Employees hold posters against family violence at a community education and resource centre in Hong Kong in this August 3, 2006 picture. Cases of abuse within families have tripled between 1998 and 2005. Police figures for the first half of this year show a 31 percent jump compared with last year. Of the 719 cases reported, more than 500 involved serious assaults on women and children.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An employee walks past a poster against family violence at a community education and resource centre in Hong Kong in this August 3, 2006 picture.

 

(China Daily/Agencies August 10, 2006)