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WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1983
SINCE 1982, THE LANDS TRIBUNAL HAS BEEN THE JUDICIAL BODY EMPOWERED TO HEAR TENANCY CASES IN THE FIRST INSTANCE.
MR WONG POINTED OUT THAT WHEN LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS FOR THIS PURPOSE WERE INTRODUCED LAST YEAR, THE TRIBUNAL WAS NOT VESTED WITH JURISDICTION TO DEAL WITH APPLICATIONS FOR POSSESSION DURING THE CONTRACTUAL PERIOD.
+THIS HAS GIVEN RISE TO PRACTICAL PROBLEMS AND CLAUSE 2 OF THE BILL NOW SEEKS TO VEST SUCH JURISDICTION IN THE TRIBUNAL,+ HE SAID.
MR WONG SAID CLAUSES 6, 7 AND 8 OF THE BILL AMENDED LANDS TRIBUNAL RULES,
NORMALLY, SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION AND AMENDMENTS THERETO WERE TABLED IN THIS COUNCIL BY WAY OF RESOLUTION, HE SAID, ADDING THAT PRESENT DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL PRACTICE WAS PURELY A MATTER OF CONVENIENCE,
+THE CHIEF JUSTICE HAS BEEN FULLY CONSULTED AND HAS APPROVED THE AMENDMENTS, HE SAID.
STEPS TAKEN AGAINST ARMS SMUGGLING
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IN THE PAST 24 MONTHS, NO-ONE ENTERING HONG KONG LEGALLY FROM CHINA WAS CAUGHT TRYING TO SMUGGLE IN FIRE ARMS, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON DAVID JEAFFRESON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
EIGHT PEOPLE CARRYING FIRE ARMS WERE ARRESTED TRYING TO ENTER HONG KONG ILLEGALLY FROM CHINA, MR JEAFFRESON SAID IN REPLY TO QUESTIONS BY THE HON MARIA TAM.
THERE WERE FIVE CASES INVOLVING ATTEMPTS TO SMUGGLE DRUGS FROM CHINA, ONLY ONE OF WHICH WAS CONCERNED WITH A SIGNIFICANT QUANTITY, HE SAID.
CUSTOMS OFFICERS CHECK PERSONS AND THE IR BAGGAGE ENTERING HONG KONG THROUGH THE TWO BORDER CHECK POINTS AT LO WU AND MAN KAM TO, USING X-RAY MACHINES, METAL DETECTORS AND, FROM TIME TO TIMÉ, DOGS TRAINED TO DETECT NARCOTICS, HE SAID.
+AS A RESULT OF RECENTLY AGREED ARRANGEMENTS, THEY LIAISE WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BORDER, WITH THE RESULT THAT THE PASSING OF INTELLIGENCE ON CUSTOMS MATTERS HAS BEEN GREATLY IMPROVED, HE ADDED.
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