecution style
Hong Kong United Kingdom
 Composed of Basic Law,  Not to have a written
Common Law, Rules of constitution but an
Equity and Statute Law uncodified one.
 Basic Law of the Hong  Embodied in written
Kong Special documents, within
Administrative Region of statutes, court judgments,
the People„s Republic of and treaties
China adopted 1990
 Parliamentary
 Will remain, even though supremacy and the rule
Hong Kong is under of law: Parliament may
Chinese control, until 2047 pass any legislation that
it wishes (parliament
doctrine)

3. Highest courts

4. General Crime Overview
(Jan. to Aug. 2011)
Hong Kong United Kingdom
 Overall Crime: 50,215  Overall Crime:
4,134,422
 Violent Crime: 8,642
 Violent Crime: 500,433
 Population: 7,003,700
 Population:
 Crime 1 in every 139 62,218,761
people
 Crime 1 in every 15
* Crime data from the Hong Kong people
* Crime data from UK Crime Stats;
Police Force; population – 2010
population – 2010 Census
Census

5. Hong Kong

6. United Kingdom

7. Law and regulations on rape
 Rape is a statutory offence. It is created by article 5
of the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order
2008 (S.I. 1769/2008 (N.I. 2)). The common law
offence of rape was abolished by article 5(6) of that
Order.
 Punishment for rape in most countries today is
imprisonment
 A releases in 1992, involving about 80 percent of
the prison population, found that the average
sentence for convicted rapists was 11.8 years, while
the actual time served was 5.4 years

11. Hong Kong: A Rude
Awakening?
 "You can say sex education is the worst in Hong Kong
among Chinese communities." - Emily Man-Lun Ng,
Sexologist
“the importance of sex education still is subsidiary as it is not
an examination subject.“
-------Grace Lee, Education Officer In-
charge at the FPAHK
The proportion of teens who have dating experience is
increasing, especially in Forms 1 and 2. The proportion
of teens with experience of sexual intercourse also is
increasing

12. UK: Hole in the bucket?
 Continue to prevent all children from receiving the quality
education
 SRE is defined by the Sex Education Forum as „lifelong
learning about sex, sexuality and emotions
 In 2001, a group of secular and non-secular
organizations worked together to develop supplementary
advice on how to develop an inclusive approach to SRE
based on anti-discriminatory principles.
 The median age of first sexual intercourse is 16 for both
young men and young women (NATSAL, 2001).

13. Homicide
 In the UK, there were 765 reported incidents of
murder for 2005-6 (Home Office, undated) – a
rate of about 1.1 per 100,000.
 In Hong Kong, there were 34 reported homicides
during 2005. The rate is about 1 out of every
206,000 people.

15. UK Theft Act of 1968
 Guilty if person enters building with intent to steal,
inflict bodily harm or do unlawful damage to building
 Guilty if person enters building, steals or attempts to
steal or inflict bodily harm
 Aggravated Burglary: when a someone enters
building with weapon
 Robbery is different
 Minimum penalty: 12 months; Maximum penalty:
life in prison

16. Hong Kong burglary
 Two types: burglary and aggravated burglary
 Found when person enters building with intent to
steal, inflict grievous bodily harm.
 Average penalty: 3 years; Maximum penalty: 14
years
 Aggravated burglary: Maximum penalty is life

19. Law differences
 In the UK, it‟s a crime to drink on the street
 Age differences in consumption of alcohol
 Definitions of laws
Cultural differences
 A study done in the US showed “Orientals”
committed the least amount of crime.
 Family influence

20. Police Force in UK & HK
 Police force in the early 20th
 century

21. 
 Police uniforms in early 20th century

23. „Unusual‟ Laws in UK
 In Chester, England, any Welshman caught within
the city walls after sunset may be shot with a
longbow
 In England, it is illegal to die in the Houses of
Parliament.
 In England, in 1837, if a man kissed a woman
against her will, she could legally bit off his nose.
 In London, domestic violence is legal as long as it's
before 9 p.m. and does not disturb your neighbors.

24. Hong Kong Silly Laws
 It is legal for a betrayed wife in Hong Kong to kill her
adulterous husband, but only with her bare hands.
She may, however, kill her husband's mistress in
any way she pleases.

25. Conclusion
 Comparing to other countries in the world, both the
UK and Hong Kong are relatively safe
 Cultural differences affect crime rates, as well as
other laws (deportation)
 Hong Kong Police Force is more unified – different
forces acting throughout the UK

26. Questions?