WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1984
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+ THE COMMISSIONER PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION OF THE PUBLIC. WHICH IS MANIFESTED NOT ONLY IN THE CONFIDENCE WITH WHICH REPORTS OF CORRUPTION ARE MADE, BUT ALSO IN THE ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT OF, AND PARTICIPATION IN, COMMISSION SPONSORED FUNCTIONS EXEMPL IF IED BY THE TOWARDS A FULLER LIFE' PROGRAMME WHICH REACHED AN ESTIMATED 120 000 YOUNG PEOPLE.+
HE ALSO SAID THAT AN AREA OF PARTICULAR INTEREST IN WHICH THE CORRUPTION PREVENTION DEPARTMENT WAS CONCERNED WAS RESTAURANT LICENSING PROCEDURES - LONG A SOURCE OF DISCONTENT TO LICENCE OPERATORS BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITY OF PROCEDURES AND THE POSSIBILITY OF DELAYS. ANOTHER WAS A STUDY OF THE POLICE UNITS RESPONSIBLE FOR ANTI-VICE AND GAMBLING ENFORCEMENT. WHICH BEGAN AT THE END OF THE YEAR WITH THE FULL CO-OPERATION OF THE POLICE.
MODERN ENGLISH LAW AND LOCAL PRACTICE COMBINED
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THE CONVEYANCING AND PROPERTY BILL 1984 ATTEMPTED TO EMBODY THE BEST OF MODERN ENGLISH LAW AND LOCAL PRACTICE AND WAS DESIGNED TO MEET HONG KONG'S PARTICULAR NEEDS, THE HON PETER C. WONG SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY,
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL, HE SAID,
HE SAID, TO THIS END, IT IS, IN MY VIEW, A TYPICAL HONG KONG COMPROMISE, ONE THAT WILL PRÉSERVE CONTINUITY WHILE AT THE SAME TIME INCORPORATING USEFUL AND PRACTICAL IMPROVEMENTS.+
+THIS BILL ASSUMES GREATER IMPORTANCE IF IT IS VIEWED IN THE LIGHT OF THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG AS A MODERN FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT CENTRE.
+ IN VIEW OF 1997, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE SHOULD HAVE OUR OWN INDEPENDENT LEGISLATION WHICH IS NOT DEPENDENT UPON ENGLISH LAW AND PRACTICE, MR WONG SAID.
HE REPORTED THAT THE COUNCIL'S LEGISLATION SCRUTINY GROUP HAD HELD SIX LENGTHY SESSIONS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND, AS A RESULT, AMENDMENTS WOULD BE MADE TO A NUMBER OF CLAUSES AT THE COMMITTEE STAGE.
THE BILL IS SCHEDULED TO BE IN FORCE FROM NOVEMBER 1,
1984.
+MANY PROVISIONS ARE NEW, SUCH AS LEGAL CHARGES CONTAINED IN PART 5, THE CAPACITY OF A CORPORATION TO HOLD LAND AS A JOINT TENANT, AND THE PROVISIONS OF IMPLIED COVENANTS AND STATUTORY FORMS, HE SAID.
+THESE AND MANY OTHER CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS DESERVE CAREFUL STUDY, HE ADDED.
/HE SAID