WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1988
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MR BARNES ADDED THAT LOOKING BACK OVER THE
YEAR, HOWEVER, IT WAS CLEAR THAT DESPITE A DROP IN NUMBERS IN CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF ARRIVALS FROM VIETNAM AND CHINA WE COULD NOT AFFORD TO BE COMPLACENT, AND THERE WAS A CLEAR NEED TO RETAIN THE SAFEGUARDS.
THE POSITION WOULD BE REVIEWED AGAIN SHORTLY BEFORE THE NEW EXPIRY DATE.
AG SETS RECORD STRAIGHT
STATEMENT
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON JEREMY MATHEWS, MADE A TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) то SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON EARLIER REMARKS HE MADE TO THE COUNCIL.
MR MATHEWS EXPLAINED THAT ON NOVEMBER 23 HE ANSWERED A SERIES
PROPOSAL
TO RELATING
FOREIGN OF QUESTIONS ON THE GOVERNMENT'S
LAW
FIRMS.
ONE OF THESE WAS FROM THE HON RONALD ARCULLI WHO ASKED A SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTION, AS FOLLOWS:
A
SAID LAW
'SIR, AT THE RISK OF INTRODUCING
BIT OF LEVITY INTO THE PROCEEDINGS, I THINK I ONLY PARTLY AGREE WITH WHAT MR LEE
WHAT THE ABOUT BOTH THE FRONT AND BACK DOORS BEING OPEN. SOCIETY FEARS IS THE REVOLVING DOOR. BUT HAVING SAID THAT, AS BEARING IN MIND THE PROPOSAL THAT WAS REJECTED AS RECENTLY 29 JANUARY THIS YEAR BY A COMMITTEE 80 HIGH-POWERED AS TO
CHAIRMAN COMPRISE OF THE THEN CHIEF JUSTICE, THE THEN
OF THE BAR, THE PRESIDENT OF THE LAW SOCIETY AND A MEMBER OF THE WILL ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS AND A LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, THE GOVERNMENT PLEASE INFORM THIS COUNCIL:
OF
THE PROPOSAL:
AS SYSTEM
THE
(A) WHETHER THE WORKING PARTY WAS IN FAVOUR
ABOUT OUR LEGAL WAS IT AS KNOWLEDGEABLE COMMITTEE WHICH WAS AGAINST THE PROPOSAL;
(B) WHERE IT IS FELT THE COMMITTEE WENT WRONG;
(C) WHETHER THE WORKING PARTY REPORTED IN WRITING;
AND
(D) IF SO, WHETHER SUCH REPORT WILL BE MADE PUBLIC?'
/MR MATHEWS *****
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