WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1988
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BASIC LAW DRAFT BEING STUDIED
THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW CAREFULLY STUDYING CONSULTATION DRAFT, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE BASIC LAW FORD, TOLD THE
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON RICHARD LAI, SIR DAVID SAID IF THE GOVERNMENT CONSIDERED THAT THERE WERE PROVISIONS WHICH APPEARED TO BE INCONSISTENT WITH THE JOINT DECLARATION, IT WOULD MAKE ITS VIEWS KNOWN TO THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES CLEARLY AND FIRMLY IN THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY.
SAID.
"THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE THROUGH THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT," HE
SIR DAVID NOTED THAT THE DRAFTING OF THE BASIC LAW WAS, OF COURSE, A MATTER FOR THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.
HE ADDED: "HOWEVER, IN HIS STATEMENT TO PARLIAMENT IN JANUARY INTRODUCING THE ANNUAL REPORT ON HONG KONG, THE FOREIGN SECRETARY MADE IT CLEAR THAT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAVE THE RIGHT ΤΟ SATISFY THEMSELVES THAT THE EVENTUAL PROVISIONS OF THE BASIC LAW FULLY AND ACCURATELY REFLECT THE JOINT DECLARATION."
THE CONSULTATION DRAFT WAS A COMPLEX DOCUMENT, SIR DAVID SAID.
ENFORCEMENT CERTIFICATES ISSUED FOR 1,683 TRIBUNAL CASES
WHICH ENFORCEMENT CERTIFICATES
IN
IN THE PAST FIVE FINANCIAL YEARS, THERE WERE 1,683 CASES
HAD TO BE ISSUED AFTER EMPLOYERS FAILED TO SETTLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE JUDGEMENT OF THE LABOUR TRIBUNAL, THE SECRETARY
EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON RON BRIDGE, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY),
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON TAM YIU-CHUNG, MR BRIDGE SAID THE TRIBUNAL HAD DEALT WITH A TOTAL OF 21,937 CASES DURING THE PERIOD, 16,273 OF WHICH WERE DECIDED IN FAVOUR OF THE PLAINTIFF.
IN 14,590 OF THESE, THE CLAIM WAS SETTLED IMMEDIATELY.
"THE PROPORTION