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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1988
REQUIRED AND SO MORE PROCESS AND YET NOT
SHE SAID.
"FIRSTLY, LEGAL REPRESENTATION IS NOT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN RESORT ΤΟ JUDICIAL HAVING TO PAY EXPENSIVE LEGAL FEES,
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"SECONDLY, THE PROVISION OF SERVICES BY THE TRIBUNAL IS COST-EFFECTIVE FROM THE TAXPAYERS' POINT OF VIEW SINCE THE AVERAGE COST PER CASE HEARD IN THE TRIBUNAL IS SMALL."
SHE SAID THAT WITHOUT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS IN THE BILL, CLAIMS BETWEEN $8,000 AND $15,000 HAD EITHER то BE ARTIFICIALLY ADJUSTED DOWNWARDS IN ORDER TO COME WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNAL OR BE PURSUED IN THE DISTRICT COURTS,
"HOWEVER, WE ALL KNOW TOO WELL THAT IN THE LATTER CASE THE LEGAL FEES WILL SIMPLY WIPE OUT THE AMOUNT CLAIMED RIGHT AWAY," DR SAID.
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"IN ANY CASE, BOTH OF THESE ACTIONS DETER CLAIMANTS FROM TAKING LEGAL ACTION TO EXERCISE THEIR LEGITIMATE RIGHTS
AND, IN THE LONG RUN, WILL ONLY ENCOURAGE MORE DEBTORS TO DISHONOUR THEIR OBLIGATIONS, SHE ADDED.
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FLEXIBLE TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM FOR TUNNEL
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL WILL BEGIN IN MID-JULY AND THE TUNNEL WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH A MODERN CONTROL SYSTEM ALLOWING FOR FLEXIBILITY OF TRAFFIC CONTROL.
THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON MICHAEL LEUNG, SAID THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WHEN WINDING UP DEBATE ON THE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL BILL.
MR LEUNG WELCOMED A SUGGESTION THAT THERE BE A TIDAL FLOW ARRANGEMENT WHICH, JUDGING FROM THE EXAMPLE OF LION ROCK TUNNEL, WOULD HELP EASE CONGESTION DURING PEAK HOURS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
HE SAID THE IDEA WOULD BE PURSUED WITH THE CONSORTIUM DURING THE DETAILED DESIGN STAGE ΤΟ ENSURE THAT THERE WOULD BE SUCH PROVISION WITHIN THE DESIGN.
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A SUGGESTION THERE BE A RAIL LINK BETWEEN SHA TIN AND EAST KOWLOON, MR LEUNG SAID SUCH A PROJECT, TOGETHER WITH OTHER RAIL AND ROAD OPTIONS, WAS BEING STUDIED UNDER THE SECOND COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORT STUDY.
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