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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1977
REPORT ON LABOUR LAWS AND CONDITIONS IN SIX SOUTHEAST
ASIAN COUNTRIES ******
A REPORT ON LABOUR CONDITIONS AND LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS OF SIX SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES WAS BEING PREPARED, THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, THE HON. P.B. WILLIAMS TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR. THE HON. S.Y. CHUNG, MR. WILLIAMS SAID THE REPORT WAS BEING PREPARED BY TWO OFFICERS, ONE FROM THE SOCIAL SERVICE BRANCH, THE OTHER A LABOUR OFFICER, WHO VISITED THAILAND, MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE, INDONESIA, KOREA AND THE PHILIPPINES BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 19 AND NOVEMBER 18 THIS YEAR.
DURING THEIR VISITS, THEY COLLECTED UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON LABOUR LEGISLATION AND PRACTICE AS WELL AS SOCIAL SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS IN THESE COUNTRIES AND THE INFORMATION GATHERED WILL BE USED TO REVISE AND EXTEND THE SCOPE OF LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S DOCUMENT ON THESE COUNTRIES.
MR. WILLIAMS SAID THE REPORT WOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.
DATE OF HEARING IN MAGISTRATE'S COURT EXPLAINED
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THE AVERAGE PERIOD BETWEEN THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF A DEFENDANT IN A MAGISTRATE'S COURT AND THE DATE FIXED FOR THE HEARING OF THE CASE WHEN THE PROCEEDINGS ARE DEFENDED IS ONE MONTH.
THE HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR. JOHN HOBLEY SAID THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY WHEN REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY REV. THE HON, JOYCE M. BENNETT,
MR. HOBLEY SAID, THERE IS NO APPRECIABLE DIFFERENCE IN THE TIME WHICH ELAPSES AS BETWEEN A CASE IN WHICH BAIL IS GRANTED AND A SUMMONS CASE.+
HOWEVER, HE NOTED THAT PRIORITY WOULD BE GIVEN TO CUSTODIAL CASES WHERE THE USUAL PERIOD BETWEEN THE DEFENDANT'S FIRST APPEARANCE AND TRIAL IS 14 DAYS OR LESS.
ON CASES WHERE THE DEFENDANT IS REMANDED IN CUSTODY AND CASES WHERE BAIL IS GRANTED, MR. HOBLEY SAID THERE WERE NO AVAILABLE RECORDS TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THESE CASES.
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