SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 1979
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD ALREADY OFFERED ENCOURAGEMENT TO INDUSTRIES WITH SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS BY THE RECENT SALE OF TWO INDUSTRIAL SITES AT FO TAN IN SHA TIN NEW TOWN WHICH CARRIED CONDITIONS REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF HEAVY FLOOR LOADINGS AND HIGH CEILINGS IN THE COMPLETED FACTORY PREMISES.
+ IT WAS PLEASING TO NOTE THAT THE SITES WERE BOUGHT BY AN INDUSTRIAL IST FROM THE SILK-WEAVING TRADE,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID, *WHICH HAS BEEN ON OUR LIST OF POSSIBLE PROBLEM TRADES.
HE ALSO NOTED THAT TRADES USING SPECIAL PROCESSES CLEARLY ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE ECONOMY, HIGH TECHNOLOGY CAPABLE OF BROADENING OUR INDUSTRIAL BASE OR OF EXCEPTIONAL EXPORT POTENTIAL COULD ALSO BE ELIGIBLE FOR LAND AT THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AT TAI PO OR, IN THE NOT-SO-DISTANT FUTURE, THE SECOND ESTATE BEING CONSTRUCTED AT YUEN LONG.
MORE THAN 3 MILLION PEOPLE ENTITLED TO LEGAL AID
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RECENTLY, A GRIEF-STRICKEN MOTHER OF TWO APPROACHED THE LEGAL AID DEPARTMENT FOR HELP AND UNFOLDED A TRAGIC STORY THAT COULD EASILY HAVE BEEN AVOIDED.
ALTHOUGH SEPARATED FROM HER HUSBAND, SHE ALLOWED HIM ACCESS TO THE CHILDREN — ONE AGED FOUR AND THE OTHER TWO -- SO AS NOT TO DENY THEM THE AFFECTIONS OF THEIR FATHER.
ONE DAY, HE COLLECTED THE CHILDREN AND TOOK THEM OUT FOR TEA. HE NEVER RETURNED.
THE FRANTIC 30-YEAR-OLD WOMAN LATER DISCOVERED THAT HE HAD TAKEN THE CHILDREN WITH HIM TO BRAZIL.
+HAD SHE APPROACHED US IN TIME, WE COULD EASILY HAVE PREVENTED HIM FROM TAKING THE CHILDREN OUT OF HONG KONG THROUGH A COURT ORDER, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LEGAL AID DEPARTMENT SAID.
+WE COULD ALSO HAVE OBTAINED A 'STOP ORDER TO PREVENT THE CHILDREN FROM BEING TAKEN OUT OF HONG KONG THROUGH THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT,+ HE SAID.
HE ALSO SAID THAT DURING THE INVESTIGATION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE HUSBAND HAD MADE A FALSE DECLARATION WHICH IS A GRIMINAL OFFENCE.
HE EXPLAINED A HUSBAND CAN ENTER THE NAMES OF HIS CHILDREN IN HIS PASSPORT WITHOUT THE PRIOR CONSENT OF HIS WIFE BUT THE WIFE CANNOT DO THE SAME WITHOUT FIRST GETTING PERMISSION FROM THE HUSBAND.+
+NO EXTRADITABLE OFFENCE WAS COMMITTED BY THE HUSBAND, AND NOTHING CAN BE DONE TO FIND A REMEDY THROUGH THE COURTS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID,
+ONE UNDERSTANDS ONLY TOO WELL THE WOMAN'S GRIEF ON THE LOSS OF HER CHILDREN. POSSIBLY FUTURE TRAGEDIES CAN BE AVOIDED IF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TAKE HEED OF THIS CASE.+
/THE SPUNSMAN