WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1986
37
CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENT DUE ON COMPLAINTS SYSTEM
*****
PUBLIC VIEWS WOULD BE INVITED ON THE CHANNELS FOR THE REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES AND COMPLAINTS IN CONNECTION WITH MALPRACTICES OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHEUNG YAN-LUNG ON WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT HAD ANY PLAN TO APPOINT A +COMMISSIONER FOR ADMINISTRATION+ TO ASSIST THE UMELCO OFFICE IN DEALING WITH SUCH COMPLAINTS, SIR DAVID SAID A REVIEW HAD BEEN CONDUCTED BY THE ADMINISTRATION AND UMELCO HAD ALSO REVIEWED THESE MATTERS LAST YEAR.
A CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENT WAS BEING FINALISED AND WAS EXPECTED TO BE PUBLISHED WITHIN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, TO INVITE THE VIEWS OF THE PUBLIC, HE SAID.
+ THE PUBLIC RESPONSE WILL ASSIST GOVERNMENT IN FORMULATING SUCH PROPOSALS AS MAY APPEAR NECESSARY FOR IMPROVING OR ADDING THE PRESENT CHANNELS AND REMEDIES,+ SIR DAVID SAID.
0
-
DIFFICULT TO DETER ARRIVAL OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
*****
THERE WAS LITTLE THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT COULD DO TO DETER VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM COMING TO HONG KONG OTHER THAN TO MAINTAIN THE CLOSED CAMP POLICY, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON MICHAEL THOMAS, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO THE HON RITA FAN, HE SAID THAT ON HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS THERE WOULD BE NO QUESTION OF TURNING THEM
AWAY.
REGARDING THE HUGE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES THAT ARRIVED IN HONG KONG SO FAR THIS YEAR. MR THOMAS SAID A TOTAL OF 1 204 REFUGEES HAD ARRIVED BY MID-JULY, MORE THAN THE WHOLE OF LAST YEAR.
+WHEN THEY ARE INTERVIEWED ON ARRIVAL, THEY ARE ASKED WHY THEY LEFT VIETNAM TO COME TO HONG KONG, HE SAID.
/+THIS YEAR,