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DNESDAY, NOVEMBER
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+168 OF THESE WERE NEW FLATS RECENTLY COMPLETED AT MT BUTLER AND STILL IN THE PROCESS OF INITIAL ALLOCATION. A FURTHER 74 NON-DEPARTMENTAL QUARTERS WERE DUE SHORTLY FOR DEMOLITION OR DISPOSAL AND WERE THEREFORE CLASSED AS TEMPORARY QUARTERS. THESE TWO GROUPS OF QUARTERS, TOTALLING 242, NEED TO BE EXCLUDED IN ORDER TO ARRIVE AT MEANINGFUL OCCUPANCY FIGURES. OF THE BALANCE OF 2 045 NON-DEPARTMENTAL QUARTERS, THE NUMBER LEFT UNALLOCATED ON SEPTEMBER 25 WAS 48 (2.3 PER CENT),+ MR ROWLANDS SAID.
EXCLUDING QUARTERS BEING REDECORATED IN READINESS FOR THE NEW OCCUPANT, AND EXCLUDING ALSO QUARTERS WHERE THE TENANT WAS ABSENT ON SHORT ANNUAL LEAVE, ALL EXCEPT FIVE NON-DEPARTMENTAL QUARTERS WHICH HAD BEEN ALLOCATED WERE
ACTUALLY OCCUPIED.
THESE FIVE WERE QUARTERS WHICH HAD BEEN RETAINED BY OFFICERS ABSENT ON LEAVES LONGER THAN TWO MONTHS. TAKING THESE FIVE QUARTERS INTO ACCOUNT THE NUMBER OF NON-DEPARTMENTAL QUARTERS LEFT UNOCCUPIED ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1980 WAS 53 (2.6 PER CENT), HE SAID.
CIVIL DEBT ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES MAY BE CHANGED
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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOLLOWING A REVIEW OF THE ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES RELATING TO CIVIL DEETS, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON JOHN GRIFFITHS TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON PETER C WONG TODAY.
IN THE REVIEW, THE VIEWS OF 16 ORGANISATIONS AND PERSONS IN HONG KONG WERE SOUGHT, IN ADDITION TO CANVASSING THE LAWS APPLIED IN OTHER COUNTRIES. FOLLOWING THAT REVIEW AND THE CONCLUSIONS REACHED, CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AMENDMENT WERE FORMULATED.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE SENT TO THE CHIEF JUSTICE IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR SO THAT THE VIEWS OF THE JUDICIARY COULD BE OBTAINED.
MR GRIFFITHS SAID THE RECOMMENDATIONS AFFECTED EXISTING JUDICIAL POWERS AND PRACTICE, AND SO HE DID NOT PROPOSE TO ANNOUNCE THEM UNTIL HE HAD RECEIVED THE VIEWS OF THE JUDICIARY.
+BECAUSE OF MR WONG'S PARTICULAR INTEREST IN THIS SUBJECT
I WILL BE PLEASED TO SEND HIM DETAILS OF THE FINAL
RECOMMENDATIONS WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN AGREED.
+ I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS WILL BE IN THE NEAR FUTURE,*
HE SAID.
SAID.